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Since the hem allowance is turned back it will have just the right shape at the top and bottom when you cut out the pattern and unfold it. After the pattern is cut out, turn the hem back so that the pattern is out flat. Fig. 35 shows the pattern flattened out at the neck. Line AB is the center-front and line CD is the finished edge of the hem, corresponding to line CD in Fig. 32(b).

The back pattern will be the same as the block allowing seams.

To make the collar pattern: Lay your front pattern on another piece of paper and trace along the center-front line, the neck, shoulder and armhole without seams. Remove the pattern and place the block pattern for the back with the shoulder along the shoulder line of the front, matching the edges without seams and mark around it. This gives you a working diagram for the collar. (See Fig. 36.)

If you want to copy the collar, shown in Fig. 32(a), measure along center-back line, the depth you want the collar in the back,