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Needlecraft (1911)

Archer, Effie Archer · Garden City, N.Y., Doubleday, Page & company · leaf 68

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gore on the other edge. Pinthe pattern down securely and cut through boththicknesses of the material (Figure 53). Pin the skirt together, placing a straight edge of NEEDLECRAFT 43 a gore to a bias. Baste a quarter-inch seam alongthe finished edges of each gore, holding the biasedge toward you. Sew… … Fig. 53. The back, side gore and front comes to seam. On the front gore there will be afullness. Gather this fullness in with fine runningstitches and baste. Use a separate thread for thegathering. Now hem around the whole skirt. Cut the placket two inches down through thecentre back. Turn a hem on…

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