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CYCLING SKIRT. Diagram 316.

The popular style of Cycling Skirt is now made with a large inverted box-pleat.

The model here given is one of the most successful styles of these.

Draw lines 0, 20, 0, 40 at right angles.

0 to 20, half seat.

Square up to 22, ¼ seat.

0 to 40 front length, plus seams.

The size provided round the bottom is a matter of taste.

The quantities given are reliable amounts—thus, width of front, 12; side, 24; back 27, and pleat, 16.

Mark off 11 half way between 0, 22.

0, 4 and 18, 22 each 4 inches.

Draw seams as indicated.

Now hollow waist seam 3½ at 11.

Take out darts at seams, and one in centre of side gore, to reduce to waist measure.

Allow 1½ of round on back to provide room for saddle.

Arrange for centre of back to go on the crease edge, and so avoid a seam to go over the saddle.

The back is sometimes terminated 1 or 2 inches short of side.

If lined, glissade is the material used.