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 same distance from B that H is from D. Draw the front line from F to I.

Now apply the length that you took from the waistline to the knee in the front. From E to B ought to equal this measure. Draw the line BD parallel to pattern AC. Mark point J one and one-half inches from point B and point K an equal distance from point D. Then draw the side lines IJ and HK.

Allow a hem at the bottom and seams on all other edges in tracing off the bloomer pattern.

Cutting the Bloomers: The Fig. 99b shows the pattern laid on the material folded double crosswise. Mark around the pieces and cut as described in Lesson II.

To Make the Bloomers: Join the inner leg seams first.(See Fig. 100.) If you are working on thin material make French seams. In heavy