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and stitch across the bottom. (See Fig. 17.) Turn the extension right side out. Join one edge to the skirt, then turn under the free edge and stitch as shown in Fig. 18. Fig. (18) The extension sewn to the placket opening Sew eyes to extension to match hooks on other side, or omit hooks on panel side and finish closing with ball-and-socket snaps.

Sew top of skirt to gros-grain belt, as described in making circular skirt. In this case, the end of belt comes to the front edge of the facing on the panel and the skirt is free from the belt across the facing. The other end of the inside belt comes to the end of the extension. Sew hook and eye to top of the belt. Hem bottom of skirt.

Making a Pattern for a Two-Piece Skirt: Probably, you already see how easy it is to work out any number of pieces you desire in a skirt. It's just a matter of marking new seams on the diagram which you make from the block pattern.

Here is another example which I want you to copy for practice. It’s the skirt in Fig. 2 in the first part of the lesson. There are just

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