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around, cut off any remaining bias, leaving a seam's width to turn back. (See Fig. 79.)

Stitch around the lower edge of the camisole, running the stitching three-eighths of an inch from the edge. (Three-eighths of an inch is a regulation seam's width.)

Cut off the raw edges to within one-eighth of an inch of the stitching and turn the bias strip onto the wrong side of the camisole. Fold under the free edge of the bias and stitch

Fig. (80) The fold turned onto the wrong side and stitched the second time

Fig. (81) Inserting the elastic waist band ​

as shown in Fig. 80 or fell the upper edge of the bias by hand.

Insert one-quarter inch wide elastic in the casing thus formed. Cut the elastic to fit the waistline snugly, allowing one inch for lap. Run in the elastic with a bodkin. After the elastic is run in the casing, lap the ends of the elastic and fasten securely with over-and-over stitches. (See Fig. 81.)

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