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HOW TO MAKE COATS

HOW TO MAKE COATS nice for tweeds, homespuns and other rough weave woolens. Variations of the style can be carried out with inverted boxpleats or trim¬ ming straps in¬ stead of the boxpleats.

Cutting the Norfolk Coat: A sample diagram for the Norfolk coat pattern is shown in Fig. 60. Here the material is folded double lengthwise through the cen¬ ter. The best way of cutting a coat is to weight the pattern pieces down and mark around them with

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A Norfolk jacket

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