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 HOW TO MAKE COATS sewn underneath, it forms a plain slash pocket. To make a plain slash pocket mark the positiorf"bf the slash on the material. Cut two pocket pieces one inch longer than the slash and any desired width, rounding off the bot-

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A patch pocket sewn to the coat

tom. Lay one pocket piece so it extends above the mark, lapping it only a seam’s width over the mark. Stitch the pocket piece to the material, running the stitching just above the slash mark and parallel to it. (See Fig. 28.) Place

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