MAKING INFANTS' CLOTHES
The more it is spread open at the shoulders the narrower the cape will be at the lower edge and straighter lines in the garment will be the result. Mark around the pattern and remove it.
Draw the shoulder line, starting it center way between the front and the back of the neck and touching the front and the back at the armhole and extend the line, marking it A and B. Decide how long you want the cape and mark this point on the center-back and also mark the same measure on the front. Add one and a half inches to this measure and mark for the end of the AB line from the neck. Curve the line for the bottom of the cape as described in making the short cape. Allow seams at the neck edge and front and lower edge and cut out the pattern.
Making a Pattern for the Hood of the Long Cape: This little hood is shown in Fig. 51. Draw the ABCD box with right angle lines. Measure nine and a half inches from A to C and from B to D. Make the cross lines measure six and a half inches from C to D and from A to B. Measure three inches from point B on the AB line and mark E. Measure three inches on the AC line from point A and mark point F. Measure one and a half inches from C on the CD line and mark
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