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 ing the edges to the center of the strip.

Baste them in place and stitch one-quarter of an inch back from the edge of each piece. (See Fig. 9.) Leave the seam open at the top to placket depth.

To finish the placket, tape the edge of the skirt at the right side of the placket. Use thin but strong linen tape about one-quarter of an inch wide; lay it on the wrong side of the goods a seam's width back from the edge. Catch it to the goods, taking a stitch first on one side and then on the other. (See Fig. 10.) Be careful that stitches do not show through onto the right side of the goods. Turn the raw edge of the seam onto the tape