At 02:12 AM 1/16/2010, you wrote:
Hi,
I need help with some measurements please.
I am basing my recreation on the book 'The working women's guide' p.
64 [plate 9, fig. 11,12].
I understand what yards are equal too in metric measurements but not
nails. Can any one shed light on what a nail is equal to in mm or cm?
Also looking at figure 11 what would 3/4 stand for is that 3/4rs of a yard?
Appreciate any help you can give me.
Sharon Doig
No, the 3/4 is 3/4 nail (all the measurements in the diagram are in
nails). If you look at figure 12, you can see that there is some
sort of gathering along those lines; "Let there be two runners
besides the hem in front, to admit of a tape or narrow ribbon". A
small tuck sufficient for a narrow tape or ribbon is sewn; the tape
or ribbon is long enough that when you untie them (see the small bows
at the top of the cap), they do not bury themselves in the tucks
(i.e., runners), but allow for the cap to be ironed flat and then
drawn up by the tapes (it's very practical). A border is added (you
get to choose how deep and whether doubled or not) to the front and,
if wanted, the behind.
These patterns do require a great deal of interpretation for us
modern folks, don't they? But it's fun to figure them out. My
tuckers (American for "habit shirt") are made from the patterns in
Plate 13, figures 20 and 23, with various collars from that plate;
the instructions are on pages 98-99. Once you have drafted out a few
of them, they actually make some sense =-O. One frustration I have
is that modern linen fabric comes essentially in one width (very
wide); I wish I could find some narrower ones (I may have to weave
some of my own one of these days) so that I didn't have quite so much
felling of seams (unneeded when sewing selvedge to selvedge).
Joan Jurancich
joa...@surewest.net
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