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right length or a steel, and then stitch across the tape directly above the bone to hold it in place. The bone can be taken out through the buttonhole when the brassiere is laundered. Join each section in the same manner, omitting the boning at the underarm seams.

Reinforce the underarm with shield-shaped pieces of material. Turn under the edges and bottom of the shield-shaped piece, and press it, baste it to the wrong side of the brassiere at the underarm and stitch as shown in Fig. 40.

Close the shoulder seams and tape these

Fig. (41) The loop of tape to fasten to the corsets

Fig. (42) Sewing the embroidered edging to the neck

seams as the other seams were closed and taped.

Make a loop of tape and work an eyelet

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