1922 Essential Stitches
1922 Pattern Making
1923 The A B C of Dress
1926 Clothing Club Manual
1933 Clothing Construction
1940 Distinctive Clothes
1955 Clothing Construction
1972 Advanced Sewing Techniques
1979: Cutting a Fashionable Fit: Dressmakers’ Drafting Systems in the United States
easy mantua cutting
mantua easy draft
I spent a day digitising a cheat draft for a mantua. It’s very similar to Hunnisett but what I have tried to do was show the rationale behind it.
It uses minimal measurements just like the originals. From left to right are the discreet drops of fabric that can be torn before any cutting or pleating is started.
Rock the Frock- 1620s Spanish Court Gown
Back with #RockTheFrock after several years as I have finally found enough information about one of my favourite styles and item. It’s taken years to work through digitisation and to potentially make a connection between a few different early 20thC costume history books.