Das war was ich damals mit Sarah kommuniziert habe:
Frage:
Dear Mrs. Thursfield, At first wish you a happy new year.
I have a perhaps strange question.
Until now I was sewing my breeches in the pattern described by Purrucker ... many friend adviced me to try the cut developed by you.
So I went out and bought your book in the second edition.
But I noticed that the cut adviced by my friends is not anymore in the second edition ... it was only in your first edition.
So now my question: why did you decide to drop that kind of cut ?
Antwort:
After more years of making breeches I found that the second pattern is very adaptable to different figures and sizes.
Some people have had difficulty making the 'tube' type fit on their thighs.
I don't think they are 'wrong' as most of this is guess-work, but there was no room to keep everything in the new book.
And some of the big wrinkled shapes of breech are probably just a 'clout' wrapped and tucked into a brayer.