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diff --git a/source/historical_menswear/shirts/1880s_shirt/index.rst b/source/historical_menswear/shirts/1880s_shirt/index.rst index 7cf8572..336a354 100644 --- a/source/historical_menswear/shirts/1880s_shirt/index.rst +++ b/source/historical_menswear/shirts/1880s_shirt/index.rst @@ -222,8 +222,8 @@ Cut the full rectangles for the front and back. If you already have done a shirt in this size, and have the :ref:`paper pattern for the armscyes <1880s_shirt_marking_armscyes>`, mark the seam -lines on the front and back, and if you want cut them with a double -seaming allowance. +lines on the front and back, and if you are sure about them cut them +with a double seaming allowance. .. figure:: gri_33125012088023-770.svg :align: center @@ -670,6 +670,33 @@ button and buttonholes on the front placket. Done! you can now wear your new shirt, and start making the rest of the half dozen :) +Variants +-------- + +Flat front +^^^^^^^^^^ + +.. figure:: 0801-cuts.jpg + :align: center + +To cut a front with no pleats, cut out a rectangle from the center front +that is as wide as the calculated ``#gathers_eccess`` in the pattern and +as deep as the ``#front_slit_length``. + +Continue cutting the slit on each side for ``#button_placket_width * 3`` +plus an additional ``(#front_gathers_width - #button_placket_width) / 2``: +this will be wider than the front slit that would have been cut for a +front with pleats, and is required to have space for the gathers below. + +.. figure:: 0802-ready.jpg + :align: center + +Fold down the button placket twice either to the right or the wrong +side, as described above, hemstitch the right placket and topstitch the +left. + +Continue working the rest of the shirt. + Gallery ------- |