A COMPLETE COURSE IN DRESSMAKING
When a woman's chest is unusually broad in proportion to the width of her back, it is a good plan to buy two sizes of the pattern, using one for the back and one for the front. The same plan can be carried out when a person is narrow chested and wide across the back.
Copying Any Style: You have the foundation principles now that will enable you to copy any blouse style. When you see a style you want to copy, first decide the class to which it belongs. Study the diagram in the book that is nearest to the style and decide what changes you will have to make.
The diagrams in the lesson are not just to read about and look at. Copy each diagram three or four times. See if you can work each one out without looking at the book.
Go beyond the styles shown in this lesson. Hunt up pictures of a dozen or so collars of different design and copy each of them. Do the same with front closings and sleeves.
It's practice you know that makes perfect.
TEST QUESTIONS
Check up your own work and see how much you have really learned from the lesson. Make sure that you know the important
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