ILLUSTRATING FOUR POSITIONS OF THE DRAPERY RELATIVE TO THE WOODWORK.
It will be necessary to notch the goods to allow it to go up into the points of the scallops, as X, Figure [15].
After the covering is all basted down lay the face side down and spread the lining out over it, allowing an inch to project all round. Turn in the edge and tack it with shoe tacks or pins, then the bottom edge and the two ends, taking care to keep the thread or grain of the goods straight and square to avoid puckering.
When all properly basted it is either slip-stitched together, as shown in Figure [15A], or machine stitched, keeping the edge of the lining about a sixteenth of an inch back from the edge. The tails also are lined; lay the cut tail on the table face down and turn over on top about half an inch on the two sides and bottom, and with shoe tacks tack it to the table nice and even all round the edge; lay the lining over it face side up and tack it over the other, turning in the edge the same distance that the goods is turned over, and with edges lying even, removing the first round of tacks as you put in the others, baste the two together with basting stitch and slip-stitch, or machine stitch it together, according to the nature of the goods. In making the pipe cover the buckram form with the lining before forming it into the cone shape, bringing all the edges over and sewing them to the wrong side, so that they will not be visible in the cone when made.
A MODERN VERSION.
For the skirt in Figure [12] allow about as much again for fullness for light-weight goods, and half as much again for medium weight.
Do not make it on heavy goods unless very deep, and then some other styles would be better.
All appliqués should be put on and sewn before the lining is put on.
In estimating for these styles calculate how many widths of goods are required to cover the form from end to end, and take that many times the depth of the valance, with two inches allowance each time for turning in, and add to that the length of the two tails.