Dressmaking 
 
 
fulness held in as desired at the side and back. These three 
flounces may be attached to each other, in which case no 
foundation is necessary. This is a satisfactory style for 
soft wash materials. The fitted top flounce may serve as 
a yoke and the lower rather straight flounces may be joined 
together and attached to it by cordings or shirrings. 
  (2) By the use of three straight flounces which are not 
gored but have their fulness either gathered or plaited. If 
plaiting is used it may be either side, box, or accordion. 
Flounces of this style should be attached to a foundation 
skirt. 
   (3) By the use of three circular flounces. If these extend 
around the entire skirt it is generally better to cut them in 
sections to prevent the material from becoming too bias 
at the side or back of the skirt. The centre front should 
be placed on a fold, the front edge of each section on a 
straight edge. These sections of the flounce correspond to 
the gores of a skirt and are like them in their general shape. 
If these flounces are used on a skirt which has a panel front, 
the fulness of the flounce hangs better and is less likely to 
fall to the front, if the front edge of the flounce, where it is 
joined to the panel, is slightly bias rather than straight. 
  If a series of flounces is used on a skirt and attached to a 
foundation, as is generally necessary, care should be taken 
to have each flounce deep enough to overlap the one below 
satisfactorily. Good division of space should always be 
considered in determining the width of the various flounces. 
  As much practice as possible should be given to skirt de- 
signing, as many find it a difficult problem. For practice, 
different-shaped yokes may be added. Yokes may be 
combined with front, back, or side panels in various ways; 
shaped pieces, plain or arranged in gathers, or plaits may 
be inset; the six-gore skirt may be so combined by spread- 
ing the gores at the waist as to give a skirt having fulness 
at the top and little width at the bottom. An example of 
such a skirt is the peg-top, which has the centre-front and 
back seams slightly bias and the lengthwise straight of the 
material over the hip, where there is also extra length of 
material to form the drapery. 
 
 
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