1. Fold the lengthwise edges of one of the breadths together.

2. Hold the folded edge towards you.

3. Make a dot at the right-hand side, ten and one-half inches above the folded edge; mark it A.

4. Make a dot four inches to the left of A and parallel with A; mark it B. This is for the hem.

5. Make a dot at the left-hand side, eight and one-half inches above the folded edge; mark it C.

6. Make a dot on the folded edge, one-half of an inch from the left-hand end; mark it D.

7. Cut straight from A to B.

8. Fold the cloth from B to C, and cut on the fold.

9. Cut from C to D, slightly curving inward.