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Pattern Drafting Guides

Below is a collection of free, downloadable, cutting(drafting) guides

 from 1841 to 1878. Each features relevant and helpful information

for those looking to produce garments from the mid-19th century

Click the cover of each guide to read and download.

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Man dressed in accurate reproductiton clothing based on original garments from the antebellum and civil war period.

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