Fold at right angles to the grain line. 2. Straighten the seam lines by folding back the projecting edges below the crosswise alteration pleat. 3. Keep each of the folded-back edges even in width. 11. Adding fullness to skirt: 1. Slash the skirt pattern to the waist line where ever the flare is needed.

Join APC. Pleated Skirt 6-gore skirt Circular skirt 180 7. Skirt with extra flared gore: If extra fullness is required at hem level. eg. sports skirt, or a long evening dress, it can be added to each gore. This addition is usually made from the hemline, but on A line skirt it could start from about knee level. A long 6-gored skirt can be flared out below the knee.