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diff --git a/source/historical_menswear/shirts/1880_shirt/index.rst b/source/historical_menswear/shirts/1880_shirt/index.rst index 53e8245..71c4852 100644 --- a/source/historical_menswear/shirts/1880_shirt/index.rst +++ b/source/historical_menswear/shirts/1880_shirt/index.rst @@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ This pattern is probably good for a relatively wide range of dates: I've seen on the internet grainy scans of ads from the 1860 that seem to use a pattern like this one, and it should work up to the Edwardian era, but you will have to do some research on the appropriate shapes of the front -opening and especially collar and cuffs for earch era. +opening and especially collar and cuffs for each era. I believe that the original instructions assumed that this shirt would be hand sewn in the home, but by the 1880s sewing machines in the home @@ -164,7 +164,7 @@ Cut the full rectangles for the front and back. :align: center If the fabric is non-directional and has no right and wrong side, the -best way to cut it is as described on the book fold the rectangle in +best way to cut it is as described on the book: fold the rectangle in such a way that the sides will meet precisely in the center and bast them together, then fold them in such a way that the distance a – g and h – g is the desired width at the cuff, and cut all layers of fabric |