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Show Good Dress Pattern Helps To Avoid Homemade Looh Nothing gives a dress that un wanted "homemade" look any mon definitely than poor fit One of thi best ways of being sure your dresi will fit Is to start your dressmaklnj venture with a good pattern. But i good pattern Is only a start be cause most women have figure Ir regularities that require changei In either pattern or basted garmen for perfect fit. The easier, more eco nomlcal way Is to alter the pattern Farmers' Bulletin 1968. "Patten Alteration," gives complete Infor matlon on buying the right size a commercial pattern and explalm how to measure the figure ant take corresponding pattern meas urements, allowing for extra wldtl or length where It Is needed. Methods for altering various pat tern pieces are Illustrated bj sketches showing, tor example, ho to make the skirt pattern large; throuKh hips, or the blouse shortei through back. After marking any alterations. rl the garment apsrt press piece: and cut a paper pattern from them Use this as a guide In checklnj tines and proportions of other pat terns Keep your basic pattern u to date by making a new one eacl year, as shoulder, armscye and oth er structural lines change with thi mode, or you may change in size. |