Juan de Alcega Tailor’s Pattern Book: Manteo or a Skirt of Cloth Part 2 – Construction

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After way too long here is part two of the manteo or petticoat (part 1 written in 2014 can be found here), to recap here is the layout suggestion I ended up using from Alecga.

Since my fabric is 60 inches wide I did not need to piece the “B” section and was able to cut it as one curved shape.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Measurements

I changed the measurements to fit my own size.

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