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THE LOUNGE.
Diagram 65.
Measures: 9, 17, 28, 6¾, 20, 32, 8, 12, 17, 36, 32.
SYSTEM.
Draw line 0 to 28½.
0 to 3, one-third depth of scye.
0 to 9, depth of scye, as taken on customer.
0 to 17, natural waist length.
0 to 28½, full length desired, plus 2 seams.
0 to 2½, one-twelfth of breast less ½ inch.
Cme up ¾ inch and shape back neck.
3 to 7½, width of back plus three seams.
Draw line from ¾ to 7½, and hollow a little between W and neck point, as shown.
Hollow back seam ¼ inch at 17, and spring out to 28½.
Make back one-sixth breast, from 17 to 6¼.
Square down from this point and continue upwards into scye as shown, finding point 7 by squaring up from depth of scye line to most backward part of scye.
Shape back scye and back is complete.
THE FOREPART.
From 9 to 20½ is half breast plus from 2 to 2½ inches.
20½ to 12½ the across chest measure, as taken on customer.
Use the Registered Square to find neck point F, as shown, placing it down with the corner 12½, and the angle line on 12½, 20½ and marking up to F the front shoulder measure, as taken on customer less back neck.
Or sweep from 12½ by this quantity, and again from 20½, 1 inch more, and so find neck point.
Measure up from 12½ to D, the over shoulder measure less 9, W of back.
Find width of shoulder forepart by a quarter less than back.
Shape scye making it as hollow as possible, just above 12½, and keeping it close up at back.
