Reconstructing an Antique Edwardian Mantle

GET THE PATTERN! https://www.etsy.com/uk/listing/1596673893/victorian-capelet-sewing-pattern?click_key=37031d328a58a9263240276f09b1464c626fcad0%3A1596673893&click_sum=2b698fa9&ref=shop_home_active_1 MATERIAL SOURCES: -Brocade: Ayazmoon, 39th St. -Lining: A&K, 39th St. -Ribbon: M&J Trimming -Silk thread: Pacific Trimming -Hooks & eyes: Pacific Trimming For those in search of A1 grid sheet for patterning, because it exists pretty much nowhere: -Cotton Tail Patterns, Etsy (https://www.etsy.com/shop/CottonTailPatterns) SOURCES USED Where available, I’ve located links to the digitised versions of these texts for your amusement. -Allington, Sarah May. Practical Dressmaking. The Page Company, Boston. 1913. Print. (https://books.google.com/books?id=MlpCAQAAMAAJ&printsec=frontcover&dq=Practical+dressmaking.&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwj97oePqujaAhViw1kKHZbfAAUQ6AEIKTAA#v=onepage&q=cutting&f=false) -Banner, Bertha. Household Sewing with Home Dressmaking. Longmans, Green, and Co. London, 1898. Print. (https://books.google.com/books?id=IhMlyt7IuGsC&printsec=frontcover&dq=Household+sewing+with+home+dressmaking&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwiwp7idp-jaAhXDTd8KHbwcDqIQ6AEIKTAA#v=onepage&q&f=false) -Browne, M. Prince. Dress-Cutting, Drafting, and French Pattern Modeling. A. Constable, London. 1902. Print. -Krolik, Sarah Ewell. Hand Sewing Lessons: A Graded Course for Schools and for the Home. Educational Publishing Company, 1901. Print. (https://books.google.com/books?id=HUFDAAAAIAAJ&printsec=fron