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39 HOW TO MAKE A LOST DART IN FRONT.

LESSON 11.

The lost dart can be adopted to any garment wanted. As a practical point I shall recommend this lost dart for half fitting; garments only for tight fitting garments this dart is not sufficient and a larger amount cannot work. To begin we allow from Z to Y 2 1/4 inches as always, and no allowance is made in front except the bottom stand. The dart line is made in front the same way, from F to Y take half of X now measure from X to V and take the same amount from Y to N, this is on the long waist. Now divide from N to X makes K, now take out both sides of N, from N to 1 is a 1/4 of an inch, from N to 2 is 3/4 of an inch. Now draw Lost lines from K and L, again from M, K, R to L. This completes the front with the lost dart.

THE HALF FITTING JACKET WITH A DART ON TOP.

LESSON 12.

These two front parts are cut out from the half fitting f reach seam jacket, when having these two parts cut out, mark out the front part I, from I, J. K, L, M, N, to 1. Now lap the inside front part over the outside part from N to H with 3/4 of an inch and mark out the outside part from 0, D, C, A, B, E, P to 0, from G to F and from H to M, the dart on top as from 0 to D and from X to 1 or between D and I.

This completes the half fitting front with a dart on top.