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MAKING THE ELEMENTARY PATTERN
To work out the patterns from the drawing in Diagram 6, cut out
in paper two pieces of the side view which will be marked body
pattern. These will be joined together by gussets. The width of
the gussets on a small toy standing some 6" (15 cm) high should
not be more than about If (3-5 cm) wide, but they should be
widened down the legs by another f (0-5 cm) to end at the feet,
measuring \}" (4 cm). This will make the toy, when finished, stand
firmly on the ground. The length of the gussets is taken from one
of the body pieces. Measure from the base of the front leg, up the
front leg, continue up the front of the neck, round the head,
following the back and ending at the base of the back leg (Diagram
7, line A). This is called the outer body gusset. To give depth to
the toy, in other words three dimensions, an under body gusset
is required. This has to be the same width as the outer body gusset
and also widened out at the base of the legs. The length of the
under body gusset is taken from the body pattern by measuring
along the inner line of the front leg, along the body and ending at
the inner back leg (Diagram 7, line B). Draw the worked-out
gussets on paper.