Pres open the seam and pin the bands together. Turn in seam allowance on other edge and fold strip to wrong side. If neces- sary, trim seam allowances to lem Q’). Stitch from right side through seam, To begin, interface the facing with a piece the length of the opening, plus 2cm (2") on the lower edge, no seam allowance on the front edge, and Lem (}") else- where, Choose an interfacing suit- able for the fabric being used. Iron an iron-on interfacing into place or baste on non-iron interfacing. Mark center front, fold line on underlap, end of the opening, buttons and buttonholes with basting. Stitch the center front seam to the end of the opening. Cut into the underlap as far as the fold line as shown in the photograph above. Finish edges of the cut. i §} Sulch the plat seam to about 10cm (4*) above the hem. Press the pleat fold and press the underlap facing to the inside along the fold line. Finish the edges of the facings, finishing the overlap facing together with the pleat. Stitch down the pleat as follows: Stitch from the finished edge of the facing up to the center seam. Leaving in the pins, turn the work and stitch up the marked line of the center seam, Leave the pins as before and turn the work again and stitch the underlap onto the overlap facing, Press the overlap facing to the left side along the marked line. again near the fold edge to give a firm finish. Work buttonholes and sew on buttons, @ Me, Photograph shows the finished opening.