MAKING INFANTS' CLOTHES
The amount you allow in the width depends on the number of pin tucks you plan to make. Mark and cut the other pieces as described in Lesson II.
Making an Infant's Dress: Make groups of pin tucks either side of the center of the material you have cut for the front, as shown in Fig. 23. Then fold the material through the center again. Place the pattern for the front on it and cut.
Fig. (23) Tuck the material
before cutting the front
Fig. (24) The material slashed
for a center-back closing
Most infants' dresses are made with a slashed opening at the center-back and pleats below. To make the back closing, slash the fold the desired depth and cut crosswise slashes at the bottom, three-fourths of an inch wide. (See Fig. 24.) Turn a hem either side of the lengthwise slash, creasing the material three-fourths of an inch from the
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