Dodge, Mary Mapes, 1830-1905 · [New York : Scribner & Co.] · leaf 228
rownpaper by which to cut the gores. To make thepattern, take a strip of paper six feet long and alittle over one foot wide; fold the paper in thecenter lengthwise, so that it will be only a little overa half foot from the edges to the fold. Along thebottom, measure two inches from the fold, and… … fold ; about three inches and a third at the fifthfoot; nothing, of course, at the sixth foot, or top,where the gore will come to a point. With chalkor pencil draw a curved line connecting thesepoints, cut the paper along this line and unfold it. You will have a pattern the shape of a cigar,…
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