From b059976b1786cc5ae1eb1f485c71f82b2a32c2b5 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Elena ``of Valhalla'' Grandi Date: Thu, 17 Feb 2022 20:21:45 +0100 Subject: Pattern updates --- .../shirts/1880_shirt/1880_shirt.val | 61 ++++++++++++++++------ .../shirts/1880_shirt/index.rst | 28 ++++++++-- 2 files changed, 68 insertions(+), 21 deletions(-) diff --git a/source/historical_menswear/shirts/1880_shirt/1880_shirt.val b/source/historical_menswear/shirts/1880_shirt/1880_shirt.val index a576f4d..7f87d0b 100644 --- a/source/historical_menswear/shirts/1880_shirt/1880_shirt.val +++ b/source/historical_menswear/shirts/1880_shirt/1880_shirt.val @@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ 1880 gentleman's shirt - + Beeton's housewife's treasury… @@ -109,6 +109,13 @@ treasury… + + + + + + + @@ -185,31 +192,34 @@ treasury… - - - - - - - - - - - - + + + + + + + + + - - - + + + + + + + + +
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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 71c4852..268ceb6 100644 --- a/source/historical_menswear/shirts/1880_shirt/index.rst +++ b/source/historical_menswear/shirts/1880_shirt/index.rst @@ -9,6 +9,13 @@ treasury of domestic information `_ from 1880. +While assembling the shirt is a relatively easy project, the pattern +instructions are from a vintage book (and not one of the best, either), +so it will require more adjustments to fit the target body than usual +for a modern pattern. + +Before making this shirt in expensive fabric + 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 @@ -155,6 +162,17 @@ sleeves: Instructions ------------ +Pattern adjustments +^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ + +Print the shoulder piece pattern and try it on; make any adjustments to +it so that it lies nicely, the neck curve follows the base of the neck +and arrives almost, but not quite, to the neck base in front, leaving +the space for the button placket. + +You may also want to make a fabric mockup for these checks, and then +bring the changes back to the pattern to cut the final pieces. + Cutting ^^^^^^^ @@ -164,11 +182,11 @@ 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 -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 -along the fold. +best way to cut the sleeves 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 along the fold. .. figure:: sleeve_cutting_pattern.svg :align: center -- cgit v1.2.3