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the drafts in this
work are made
measures as taken on the form unless expHcitly stated otherwise. These represent the lengths and widths of the finished garment and its parts. Therefore oil seams must be allowed for z<.'licn cuffing fhe material. to the
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THE DRAFTING SQUARE all
IN
the following explanations, whenever the fractions yb, y^, '/s, y2, are used, unless expressly stated otherwise, they are according
etc.,
to the several divisions of the half-bust,
half-waist
or
half-hip
found on the ordinary drafting square. As for example the distance between two given points may be given as j4 waist, the waist being 24 inches. Find half of 24, which is 12, on the divisions of Fourths.
From
this to the
angle of the drafting square
one full
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When
is
^4 waist or 3 inches for
from one point to another is fourth of the waist, the waist being 24 inches, then is meant one
this size of waist.
it
is
said that
fourth or 6 inches.
Take, for example, 36 bust, 24 waist, 42
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M- 18
2(4 21
20-:
hip.
ys bust
is
half of 36,
^24-:
on the divisions of Eighths, as from A to B, 2^4 inches. is 18 on the divisions of Fourths, as from A to C, A-y^ inches. is 18 on the divisions of Halves, as from A to D, 9 inches. bust is 18 on the divisions of Sixths, as from A to E, 3 inches. ye ys bust is 18 on the divisions of Thirds, as from A to F, 6 inches. bust is 18 on the divisions of Two-thirds, as from A to G, 12
which
is
IS,
y^ bust J^ bust
%
inches.
A
y^ waist is half of the waist, 12, on the divisions of Fourths, as from to H, 3 inches.
A
to J, 6 inches. J^ waist is 12 on the divisions of Halves, as from y2 hip is half of the hip, 21, on the divisions of Halves, as from
A
to
K, which
is
10^4 inches.
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