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 Fig. (80) Diagram for making low bloused-over waist

the front. See lines CD and I. Decide how much you want the waist to blouse and draw another line this distance below lines CD and I, as lines EF and JH on the diagram.

When you lengthen a waist pattern in this way, usually it is necessary to take off a little in the front at the underarm seam. See dotted line on diagram. Also the back will [ 72 ]