Pattern #1912-A-003 (Section 1, Pre-tucking the Fabric)

#1912-A-003  Ladies' Fancy Batiste Blouse

This album has 3 Sections -- Section 1 shows how to pre-tuck the fabric in the traditional Edwardian manner; Section 2 deals with the unique slashed, fitted dart technique for closing the sleeve, underarm and bodice side seam all in one process; and Section 3 shows sample photos of the completed blouse. 

Most fancy Edwardian/early 1910's blouses that were cut in one piece like this pattern, with fine tucks as a design feature, were pre-tucked on the flat yardage prior to the pattern pieces being cut out.  This Section 1 shows the steps in preparing the pre-tucking for this particular blouse.  Although tucking arrangements differed on different blouses, you can apply this same technique, with any necessary adjustments for the tucking arrangement, to any Edwardian cut-in-one blouse design.  

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