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 HOW TO MAKE COATS

also used for square motifs, or with braiding.

Shirred Insets: Another dressy trimming is shirred insets of silk. If you want some- thing a little different, add three shirred in- sets of faille silk to the bottom of a twill or broadcloth suit.

It is easy enough to do. Cut your shirred insets either straight or bias of the goods and about two inches wide. Join the strips end to end and run a shirr thread parallel to the raw edges. Draw up the shirr thread and open the he raw edges, fold- ing one on one | side and one on the other side of 5 oS the little puffing Fig. 16) Applying shirred sections formed through the center. Baste these puff- ings to a piece of lining. (See Fig. 16.) Then turn under the raw edges of the outside coat and apply them over the shirrings, as shown in Fig. 17.

Simple Embroidery Stitches: Coat em- broidery is usually very simple in detail. The design may be elaborate but the formation of the stitches is not hard. For instance, a border design such as shown in Fig. 18 is made