Well the movie “Cabrini” that we (DC Theaticks) did some work on is soon about to hit the screens. The movie was mainly shot in Buffalo, NY.
We made 80 of the skirts and jackets for the orphan girls in about a 1/2 dozen sizes in 3 different colors of wool. Here’s what the jackets were like:
Here’s marking the top layer of a spread:
The weights you can see in the photo are weights from an old knitting machine we got when we bought a bunch of stuff when a friend that was closing a sports wear business. He used the machine to make the knitted cuffs for the jackets. The weights were used to keep tension on the knitting. Only once in 30 years or so did I drop one on my toes. 
The patterns we received were digitized in a company in New York City. Here’s the Side Back piece… And just as a note - it’s a good idea to clearly label WHICH piece is which. The label they plotted is rather cryptic so I hand wrote the piece names on each piece.
If you look close you notice the punched notches… everyone should have one of these… a notch punch:
Depending what I was cutting and how many layers I would use 1 of my 2 main cutters. An Eastman straightblade:
Or an Eastman rotory cutter:
I had a cutting table that was 6’ wide by 40’ long where the cutters were powered from a feedrail on the ceiling above. The cables had roller connectors that ran inside the feedrail so the cord moves with the cutter, and stays off the table.