measurements for the Cutters Practical Guide

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+****************************************************************
+ The Cutters' Practical Guide to the Cutting of Ladies Garments
+****************************************************************
+
+The blocks in this directory have been drawn following the instructions
+on `The Cutters' Practical Guide to the Cutting of Ladies Garments`_ by
+W. D. F Vincent, published in 1892.
+
+.. _`The Cutters' Practical Guide to the Cutting of Ladies Garments`: https://archive.org/details/cutterspractical00vinc
+
+Also available `on wikisource
+<https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/The_cutters%27_practical_guide_to_the_cutting_of_ladies%27_garments>`_,
+which includes plates 2 and 3, missing on the archive.org copy.
+
+Measurements
+============
+
+The blocks have been converted to metric measures.
+
+All measurements should be taken on top of basic underwear, including a
+corset, following the instructions given by the book.
+
+Jackets, Ulsters, Bodices, Habits, Dolmands &c.
+-----------------------------------------------
+
+Pages 5/6, Figures 8 and 9, Plate 3
+
++----------------------+-----+----------------------------------------------+
+| Cutters'             | Valentina                                          |
++======================+=====+==============================================+
+| Chest                | G04 | ``bust_circ``                                |
++----------------------+-----+----------------------------------------------+
+| Waist                | G07 | ``waist_circ``                               |
++----------------------+-----+----------------------------------------------+
+| Hips                 | G09 | ``hip_circ``                                 |
++----------------------+-----+----------------------------------------------+
+| Scye Depth           | H21 | ``neck_back_to_highbust_b``                  |
++----------------------+-----+----------------------------------------------+
+| Natrl Waist          | H19 | ``neck_back_to_waist_b``                     |
++----------------------+-----+----------------------------------------------+
+| Side lenght          | H03 | ``armpit_to_waist_side``                     |
++----------------------+-----+----------------------------------------------+
+| Long Side Length     | A04 | ``height_armpit``                            |
++----------------------+-----+----------------------------------------------+
+| Across Back          | I08 | ``across_back_b``                            |
++----------------------+-----+----------------------------------------------+
+| Width of B. to Elb.  | O12 | ``arm_across_back_center_to_elbow_bent``     |
++----------------------+-----+----------------------------------------------+
+| Full length sleeve   | O13 | ``arm_across_back_center_to_wrist_bent``     |
++----------------------+-----+----------------------------------------------+
+| Across Chest         | I03 | ``across_chest_f``                           |
++----------------------+-----+----------------------------------------------+
+| Prominence of Bust   | P09 | ``armfold_to_armfold_bust``                  |
++----------------------+-----+----------------------------------------------+
+| Neck                 | G02 | ``neck_circ / 2``                            |
++----------------------+-----+----------------------------------------------+
+| Front Sholdr.        | P02 | ``neck_back_to_armfold_front``               |
++----------------------+-----+----------------------------------------------+
+| Over Sholdr.         | P01 | ``neck_back_to_bust_front``                  |
++----------------------+-----+----------------------------------------------+
+| Sholdr to waist      | O01 | ``neck_back_to_waist_front``                 |
++----------------------+-----+----------------------------------------------+
+|                      | K04 | ``shoulder_tip_to_waist_back``               |
++----------------------+-----+----------------------------------------------+
+
+For skirts and trousers
+
++----------------------+-----+----------------------------------------------+
+| Cutters'             | Valentina                                          |
++======================+=====+==============================================+
+| Front length         | A13 | ``height_waist_front``                       |
++----------------------+-----+----------------------------------------------+
+| Side length          | A05 | ``height_waist_side``                        |
++----------------------+-----+----------------------------------------------+
+| Back length          | A23 | ``height_waist_back``                        |
++----------------------+-----+----------------------------------------------+
+| Waist to chair       | N04 | ``rise_length_side_sitting``                 |
++----------------------+-----+----------------------------------------------+
+
+For riding habit etc.
+
++----------------------+-----+----------------------------------------------+
+| Cutters'             | Valentina                                          |
++======================+=====+==============================================+
+|                      |     |                                              |
++----------------------+-----+----------------------------------------------+
+|                      |     |                                              |
++----------------------+-----+----------------------------------------------+
+|                      |     |                                              |
++----------------------+-----+----------------------------------------------+
diff --git a/cutters_practical_guide/measurements.vit b/cutters_practical_guide/measurements.vit
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+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
+<vit>
+    <!--Measurements created with Valentina v0.7.47. (https://valentinaproject.bitbucket.io/).-->
+    <version>0.5.1</version>
+    <read-only>false</read-only>
+    <notes/>
+    <unit>cm</unit>
+    <pm_system>998</pm_system>
+    <personal>
+        <customer/>
+        <birth-date>1800-01-01</birth-date>
+        <gender>unknown</gender>
+        <email/>
+    </personal>
+    <body-measurements>
+        <m name="bust_circ" value="90"/>
+        <m name="waist_circ" value="65"/>
+        <m name="hip_circ" value="100"/>
+        <m name="neck_back_to_highbust_b" value="20"/>
+        <m name="neck_back_to_waist_b" value="39"/>
+        <m name="armpit_to_waist_side" value="26"/>
+        <m name="height_armpit" value="120"/>
+        <m name="across_back_b" value="15"/>
+        <m name="arm_across_back_center_to_elbow_bent" value="45"/>
+        <m name="arm_across_back_center_to_wrist_bent" value="70"/>
+        <m name="across_chest_f" value="20"/>
+        <m name="armfold_to_armfold_bust" value="48"/>
+        <m name="neck_circ" value="40"/>
+        <m name="neck_back_to_armfold_front" value="30"/>
+        <m name="neck_back_to_bust_front" value="40"/>
+        <m name="neck_back_to_waist_front" value="50"/>
+        <m name="shoulder_tip_to_waist_back" value="41"/>
+        <m name="height_waist_front" value="95"/>
+        <m name="height_waist_side" value="100"/>
+        <m name="height_waist_back" value="105"/>
+        <m name="rise_length_side_sitting" value="20"/>
+    </body-measurements>
+</vit>