Measure the length of your shears on a piece of paper. Mark this length
with lines AB and CD. Then draw a vertical line between these two lines
by placing a ruler on the lines as shown.
[Illustration: {measuring the shears}]
Measure the width of the shears by placing them on the vertical line so
that the intersection of the handles and the points of the shears rest
on the line.
[Illustration: {making a pattern}]
Measure across the widest part of the handles. (Ask your leader to help
you read the ruler.) Label points E and G. Also measure the width ½ inch
from the point of the shears. Label these two points as F and H.
Make a pattern for the pocket by drawing lines with your ruler, from
point E to F and G to H. Extend these lines to the full length of the
shears.