Drafting a Peplum Jacket
Illustration shows jacket with yoke and inverted pleat in back. 1) mark position for seam in front above breast point trace back; then draw new center back lines. make neck dart in back. reduce at waistline. 2) swing upper part of front to within 1/2″ of straight dotted line; then trace. divide front into two parts below breast point; then reduce at waistline. draft yoke in back and reduce at waistline.
3) add 1” to center front, and lengthen 1/2″ at center front. make a straight collar 2” wide and the length of the neckline. 4) for peplum, separate at waistline; then join sections e and f for front peplum, and sections g and h for back peplum. reduce back of jacket at waistline by joining sections c and d in one. for inverted pleat, add about 2” at center back.Eton Jacket an eton style is a short jacket about waist length, with sleeves. it may be single or double breasted or as illustrated. it can also be made with a collar. 1) mark position for shoulder darts in front and back. 2) swing upper part of front to within 1/2″ of center front dotted line; then draft reveres. 3) trace reveres to complete front. shorten front and back at waistline.
Bolero Jacket a bolero style is, as a rule, a sleeveless garment, usually the length of an eton jacket, it is collarless, and the front is rounded. 4) the draft shows front of eton with dotted line indicating the outline for a bolero and eton is alike
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