Fig. 53. The back, side gore and front
Fold a hem at the bottom of the skirt an inch and a quarter wide. Baste the hem so that seam comes to seam. On the front gore there will be a fullness. Gather this fullness in with fine running stitches and baste. Use a separate thread for the gathering. Now hem around the whole skirt.
Cut the placket two inches down through the centre back. Turn a hem on the right side one half inch wide and on the left one eighth inch. Sew the hem.
Lap the wide hem over the narrow at the bottom of the placket and stitch across the wide hem two rows of stitching one eighth of an inch apart.
Turn in the strip you cut off at first for the band one quarter of an inch on the two short sides and on one of the long sides.
Fig. 54. The skirt
Fold lengthwise, find centre of band and crease; one inch from this, crease again.