Pleated-Front Shirt

Create your own 1860s civilian pleated-front shirt.

Drafting the Shirt

Draft your shirt pattern.

Lessons

Shirt Measurements Drafting the Shirt Front Drafting the Shirt Back Drafting the Shirt Sleeves Drafting the Yoke Drafting the Collar Drafting the Cuffs Drafting the Pleated Front

Muslin Toile

Construct a toile to test the fit.

Lessons

Pleated Front Attaching the Pleated Front The Back Shoulder and Side Seams The Collar The Sleeves Setting the Sleeves

The Pleated Front

Construct the pleated-front section of your shirt.

Lessons

Pre-washing Fabric Laying Out the Pleated Front The Placket The Pleats Cutting the Front Gathering Stitches Attaching the Pleated Front Bottom of Pleats Finishing the Raw Edges Trimming the Neck Line

The Shirt Body

Finish the shirt body.

Lessons

The Back Installing the Lining Side and Shoulder Seams The Collar Felling the Side Seams Felling the Lining Rolled Hem Side Seam Reinforcement

The Sleeves

Construct the sleeves, setting them into the coat.

Lessons

The Cuffs – Part I The Cuffs – Part II Sleeve Seam Setting the Sleeves Buttonholes Buttons

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