Men's Seventeenth & Eighteenth Century Costume: Cut and Fashion

This book is a must if you are sewing men's costumes from these periods. Comes with excellent instructions at the back on drafting a pattern smaller or larger. We used this book during the tailcoat workshop as Simon is a small and the pattern starts at M.

Experiment in pattern drafting basics

I'm experimenting with making a pattern from one of my extant regency gowns. Somehow my lines don't look right, and I'm seeking comments from people more experienced than myself at this. 

Pictured on the left is the back pattern piece, and then with rough lines drawn over it. It is originally a size 6 adult.