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69 BUTTER - FLY SLEEVE CAPE.

LESSON 30.

This garment is drafted on the out line or the box coat, the butter-fly sleeve can be attached to any style of garment wanted, to begin this garment complete first the regular box coat.

To begin the butter-fly sleeve, divide G to R makes W, now cross a line from W to 9 asdand [sic] 10, now cross alinea line [sic] from the back shoulder, L M to Y, from M to Y measure any length for the sleeve, this length is 12 inches. Now place a square from M to Y and draw a line down from Y to 6, from Y to 6 is the width of sleeve, this width cannot be measured, unless the space is measured, from 9 up to the top line of sleeve M and Y, when having this measure from Y to 6. When having the width from Y to 6, cross a line from 6 to 9 as the 9 is the connection of the back, this completes the butter-fly sleeve on the back.

To begin the butter-fly sleeve at the front, place a square to T and U this is the front shoulder line, from T square a line out to 17, now measure from 10 square way up to 22 and take the same amount from T to 17, now draw a line from 10 to 17 out to 18 in order to have the inside sleeve length alike, measure from 9 to 6 and take same, from 10 to 18. Now allow from T to 7 6 inches as the front is too narrow and cross a line from U to 7 and 17, from U to 17 make the same as from M to Y, now curve from 17 to 18. Now curve the under arm-hole from 18, 17, 10 down to 3 and 13, this completes the front sleeve and from G to 9 down to 13 completes the back arm hole. Now curve the front sleexe on top from 17, 7, U to O. The measurements for this garment is the same as usual.