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 blousy effect will appeal to you. It's a becoming style for a slim woman. But even if you do not want to wear such a dress, making the diagram will give you good practice.

If you are copying such a style as is shown in Fig. 79, use your block waist pattern. (See Fig. 80.) After you have placed your pattern on another piece of paper and marked around it, lengthen the center-front and center-back lines, lines AB and GH, in Fig. 80.

Measure down the center-back of the person and decide just how low you want the waistline. Measure this same distance from the neck on the line GH. Draw a new lower line at this depth across both the back and [ 71 ]