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A COMPLETE COURSE IN DRESSMAKING
PATTERN MAKING
YOUR block waist pattern will serve you to advantage in making dress patterns, too. In fact, with a good waist pattern you can go right ahead and copy almost any dress style that you happen to fancy.
For making dress patterns, the waist pattern that you use as a block, ought to be cut high at the neck and without seam allowances. Copy it in firm stiff paper.
Making a Pattern for a Straight Hanging Dress: Straight hanging dresses are by far the easiest to copy and make. A few lines added to your waist pattern will give you the style shown in Fig. 32.
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Fig. (32) A practical porch frock or morning dress
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