{"id":125,"date":"2012-03-05T07:23:00","date_gmt":"2012-03-05T12:23:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/robertjeffery.us\/tuttofattoamano\/2012\/03\/05\/vent-finishing\/"},"modified":"2012-03-05T07:23:00","modified_gmt":"2012-03-05T12:23:00","slug":"vent-finishing","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/robertjeffery.us\/tuttofattoamano\/vent-finishing\/","title":{"rendered":"Vent finishing"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>There were a number of questions about the vent finishing on the Ralph Lauren Purple Label garment, so here is a look at it again, with a comparison to an engineered method.  <\/p>\n<p>The traditional method of finishing the vents has the lining seam follow the shape of the side body, with a hockey-stick-shaped step at the top of the vent.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/21977945@N02\/6807137978\/\" title=\"ventPL by jefferytailor, on Flickr\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/farm8.staticflickr.com\/7188\/6807137978_bbdf7b5e31.jpg?resize=333%2C500\" width=\"333\" height=\"500\" alt=\"ventPL\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>In this case, it has been (exquisitely) finished by hand, however it is possible to do this by machine.  So this, in itself, is not a sure indication of the level of construction.<\/p>\n<p>The engineered method pushes the side seam over so that it meets the top of the vent in one straight line, like this one.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/21977945@N02\/6953252243\/\" title=\"ventH2 by jefferytailor, on Flickr\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/farm8.staticflickr.com\/7059\/6953252243_fc95437e13.jpg?resize=333%2C500\" width=\"333\" height=\"500\" alt=\"ventH2\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>When we flip the underlay up, we can see the most telling thing.  The engineered vent&#8217;s lining will continue in a straight line down the vent.  This method can be done entirely by machine, no hand finishing is required.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/21977945@N02\/6807138382\/\" title=\"ventH by jefferytailor, on Flickr\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/farm8.staticflickr.com\/7178\/6807138382_0530bafa07.jpg?resize=333%2C500\" width=\"333\" height=\"500\" alt=\"ventH\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>The traditional method has an underlay of lining underneath the cloth underlay- notice how the lining extends closer to the edge of the folded vent.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/21977945@N02\/6807138210\/\" title=\"ventPLunderlay by jefferytailor, on Flickr\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/farm8.staticflickr.com\/7198\/6807138210_e17faec9d5.jpg?resize=333%2C500\" width=\"333\" height=\"500\" alt=\"ventPLunderlay\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>This kind of application must be slashed, basted, and finished by hand so it&#8217;s a pretty good sign.  I like this method because the lining seam can be tacked to the cloth seam to prevent shifting- the engineered method can&#8217;t be tacked because the lining seam is offset from the shell seam.<\/p>\n<p>Joanne asked if I knew of any online instructions for vent finishing and unfortunately, I don&#8217;t.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>There were a number of questions about the vent finishing on the Ralph Lauren Purple Label garment, so here is a look at it again,<span class=\"read-more-link\"><a class=\"read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/robertjeffery.us\/tuttofattoamano\/vent-finishing\/\">Read More<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[102],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-125","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-vents"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/robertjeffery.us\/tuttofattoamano\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/125","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/robertjeffery.us\/tuttofattoamano\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/robertjeffery.us\/tuttofattoamano\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/robertjeffery.us\/tuttofattoamano\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/robertjeffery.us\/tuttofattoamano\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=125"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/robertjeffery.us\/tuttofattoamano\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/125\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/robertjeffery.us\/tuttofattoamano\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=125"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/robertjeffery.us\/tuttofattoamano\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=125"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/robertjeffery.us\/tuttofattoamano\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=125"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}