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 AB is the center-front, Fig. 81. Mark the position of the closing as line CD, also the amount the left front will extend under the right front as line EF. Mark the new neck outline on both the front and back, as lines GI and JK, Fig. 81.

Fig. (82) Diagram showing how to make the neck facing pattern

Place a piece of paper under the diagram for the front and trace the right front, tracing along the neck, armhole, underarm and lower edge over to line CD and then across line CD. In cutting out the pattern, allow seams at the [ 74 ]