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 raw edges. (See Fig. 25.) Turn under the raw edges one-fourth of an inch and machine stitch or fell the hems by hand. The hems will be one-half inch wide finished. Lap the right hem over the left hem and lay material at the bottom of the slash into small pleats. (See Fig. 26.) Tack these folds securely in place with over-and-over stitches on the wrong side of the garment. (See Fig. 27.)







The shoulder seams may be French seamed or the edges joined with seam beading. If seam beading is used cut off all but one-eighth of an inch seam allowance on the edges to be bound. French seam one edge