11 GORE FLARE SKIRT.
LESSON 67.
This skirt is drafted with the same outlines as the ordinary skirt, the front of this is also 1-1/2 inches on top and 3 inches on the bottom, changes of the skirt are nor made at the bottom where the flatness is allowed, before beginning the draft of the outline for a flare skirt decide first the width of bottom for this skirt, it shall be known as the flare skirt, it shall at least measure a 1/5 yard more than the width of the ordinary skirt, now suppose the width or an ordinary skirt on the bottom is 3 yards, now make for this flare skirt 3-1/2 yards on bottom, now take 1/2 of your increase, 1/2 of 18 is 9 inches, now divide carefully 9 inches into as many sections as you have seams between front and back, the seams which are between the front and the back are at the bottom, M, Q, Y and U. Now this means 4 lines where we can allow for flareness, now divide this 9 inches into 4 sections, now allow 1/4 part of this 9 inches which is 2-1/4, from M to W, from Q to X. from Y to Z and from U to XX. Great care should be taken by allowing all this towards the back and when all these parts are allowed raise a curve up from W to 1, from X to 2, from Z to 3, from XX to 4, this means that all these curves shall be raised up until about 1/2 of the length of the skirt, when cutting out be careful to cut out the front as usual, the inside gore from K to W, from M to X. from Q to Z. and from Y to XX. from U to L is the back gore of this skirt, the width and part of this skirt shall be curved as the 11 gore skirt and seams shall be allowed for this skirt, this completes the 11 gore flare skirt.
