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[Sator]

From Lucile Milani, Tailoring the Easy Way, 1976:

[Kerry]

Thanks Sator, I have never seen anything as concise either. What book is it from?

[Sator]

It's from Samuel Heath's book:

http://www.cutterand...php?showtopic=6

[Charles R Bingley]

Thanks for this!

[Kate XXXXXX]

As elegant an explanation as I have seen, especially of the eye of the buttonhole. Thanks.

[Sator]

Due to the popularity of this subject, I thought I would try to dig up a bit more published literature on making buttonholes. I am afraid after Heath, it only goes downhill.

Firstly, this comes from the Time Life book "Basic Tailoring":





From the appendix:





Bar tacks (page 101):

[Sator]

The next section comes from the home sewing queen, Adele Margolis and her book The Complete Book of Tailoring:

[Sator]

Next comes the Whife era version of the book The Art of Garment Making:

[Sator]

This next book is one on basic dressmaking published in 1928:

[Sator]

From Practical Work of Dressmaking and Tailoring, by M. Prince Brown, London 1902:

[Sator]

From Lucile Milani, Tailoring the Easy Way, 1976:

[Sator]

As the section was so substantial, I decided to start a new thread for the follow chapter from a 1951 book by Bonnie Goodman:

http://www.cutterand...p?showtopic=976

[Sator]

For the following booklet from 1916, I have started a new thread because of its size:

http://www.cutterand...p?showtopic=994

[I.Brackley]

Might this be pinned, perhaps in the Apprentices' forum?

[Sator]

^ Done!

I have more stuff to share in the meantime. This comes from a tiny 1960 booklet called How to Make Buttonholes:

[Sator]

Just to consolidate threads for future reference, I thought I would post a link to TT's post here as well:

http://www.cutterand...?showtopic=1018

[Sator]

Poulin on making buttonholes:

[Sator]