Breast, 40; Waist, 40; Hip, 41½; Seat, 40; Length of legs, 30. The seat
measure and the length of legs are noted for the purpose of giving
a better impression of the form. Form: Erect—square shoulders—short
neck—height of back above line 9 is 14½—top of back, 3¾—side of neck,
4—bottom of armhole, ⅜ above 11¼. No gore under the arm, but a spring of
½ inch at line 18¼, on which line is also the waist length of the back.
The waist seam drops 1¾ in front; is even in front and side, but laps ¾
over the gore in the forepart, which is ½ inch, running up to line 15.
Front: Quaker Cutaway, with no lapel—standing collar—front of neck at
3¾—notch in center of 15 deg.—for the button hole side allow ⅝ in front
of base, and for the button side ½ more. In front of line 9, allow ½ for
both sides and meet base again in front of 11¼. At 15 go forward 3¼—at
20, 2½. Meet plumb base at 26½ and go back 3 at line 32½. Drop bottom of
skirt ¾ at the base. Shoulder laps ⅜ at the neck and ½ toward the blade.
Gore between the back and sidepiece: ⅜ at the armhole—meet at 10½—½ at
11¼—⅞ at 14½, on back—1⅜ at 15—1⅝ at 18¼,—1¼ at 20—⅝ at 25—⅞ at 30.
Center of back is hollowed out ⅜ at 17½, and at line 30 the finished hook
is 1¼ out.