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[evprojects]

Vaguely (late) 18th century men’s shirt

inspired by/mix between these two videos/patterns:

note: I made the body pieces narrower because i intend to wear this under a waistcoat. haven’t fully decided on wether I want this to have a standing collar or not. i also am doing modified box pleats to save fabric, very handy these modified pleats for ruffles. i have such good ruffles, people look at me and say “wow, look at his ruffles”

basically standard pleats use 3 times the fabric of the finished size but these only use 2 times the amount. important measurements:

shoulder width: 15 in. (width of body panels should be up to double this)

bust: 36 in. (make sure the body panels are at least 3+ in. larger than this)

wrist: 7 in. (make cuff 1 in. longer to account for buttons

recommend using a light to medium-weight linen or cotton (idk on synths)

materials:

1.5 yds of white linen (from LinenCapsule on Etsy) (on sale for $16/yd because my linen dealer is on vacation ToT)

maybe using a stiff canvas to reinforce the collar and cuffs (would only do if it’s a standing collar)

buttons (1-2 at each cuff, if button down then like 8-10 down the front)

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