You might be an insane historical clothing type if:
June 11, 2008 in Projects
Tags: mauve gown
You double check that you are correctly remembering the orientation of buttonholes relative to the garment edge.
(A: perpendicular, just like I thought.)
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June 12, 2008 at 8:06 am
or if you happen to remember that the buttonholes in period clothing were closer to the edge of the garment (5-8 mm) in contrast to modern clothing (12-15mm)
June 12, 2008 at 10:21 am
Well duh, they have to be because the edges don’t overlap – they just butt up against each other. :^D