Celebrating cartridge pleats
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Cartridge pleats, also called gauging or organ pleating, controls a garment's fullness in specific areas such as the waist, shoulders, and lower sleeves. Cartridge pleats were originally developed during the Middle Ages and used widely during the Elizabethan period in gowns.
Publication Name: Threads
Subject: Fashion and beauty
ISSN: 0882-7370
Year: 1998
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Sleeve-cap design for hard-to-ease fabrics
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A solution has been discovered for the problem of hard-surfaced fabrics which readily show the marks caused by easing, pressing and manipulating during the sewing process. The key is to place a sleep-cap which was a technique used in the 1930s and 1940s.
Publication Name: Threads
Subject: Fashion and beauty
ISSN: 0882-7370
Year: 1999
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Updating a wrap-and-tie classic
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Guidelines on how to make a wrap-vest are presented. Advice on choosing the fabric and adapting a commercial Vogue 2174 pattern is provided, and step-by-step guidance to assembling the pieces is offered.
Publication Name: Threads
Subject: Fashion and beauty
ISSN: 0882-7370
Year: 2000
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