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HOW TO MAKE COATS
HOW TO MAKE COATS pattern easily cor¬ rected. Bear this in mind in making a muslin test, it must not fit too tightly. The lining and in¬ terlining will take up considerable room. The muslin model ought to fit easily but, of course, not draw or wrinkle. If cross or diag¬ onal wrinkles ap¬ pear in the upper part of the gar¬ ment, the slope of the shoulder is probably wrong. If a person stands overerecty that is, with the shoulders thrown back, a coat cut from a regula¬ tion pattern will probably poke out
in the front,
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