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A COMPLETE COURSE IN DRESSMAKING

which will cause the apron to hike up in front when worn, as shown in Fig. 25.

To make a pattern for the waistband. (See Fig. 26.) AB represents the center front.
Fig. 26. The pattern for the waistband
Draw a straight line from A to B measuring two and three-quarter inches. Then draw two lines from A and B measuring nine inches each at right angles to the AB line. Join by line measuring two and three-quarter inches at right angles which corresponds to AB line. Look at line C on diagram.

To make a pattern for the strings, Fig. 27.—Draw a line from A to B measuring three inches. AB represents as before the center front. Draw two straight lines measuring
Fig. 27. The pattern for the string
twenty-four inches at right angles to AB line. Draw connecting line at right angles, measuring three inches and corresponding to AB line: line C, Fig. 27.

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