DIAGRAM 37.—First use a waist pattern either to measure or proportions.
Draw a straight line from O to R, and lay the pattern down against it at
breast and waist, as represented by the broken lines.
Mark along the armhole and lay the first sidebody in a closing position
to the front at armhole and overlapping just 1 inch below the waist.
Draw a line along its side to W.
Now place in front of O and R 6 to 10 inches, according to the amount of
fullness desired to be gathered in, as to P and S.
Curve the line on top of shoulder ½ inch above it, and draw the line P
S.
The distance P V must be gathered in to that of O V, and when finished
the pattern is laid against the armhole and the neck cut by it.
A yoke of lining can also be cut of the shape at the shoulder and neck,
and the material gathered on to it.