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 of finishing it is with a binding. Trace the pattern for the back from the original diagram.

Making a "Wrapped" Skirt: Finish the front closing first. Bind the edges of both the left and the right side of the fronts. Then, turn a hem on the right front.

If you have made your skirt two-piece, bind the edges before joining the seams at the sides. Make open seams.

Where the skirt has a hem, to make the neatest finish at the lower edge of the right front, cut out the extra material where the front hem and lower hem turn back. To do this, mark on your skirt where the front hem creases, as line DE, Fig. 40. Line AB is the front edge of the pattern. Also, mark where the front hem will stitch, as line FG, Fig. 40. Line BG is the lower edge of the pattern. Mark where the lower hem will crease as line HI. Then, mark a line, a seam's