A COMPLETE COURSE IN DRESSMAKING
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.)
Fig. (25) The
first step in
making a pleated
center back
closing
Fig. (26) The
finished center-
back closing on
the right side of
the goods
Fig. (27) How
a pleated closing
looks on the
wrong side of
the goods
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
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