In a message dated 6/20/2006 7:46:12 A.M. Eastern Standard Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
But is the benefit so >great for so much more extra work? Was it down to the methods of cutting >perhaps? ************************ When labor is cheaper than materials......who cares about extra work? I once had to make for a film exact copies of a 1940s short sleeved commercial work shirt. What does this have to do with anything?...stay with me.... The shirt was just like any shirt you might buy today. But it had, on the back of the short sleeve, a seam about 4" from the underarm seam. Huh? Anyway as I cut it out on the fold I realized you could place the sleeve beside one of the other pieces [the front I think] and get it cut out but for about 4" that ran off the selvage. That little 4" piece of sleeve could be gotten out of the left overs beside the back piece. The result of this piecing of the sleeve was that it saved fabric. If you didn't piece the sleeve you had to drop down the length of fabric and cut it out all by itself below the other pieces [which is exactly what we do nowadays] IOW...it was more cost effective to have workers sew another seam than to use up more fabric....even in the 1940s. _______________________________________________ h-costume mailing list h-costume@mail.indra.com http://mail.indra.com/mailman/listinfo/h-costume
