HOW TO MAKE BLOUSES
C to A,
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Fig. (48) The sleeve is double stitched to the armhole too
Fig. 58 and from B to D ought to be twice the finished width of the collar. Draw the lines AC and BD at right angle to line AB. EF marks the line where the collar will fold. In cutting, allow seams at all edges.
When a waist has revers, as the blouse shown in Fig. 56, only a seam's width is allowed beyond the front edges and the fronts are finished with facing pieces. These facing
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Fig. (49) Finishing off the cuff
pieces ought, to be cut to cover the fronts to a point beyond where the revers fold back. Mark where the back edge of the facing will come on the waist pattern. Place another piece of paper under the diagram and trace around the front of the pattern and across the line just marked. This gives you a facing pattern.
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