Handicraft for Girls A Tentative Course in Needlework, Basketry, Designing, Paper and Cardboard Construction, Textile Fibers and Fabrics and Home Decoration and Care

d. The long facing is a continuous facing, the

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same as in Plackets A and B. Baste up the other side and stitch, the seam being on the right side of the cloth.

e. Crease both facings open in the seams. Turn in a fold on the other side of the short facing and turn the end to a square point.

f. Turn a fold the length of the long facing so that it matches the width of the short piece.

g. Baste the two facings together and the flat facing to the cloth.

h. Stitch around the short facing and twice across it at the end of the opening. Stitch or hem the under side of the flat facing.

D. THE GUSSET.

This method of finishing an opening is sometimes used on drawers and night-shirts instead of Placket A. The following are the successive steps for making the gusset:

a. Cut the opening the desired length.

b. Hem both sides with a very narrow hem running to a point at the end of the opening.