3947. Trimmings down the front of a dress when on the cross, should be cut the same as flounces. In trimming the front of a skirt, it is a good plan to cut a paper the length of the skirt, and pin it on the way you intend to trim, and then tack a tacking thread by it.
3948. Put tackings wherever you mean to trim, before you begin trimming, and lay your skirt on a table to do it; put on all trimmings with a light hand; do not sew them as you would a shirt, it gives them a puckered look. Now mind, a good cross; no attempts at making pieces do, unless they are good corner pieces, that will join well; you are more sure of making a trimming well if cut all from one piece.
3949. Before cutting a skirt off that you wish to put tucks in, have a piece of lining or calico at hand, pin the tucks in it as you wish to put them in your skirt.
As a general rule, a tucked skirt takes more than a flounced one, and makes less show for the quantity of material used.
PETS.
Canaries, (see [p. 175]) and other Birds.