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 From the center-back curve, a line which will touch this new line near the center-front. This gives you the new upper line.

The average woman requires a skirt that is an inch longer in the back than in the front. Of course, if a woman is unusually large across the back, she will need even a greater difference between the front and the back. Place the seam in the skirt, according to the width of your goods.

In cutting out the pattern, allow a seam at the top and a hem at the bottom.

Use your block tight fitting sleeve, allow a hem at the bottom.

Cutting a Basque Dress: Place the center-back of the waist pattern on the fold of the goods. Also the center-front of the skirt. It is immaterial whether you place the skirt seams at the sides or back.

An easy way of cutting the skirt, is to cut off even lengths of the goods, pin them together and then lay on the pattern, folding the goods to bring the seams where you desire. It is an easy matter to shape the top.

If the front edges of the waist are placed on the selvedge of the goods, they will not need a finish. Keep the center of the sleeve on the straight of the goods.

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