Work continues on my boiled wool coat. This will be a pretty "geek heavy" post, so you've been warned! With the pockets completed it's time to baste the prepared canvas to the coat fronts. I adapt the sequence that Roberto Cabrera uses for a suit jacket. Basically one bastes from the shoulder down the length [...]
Eventually the lining has to be made. I'll be honest with you, it's my very least favorite part of any tailoring project. I have SO MUCH admiration for all the sewists out there who add piping, all kinds of little pockets and wildly curving seams. I just want it over and done with ASAP. So [...]
OK, I know, this isn't exactly exciting stuff. I've described this process on other coats, so this is primarily for the benefit of my sew-alonger. These techniques are taken from The Bishop Method of Clothing Construction, a book from 1959 that I refer to often. The author, Edna Bishop, comes across as an imposing but [...]
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