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 with a little fullness in the top. The type of the skirt depends on the goods that you are using and the figure of the person who is going to wear the dress. If the goods is thin and the woman slender, make a straight gathered skirt. If the woman is inclined to be stout or the goods is a little heavy make a two-piece pattern. The panels at the sides are just straight pieces, about eighteen inches wide.

Fig. (93) Spreading the cuff to make it circular

Cutting a Surplice Dress: Place the center-back of the waist on the fold of the goods. Also the center-back of the collar and the front of the skirt ought to be placed on the fold. It is a matter of taste whether you have a seam in the back of the skirt or cut it on the fold. In cutting waist front, place center-front on the straight of the goods. The center of the sleeves should be placed on the straight thread.

Medium weight materials are best to use [ 89 ]