Fashion Design Drawing

the neck-band be longer on the right side

than on the left, measuring from the center

back. If the band supplied with the pattern

is not the right size of one's neck, alterations

should be made at the center back, cutting

the pattern straight across and basting a

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piece of paper in the space to make it larger, or lapping it at the center to make it smaller.

The buttonholes which should be worked in the front of the neck-band and at the back, when the waist is worn with a linen collar, are shown in the illustration No. 221.

A back yoke may be applied to the waist as shown in Fig. 223 on next page.

If the fronts are to hang free, baste a tape across the back of the waist, and adjust the fulness over the front under the tape. Many prefer this plan, since it lessens the trouble in making and laundering.

Where the waist is very full in front or is made of heavy material, the front portion is frequently cut away below the waistline where the gathers begin, and the fulness gathered into a band.

This band is an inch deep, when finished, and is cut a trifle bias in front. Fig. 224.