Report of Missouri Farmers' Week. 215 



Width of Chest. — Measure across the chest from arm to arm 

 two inches down from the hollow of the neck. 



Length of Front. — Measure from the hollow of the neck to the 

 waist line. 



DirectioAS for Drafting the Back of the Waist. — Draw a line 

 one inch from and parallel to the top edge of the paper. Mark 

 this line E. (See Fig. 1.) To form the neck curve, measure on 

 the edge of the paper three-eighths inch from E and mark the 

 point (a), and on line E, at a distance from the edge of the paper 

 equal to one-third of one-half of the neck size, mark a second point 

 (b). Connect these two points with a curved line. 



Two inches down, from line E draw a line parallel to E, extend- 

 ing entirely across the paper, and mark it D. This line indicates 

 the amount of slope of the shoulder. Measure the distance of the 

 bust line from the point (a) , which represents the bone at the base 

 of the neck, on the edge of the paper, which is the center back of 

 the pattern. Through this point draw a line entirely across the 

 paper parallel to line E. This is the bust line or line F. A third 

 line should be drawn three inches from (a) and parallel to E. 

 This line need extend only one-third the distance across the paper 

 and is marked C. 



To Form the Shoulder Line. — With (b) as a center, draw a 

 radius equal to the length of the shoulder, intersecting line D. Con,- 

 nect this point of intersection with point (b). 



To Get the Widths of the Back. — Measure on, line C one-half 

 of the first width of back; measure on line F, the bust line, the 

 second width of back, namely, the distance from the center back 

 to the underarm seam. Raise this point one inch, because this 

 measurement was taken one inch below the hollow of the arm. 

 Mark this point (g) . Form a curve for the arm size by connecting 

 the points which determine the widths of the back with the end 

 of the shoulder line. 



To Form the Lower Part of the Waist. — From (g) draw a line 

 perpendicular to the bust line and the length of the underarm 

 seam. Place a point (h) one and one-half inches in from this point 

 (depending upon the number of gathers desired in back), and con- 

 nect the new point (h) with point (g). Correct the measurement 

 for the length of the underarm seam. Measure on the edge of the 

 paper from point (a) the length of the back. Connect this point 

 with point (h) by a straight line. This forms the waist line for 

 the back. 



