Practical sewing and dressmaking by Allington Sara May

Author:Allington, Sara May
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: Sewing, Dressmaking
Publisher: Boston, D. Estes & company
Published: 1913-03-25T05:00:00+00:00

other gores to the best advantage to save cloth. The goods being plain, the gores may be turned either way up or down. Cut out, allowing a good seam at the bottom, as we are to sew our ruffle or plaiting to it. Notch each gore to correspond to those in the pattern. Baste all the seams and stitch.

From the other end of the goods, cut enough strips nj^ inches wide, on a true bias, to make, when sewed together end to end, once and a half the width of the skirt around the bottom. Sew the seams on. the machine. Turn and baste a hem ij^ inches wide along one side. Gather along the other side about J^ mcn from the edge. Before gathering, divide into quarters and gather each quarter on a separate thread. Divide the bottom of the skirt into four parts, making the two front parts two inches more than the back parts. This will bring the ruffle a little fuller in the back than in front. Sew the ruffle to the skirt, having the seam come on the wrong side. Have the seam on the skirt as wide again as that on the ruffle. After the skirt has been tried on, turn the wide part of the seam over the narrow part, turning in, and stitch. This covers all the raw edge where the ruffle is put on. A narrow ruffle may be put on the wide one at the bottom if one wishes. If a plaiting is preferred in place of the ruffle, enough strips should be cut on the straight of the goods, the same width as those for the ruffle, to make 3 times the width of the skirt.

Sew a straight band of the goods about ij^ inches wide to the top of the skirt, having the band about 2 inches longer than the waist measure. Pin the middle of the band to the middle of the front of the skirt, having the band on the right side of the skirt. Turn in both ends of the band 1 inch and pin along the top of the skirt. You will find that the skirt is quite a bit longer than the band. What is left of the skirt may be gathered in, or laid in a large plait, having the edge of the plait come just to the end of the band.

The back seam of the skirt should be left open about 12 inches from the top. This opening should be hemmed on each side

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