I am going to hazzard a guess here as a seamstress, not as an authority on 18th century men's wear. I would think that the fine drawing may mean a fine gathering stitch used to make the upper layer lay flat. I have done many curved seams though, and never needed to use that method, but it does help in getting sleeves into armholes (hidden gathering stitch, of course). Just a possibility.
Lalah, Never give up, Never surrender --- "Bjarne og Leif Drews" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: From: "Bjarne og Leif Drews" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Date: Wed, 8 Feb 2006 17:32:19 +0100 To: "Historical Costume" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: Re: [h-cost] fine drawing? Hi Dawn, Gosh i never read that chapter, i surely will now. I dont understand this fine-drawing thing either. Never heard it. Dont you think they just mean that you have to press the seams to the sides and iron? I have never seen any stitches used on the right side of the back pieces. In the american book Costume Close Up there are sewing instruktions two of a mans coat. Only types of stitches used is: back stitches, point รก rabattre sous la main and slanted hemming stitches. Bjarne ----- Original Message ----- From: "Dawn" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Historical Costume" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Wednesday, February 08, 2006 4:48 AM Subject: [h-cost] fine drawing? > I'm trying to translate instructions from _The Cut of Men's Clothes_ for > the assembly of an 18th century coat. (page 88 of the recent hardcover > edition) > > "The backs are joined together by backstitching on the wrong side and then > fine-drawing on the right, working from the skirt opening upwards." > > > Backstitching I understand, but "fine-drawing" has me lost. I found two > references online that seem to suggest it is a method for joining fabric > by butting the edges together, but that doesn't work with a seam that's > already backstitched... does it? > > Can anyone clarify this for me? > > > > Dawn > > > _______________________________________________ > h-costume mailing list > h-costume@mail.indra.com > http://mail.indra.com/mailman/listinfo/h-costume > _______________________________________________ h-costume mailing list h-costume@mail.indra.com http://mail.indra.com/mailman/listinfo/h-costume _____________________________________________________________ Netscape. just the net you need _______________________________________________ h-costume mailing list h-costume@mail.indra.com http://mail.indra.com/mailman/listinfo/h-costume
