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MAKING INFANTS' CLOTHES
to point K. In sewing the sleeve into the armhole, the top of the sleeve at point G should come at the shoulder seam and the sleeve seam should come one and one-quarter inches in front of underarm seam.
If the little dress is to have a slashed and pleated closing, as nearly all infant dresses have, an extra inch must be added beyond the center back of the pattern. (See Fig. 20.) This point will be fully explained later on in the Lesson. Fig. 21 shows the finished dress.
Fig. (20) Allowing at the center
back of the pattern for the pleat
Cutting an Infant's Dress: Diagram 22 shows the pattern for the dress laid on material folded double lengthwise. If you
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