HOW TO MAKE COATS
HOW TO MAKE COATS to keep edges thin. Cut canvas interlining to extend down front and across to center of armhole. Lap the edges at the dart in the can¬ vas and stitch back and forth across the dart. This gives a flat finish. Take up dart at shoulder of coat. Press the canvas and the front. Then baste canvas to front, catch it to revers with pad- Fiz- fo) slip stitch th* ding stitches, tape coat and °J stitch cloth facing to front as described in making Norfolk jacket. Close shoulder and underarm seams and press them open. Reinforce under collar with canvas, catching the canvas to the entire collar with padding stitches. Join under collar to coat and then sew on top collar as described in Norfolk coat. Stay lower edge of coat with canvas, as described in making semi-fitted coat. Next finish the pockets and the belt. Cut the belt lining a trifle narrower and the pocket lining a trifle smaller than the outside. Make belt. Try on coat to locate position of belt and pockets. Stitch pockets flat to coat, running
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