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HOW TO MAKE DRESSES

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Try on the dress to turn the hem at the bottom.

Making a Pattern for a Dance Frock: Even if you are planning just a little dance frock, such as Fig. 95, use your waist pattern as a foundation on which to work.

Fig. (95) Dance frock of tulle and taffeta

Here, too, cut your pattern in muslin and fit it to the lines you want the new waist to take. Rip the waist and mark these changes on the diagram.

(See Fig. 96.)

Of course, you do not want a dart in the front of your dance frock. You can eliminate it by dividing the portion from the dart to the underarm seam, as shown by the dotted lines in Fig. 96. Place another piece of paper under the diagram and

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