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HOW TO MAKE BLOUSES

diagram just where you want the finished pleat to come as the lines CD and EF in Fig. 53. Half of the pleat comes either side of the center-front. Fig. (46) The second stitching of the seam If the pleat were to finish an inch and a half wide, line CD would be three-quarters of an inch on one side and line EF three-quarters of an inch on the other side of the center-frontline.

Now mark another line which is the total width of the pleat beyond line EF, as line GH, Fig. 53. In the case of a pleat, an inch and a half wide, this line will be an inch and a half beyond line EF. In cutting out the pattern, allow seems at all edges.

In making a box-pleat in the goods, bring the outer edge of the pleat as line GH, Fig. 53 to the center-front of the blouse, as line AB, Fig. 53. Turn under a seam’s width and stitch as in Fig. 54. Then, open the pleat into its finished position and stitch either side of it, as shown in Fig. 55.

To Make a Pattern for Blouse with Revers: When copying such a style as is

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