e. Provide matching notches or balance marks if necessary along seams to show which seams are to be joined together. f. Centre front and centre back line should be marked. It is advantageous to cut outward notches at centre front and centre back of pattern pieces because at the time of assembling the garment, notches on collars can be matched to notches on the neck line of garment etc.

Hence select such yoke designs for a short plump figure. Horizontal lines in yokes make a person look shorter and fatter and are suitable for thin figures. A yoke wide at the shoulder and pointed towards the waistline gives the impression of a narrow waist and wide shoulder.