Good evening, Has anyone here used Mrs. Thompson's or the Voice of Fashion pattern books to produce patterns from the late 1890'2, early 1900's? All of these pattern systems require the use of scales to draft to the desired size. The reprinted Voice of Fashion book has the scales in the back of the book, so that the user can photocopy them and put them on a durable product (plastic or oaktag) for use when drafting from the book.
I've never been able to find any of the scales for Mrs. Thompson's pattern system. I don't have any idea how close the Voice of Fashion scales would be to Mrs. Thompson's. Have any of you seen a set of scales for Mrs. Thompson's, or used one system's scales to draft from another system? The Keystone Cutter for jackets does not use scales, but rather uses the intended wearer's actual measurements, much like many of the menswear drafting systems of the late 19th C. I really want to try the scale systems though, and particularly Mrs. Thompson's, since one of her books contains the designs that I want for a 1903 outfit. Thank you! Laurie T. Phoenix _______________________________________________ h-costume mailing list h-costume@mail.indra.com http://mail.indra.com/mailman/listinfo/h-costume
