A COMPLETE COURSE IN DRESSMAKING
Fig. (44) A coat with a short cape is suitable for
summer or winter materials
At the center-front, mark point C which measures the same distance from the neck that point A measured and on line B mark one and a half inches further from the neck than the measure on the lines A and C. Working with the neck edge of the diagram toward you sweep in a continuous curve which touches these three points. It should be a true curve without a bump or jogs. Place point C to mark the distance from the center-front to the edge of the cape that you desire; draw a line from the neck point to point C as the dotted line and also round off the corner of the cape. In tracing the pattern for the cape allow seams at all edges except the center-
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