for the front arm-hole, now measure the bust from T to S, from S to 8 is 3 inches for seams. Now cross a line from 8 down to Z. now begin to work the stoutness, look over your waist measurement for this stout size, also look for the waist measure on the regular size and see the difference between the two measurements, the regular waist measure for a 40 size is 27 inches, and for this stout, the waist measure is 30 inches, the difference of these 2 measurements is 3 inches, now take half of this 3 inches, 1 1/2 inch and allow from V to W, now cross a line from 8 to W and down to Y, now separate the front and back, take half of I to G makes 2, from 2 to 4 is 1 1/2 inches, now cross a line from 2 to H down to 15. 16 is 1 inch up from 15, now curve from 16 to E, now measure the front hip, from I to X is 45 hip measure on 2/3rds, from X to 3 is 2 inches, for fulness, from U to Z is 3 inches, now complete the side measure from 2 to 16 and take the same with a 1/4 of an inch longer from 4 to 7 and make a curved line from 7 to Z and Y this completes the bottom on the front, now complete the stoutness in front, cross a line down from O to 10 for the pocket place, from 10 to 5 and 6 is 3 inches both sides or in full 6 inches for the pocket. Now cross a line from 5 to W on both sides of W at 13 and 14, take out 3/8 of an inch or half from V to W and cross lines lost to 5, this amount shall be pleated up as shown on the diagram, now split on the side, from G to 1 is 1 inch also from 6 to 11 is 2 inches, now split from 1 to 11 before pleating up the front. The separation is shown on the next page.
