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the skirt was made up and worn by a woman who had a waistline that dipped down in the front and up in the back, the skirt wouldn’t set right. If the waistline were crowded down in the front and the back of the skirt were hitched up to suit her figure, the whole skirt would be out of balance and swing toward the back. For this particular figure, add to the top of the skirt at the back giving the waistline a new run, as in Fig. 72.

Fig. (71) The welt as it appears on the right side of the skirt

If the original pattern, made for the woman with the straight around waistline, were made

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