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Draft the placket on top of the top draft, so you can see and understand how it all fits together.
Trace out the placket as illustrated and add seam allowances.
Draft the slit as deep as you w ish, illustrated here at 6". Then draft the placket to finish at 1" wi de. The placket is 1" w ide a nd will fit into an opening of 1" wide. The two plackets w ill overlap for buttons and buttonholes.
Fold each placket towards the inside. Indicate with a slit or a notch the center front placement of the placket on the front of the top.
To sew: Fuse the placket pieces to re-enforce ons and buttonholes. them f or butt F ld both plackets in half. . o both plackets, folded , With raw une up es touching. ed g . V: " before the sew at W' stopping • lackets. ends of the P til 1' before Clip the slit all the way un the end. . . Clip a Y in the sht.
Sew across the bottom, catching the little triangle.