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Edwardian Era Sewing Manual
The following is sample page from an Edwardian era sewing manual:
Ladies Nine-Gored Flare Skirt
Nine tapering gores were employed in the construction of the skirt here illustrated. Allowance
is made for the back to be in habit style, or to display an inverted boxplait. Such a skirt is
a reliable and satisfactory one, made in tweed, cheviot, serge, suiting or corduroy, and may
be worn with any style of waist; or, it may be made of soft material, with yoke of lace and
the gores connected by faggoting and full trimming at bottom of skirt. Material without a nap
or other distinct up or down, will need five
yards of goods, 50 inches wide. Of goods with a nap or other distinct up or down, 6 yards in
the same width will be required. If goods without a nap is employed, fold the material and
place pattern on like cut.
The seven gore skirt is a very good outline for the drop skirt lining, as well as the trimmed
outside skirt. The gores producing this outline are cut to give a straighter appearance—that
is, it hangs straighter from the hips to the floor. We use the word "straighter" for this
shaping of skirt because there seems no better way of describing it.
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