LADY'S
PETTICOAT
BODY
OR
JACKET .
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BY EMILY H. MAY.
PETTICOAT BODY: FRONT.
PETTICOAT BODY: BACK.
IN giving a pattern of this description, it is 3 impossible to suit everybody's figure, but we have made the diagrams suitable for a middlingsized person. Any slight alteration may very easily be made in the size of the waist without changing the cut of the pattern, which may be made either larger or smaller according to the dimensions required. When the jacket is required very much larger, each piece should be cut larger than the diagrams, taking care, however, to preserve the exact proportions. The most durable and suitable material for petticoat bodies is twilled calico, which should be rather fine ; longcloth is sometimes used, but it does not wear so well. The seams, with the exception of the two under the arms, should be stitched on the right side, the top and bottom of the jacket corded, as well as the arm-holes and the bottom of the sleeves. The insertion and work which form the trimming should not be put on until the cording is completed, and, to make the insertion round the neck shapeable, piece of narrow soft braid should be run in on the upper edge where the work is joined to it, so that it may easily be drawn in to the size required. A false hem should also be put on inside the hem on the left side, in which six button-
holes should be made. This will be found a more tidy method than making the button-holes in the jacket itself, the buttons being quite hidden, as will be seen in our illustration. We must not omit to say that turnings must be allowed for, in cutting out this jacket. We give above engravings of the front and back of this jacket ; and on the next page diagrams by which to cut a paper pattern : the reader understanding that the paper patterns will have to be enlarged to the sizes marked on the diagrams. No. 1. FRONT. No. 2. HALF OF BACK. No. 3. SIDE-PIECE. No. 4. SLEEVE. As new subscribers may not know how to cut an enlarged pattern from these diagrams, we will give the directions. First-to enlarge No. 1. Take a piece of newspaper, or brown paper, whichever is most convenient, making sure to have it large enough. Draw a straight line up it, sixteen inches long ; then draw the curve, at top, for the shoulder, twelve inches long ; and finish, back to where you began, in the same proportions. Do the backs, sleeves, and sidepiece in the same way. 75
