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
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.