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 How do you cut a pretty neckline?

How do you make a pocket stand away from the material?

What is the foundation of a block pattern?

How do you make a kimono sleeve smaller?

How do you find the length of an apron or dress in the front and back?

How do you know what width to allow for the bottom of skirt or apron?

All the detailed information in this Lesson II can be used over and over again in making garments of all kinds. The directions for edges and mitered corners, for the making of pockets, waistbands and strings, for finding the individual lengths of aprons and dresses and depths of the neckline in front and back, the sloping of the top of the aprons and hems, with the block patterns and kimono sleeves, are used in some way in almost every garment. And now that the secrets of the foundation pattern and use of blocks patterns are revealed to you and the main points of finishing edges, necks and hems, you are ready to see garments with a larger vision and a more understanding eye, so that articles which have seemed intricate and far beyond your skill in the shops and magazines will wear a very different air when you know how to copy them.