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79 SINGLE BREASTED RIDING COAT.

LESSON 3 6.

This garment is drafted on the same principles as the first tight fitting Jacket, lesson 3. (Some measurements regarding the style of the garment are changed, this garment is used mostly for riding purposes, the measurements for this garment are as follows:


 * 7 inches Depth,
 * 15-1/3 inches natural waist length
 * 17 1/2 inches fashionable waist length.
 * 36 size or chest.
 * 39 bust.
 * 25 inches Waist,
 * 43 inches hip.
 * 40 inches full length.
 * 18 inches inside sleeve length.

To begin we draw the out-lines the same as for the other Jackets. From A to B is 7 inches depth, from A to C is 15 1/2 inches natural waist length, from A to D 1 is 17-1/2 inches fashionable waist length, from A to XX is 40 inches full length of coat, now measure from C to Z 6 inches for the regular hip line, Cross lines from A to W, from B to 20, from C to 19, from D to 13, from Z to 11, from XX to 13, after having all lines crossed begin to make the box as always, from B to G is 2/3rds. of size or 12 inches, from D to E is also the same, now draw a line from E G to the topline, now divide B to G makes, H, from H to I is 1 1/4 inches, now raise line from I to J, this liseline [sic] makes the width of back, from A to K is. 1/6 of size or 3 inches, from K to L is 1 inch, now connect a line from M to I, now begin the front, from G to F is 1/6 or 3 inches. now draw a line from F to Q. from Q to P is also 1/6 or 3 inches, from P to is also 1/6 of size or 3 inches, from P to W make also 1/6 or 3 inches for the front neck. Now make the