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line DC, Fig. 29. This would make the finished garment thirty-six inches. If you want the finished brassiere to measure thirty-four inches, half the brassiere pattern ought to Fig. (29) Diagram for back of brassiere measure seventeen inches and there will be one inch to take off of half the pattern. Mark a point on the line DE, Fig. 28, one-half inch in from the underarm seam. Also measure in a half inch from the center of the armhole and reslope the armhole as the chest width ought to also be narrower than on a blouse pattern. (See line JE, Fig. 28, and line HD, Fig. 29.)

The brassiere will stay on the shoulders better if the line is thrown in from the top of the shoulder as point J, Fig. 28. Mark the curve for the low neck as desired, lines GKH on Fig. 28 and Fig. 29.

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