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Also interesting historically, since there seems to be an erroneous contemporary idea that toiles or muslins werenвЂ™t really used, despite Mary Brooks Picken advocating them in notes in Fashion Service in the 20s and these draping guides.

It goes into some depth on draping sleeves and shoulders and necklines, which are my current problem areas to get the fit just right. ThereвЂ™s another by Mary Evans from 1935вЂ“Draping and Dress Design. I love all things WomanвЂ™s Institute, and their materials from the 30s are especially hard to find. Evie of La Couturiere Dimanche scanned it and made it available on her blog (here). But the books themselves are great resources on draping, and one of them happens to be a WomanвЂ™s Institute booklet produced in the mid 30s. IвЂ™m not sure if I have shared this link before or not, but I returned to it recently and thought I should share.В These books were linked to on The Vintage Pattern Files blog, which is itself an incredibly generous resource for knitting and vintage fashion too. Then I vaguely remembered seeing the Bugs Bunny opera skit and suddenly the world became comprehensible: Apparently these were made in detachable and even disposable form:ДЄpparently they were made in cardboard, paper and other materials for kinds of work like waiting tables, where it was easier to just trash the false front rather than launder one. Vincent comes in.Дetachable collars are familiar enough to me from Peaky Blinders and the mini-obsession with them I had while binge-watching that show, but I wasnвЂ™t fully aware that the shirt fronts (or вЂњdetachable shirt bosomsвЂќ) were also detachable.

SEWING BOOKS PDF HOW TO

This course doesnвЂ™t really cover how to construct or draft the bare bones shirt pattern itself, but thatвЂ™s where the W. But I really enjoy his way of breaking down the problem of shirt or trouser making into a core pattern and interchangeable detail elements, rather than being another dressmaking sew along this is how you do it from start to finish kind of course. Of course, I think my process is complicated by attention deficit/distractability issues (which is why I sewed a pair of pants and a cut-on Mandarin collar kimono experiment blouse a whim this week, instead of, oh, say, a SHIRT). He has an interesting way of approaching his areas of interest, which I find relatable with my usual pattern of get obsessively interested + read a bajillion things tangentially related to subject вЂ“> try to synthesize firehose of information in way that makes sense and breaks subject down into components. Parenthetically, I should say that really, really love the David Page Coffin Craftsy courses. Vincent, prolific editor of Tailor and Cutter, and a heavy dose of Boardwalk Empire = weekend filled! The boyfriend is in dire need of some new ones, so, armed with a Craftsy course by David Page Coffin on shirtmaking details, this book from late 1890s-early 1900s? by the W. IвЂ™m having a mini-obsession at the moment, trying to learn to make a proper shirt.

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