A COMPLETE COURSE IN DRESSMAKING
A COMPLETE COURSE IN DRESSMAKING Baste at the armhole. Let it extend straight up onto the yoke and tack to the seam. Turn under the front and lower edge and fell it in place at front and lower edges. Lay pleat in back yoke and pin it in place, turn under the lower edge and fell it over the raw edges at the yoke joining. Also turn under the neck edge and fell it over the raw edges at the neck. Tack the lining to the shoulder seam, letting the raw edges extend onto the front of the garment and baste it at armhole. Then pin front yoke in place. First turn under the edge and fell it at the neck; then the front and the bottom edges; then at the shoulder seam. Baste it at the armhole. Make and join sleeve lining to sleeve and sleeve to armhole exactly as described in making semi-fitted coat.
A Peak Lapel: A double-breasted coat often has a peak lapel as shown in Fig. 64. Notice the difference in the
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