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 and tack it in place. Stitch a quarter of an inch back from the edge to match stitching in lower skirt.

Sew on hooks at regular intervals and slipstitch facing in place. A placket of this type has an underlap. Cut the material for the underlap about three and three-quarter inches wide and a half inch longer than the depth of the placket. Lay the lining for the underlap on the underlap and stitch down the sides and across the bottom, running the stitching a seam's width from the edges. Trim the seams, turn the underlap right side out and press.

Lay the underlap on the left side of the skirt with the center of the underlap a seam's width from edge. Stitch the left edge to the underlap and turn the underlap onto the wrong side