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you the length in front on the extended AB line. (See Fig. 59.)

Fig. 59. Completing the house-dress pattern

To determine the width at the bottom draw a line at right angles to line AB, starting at point B. To find the end of the line divide the number of inches required for the bottom of the apron by four and measure this number of inches from point B and mark K. An apron of this type ought to measure sixty inches at the bottom for a woman with a thirty-six-inch bust measure. Add four inches to the width for each increase in size of the bust measure. If the skirt of this apron is to measure sixty inches, point K would be fifteen inches from point B. Draw a line from the underarm at point G to point K. Mark an inch

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