LESSON XXIV DRAFTING THE SEVEN-GORED SKIRT
Measures used
in this draft
—
Waist measure Elip measure Front length of
skirt
Side length of skirt
Back length of skirt Measure about bottom
Take a
2.
enough
With
3.
inches
40^ 41^
inches
A
inches
yards
and a straight
to hold the draft.
as a center
inches,
draw a
circle
of the paper, A-P.
B-D, beginning at the edge
circle,
inches
40
3
A represents the corner of the paper. With A as a center and a radius of 10
1.
42
piece of paper having one square corner
edge, large
inches
25
.
and a radius
of 15 inches,
draw another
C-E.
From C on circle C-E, measure 1-7 of one half the Hip Mark this point F. 5. From point C on circle C-E measure ij^ inches more than from C to F. Mark this point G. 6. Measure from C to F and C to G. Subtract this amount 4.
measure.
from Y2 the Hip measure. 7. Use what is left of the Hip measure
C
to 8.
From B on
Mark
this point
9.
to
for the distance
H and C to I, making C to H Y% inch less than C to
K. 10.
circle
B-D measure
1
from
I.
inch less than from
C
to F.
K.
From B on circle B-D measure Mark this point L. Measure from B
to
K
and
from Y2 the Waist measure.
"3
B
% inch more than from B
to
L and
subtract this
sum