Now we are ready for the slit which is in the centre top. On the wrong side start at the top with an eighth of an inch hem, but decrease it to almost nothing right to the bottom ([Figure 43]). Fold the other side in the same manner. In hemming the two sides, start at the top.
Fig. 43. The placket hemmed
Now let us practise making gussets on a piece of paper. Cut a piece of paper three inches square. Fold it from corner to corner and cut ([Figure 44]). Turn the straight or short edges of the paper one eighth of an inch and fold along the two shorter edges ([Figure 45]).
Fig. 44. The triangle
Hold the paper with the straight edge down, measure it from the two points one quarter of an inch. Now cut a piece of material the size of the paper and fold like model.