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umn.31951p00354191b	Blair, Margaret J.	Margaret Blair's system of model sewing and garment drafting. 	1898		.txt	text/plain	10655	783	90	Cut a piece of cloth twice the width of the desired hem, and sew one edge on the garment in a. The front measurement is taken from the center of back of neck to waist line in front. To find width of top, measure out from 1 foursevenths of band and mark, from this point measure up two and one-half inches to 6, connect 6 with one inch above 2 out one-half of the chest measure, this line will be 5. the width on waist line slanting out one inch. Measure from 3 to 13 onehalf inch and mark from 13 to 14 one-half of hand measurement; 14 is our waist line; 15 is an outward curve three inches down and slanting one waist line to one and one-half inches below it. measure from elbow to arm's eye, from 4 to 5 always mark up one and one'half inches, from 6 to	./cache/umn.31951p00354191b.pdf	./txt/umn.31951p00354191b.txt