Month: June 2022

  • Diagrams 144 and 145: Drafting a Pair of Trousers

    Diagrams 144 and 145: Drafting a Pair of Trousers

    After finishing a classic jacket, a matching set of trousers could finish up the outfit nicely. For the trousers we have two diagrams. Diagram 144 shows how to draft the front piece and 145 drafts the back piece over that.

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  • Diagrams 75 – 77: The Sleeve

    Diagrams 75 – 77: The Sleeve

    The particularly observant may have noticed that at no point did Mr. Regal tell us how we were going to shape or cut sleeves for the sack coat that we’ve spent all this time learning how to draft and cut. If we want to have something like a finished jacket, though, we’ll want to at…

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  • Diagrams 4-13: Adjusting the Basic Sack Coat

    Diagrams 4-13: Adjusting the Basic Sack Coat

    Finally, we’ve created the start of a sack coat pattern using the methods found in The American Garment Cutter. From here we still have a few adjustments and alterations before we can get to part where we can actually start cutting some fabric and put it all together. This, of course, is where Regal’s advice…

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