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 diagram just where you want the finished pleat to come as the lines CD and EF in Fig. 53. Half of the pleat comes either side of the center-front.

If the pleat were to finish an inch and a half wide, line CD would be three-quarters of an inch on one side and line EF three-quarters of an inch on the other side of the center-frontline.

Now mark another line which is the total width of the pleat beyond line EF, as line GH, Fig. 53. In the case of a pleat, an inch and a half wide, this line will be an inch and a half beyond line EF. In cutting out the pattern, allow seems at all edges.

In making a box-pleat in the goods, bring the outer edge of the pleat as line GH, Fig. 53 to the center-front of the blouse, as line AB, Fig. 53. Turn under a seam’s width and stitch as in Fig. 54. Then, open the pleat into its finished position and stitch either side of it, as shown in Fig. 55.

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