Pattern:
Improvised (see below for dimensions)
Fabric:
White linen
Haberdasheries:
three mother-of-pearl buttons, red silk embroidery floss
After
making the previous shirt, I read that Regency men’s shirts didn’t
have ruffles on the sleeves. So I looked at paintings and fashion plates of
Regency men, and though it is often hard to see, their shirts seem not to have
ruffles in most cases, so I omitted them on this shirt. That made this shirt
slightly different from the last one, which is nice, as I’m not that fond of
making exactly the same thing twice. I also used a piece of fabric for the
ruffles that was 1.5 times as long as the one I used for the previous shirt, as
I thought the ruffles could do with a bit more fabric.
This
type of shirt is referred to as ‘square cut’, because it consists almost
entirely of squares and rectangles. The image below shows all the pieces except
the collar, which is also a rectangle. Only the side bottom gussets are
triangular. I cut the pieces on the grain, which makes it easier to get them
neat than pinning a pattern to the linen would.
Dimensions (incl. seam allowances):
1: Body: 63 x 101 cm (cut 2)
2: Sleeves: 50 x 50 cm (cut 2)
3: Sleeve gussets: 14.5 x 14.5 cm (cut 2)
4: Neckline ruffle: 15 x 116 cm (cut 1)
5: Cuffs: 18 x 26 (cut 2)
6: Bottom side seam gussets: 9.5 x 9.5 x 13 cm triangles (cut 2)
Collar: 28 x 46.5 cm (cut 1; not in picture)
The
shirt is machine sewn, with all hemming, and the buttonholes, done by hand.
I
read about embroidering a number on shirts to track progress, and did that
here, too.
