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 PATTERN MAKING

OUR block waist pattern will serve you to advantage in making dress patterns, too. In fact, with a good waist pattern you can go right ahead and copy almost any dress style that you happen to fancy.

For making dress patterns, the waist pattern that you use as a block, ought to be cut high at the neck and without seam allowances. Copy it in firm stiff paper.

Making a Pattern for a Straight Hanging Dress: Straight hanging dresses are by far the easiest to copy and make. A few lines added to your waist pattern will give you the style shown in Fig. 32.