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 time is the slashed pocket. This is shown in Fig. 1, in the first part of the lesson. The material used in a skirt that has a slashed pocket ought to be firm of texture. It is possible to finish a neat slashed pocket in good quality serge, flannel, broadcloth, prunella cloth or a twill. If the material is loosely woven and frays easily, it is almost impossible to finish the edges without having them lose their shape.

The secret of binding a slashed pocket neatly is in stitching the binding to the skirt before cutting the pocket opening. Mark where the pocket opening will come on the goods. Cover the mark with a piece of goods which extends about three-quarters of an inch beyond the mark at all points. Then, stitch around the mark, running the stitching parallel to the mark at the sides and square at the ends. Keep the stitching about one- eighth of an inch from the mark at all points.

After the stitching is made, cut along the mark to within one-eighth of an inch of the ends. From the ends, slash diagonally to the corners. (See Fig. 64.)

Turn the binding piece through the slash onto the wrong side of the skirt and lay in small pleats at the ends. (See Fig. 65.) These