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 HOW TO MAKE COATS the coat and rolling the material so the join¬ ing comes just to the back of the edge. (See Fig. 48.) This gives a thin edge. Baste the facing in place and press. Join seams at sideback the same as seams at side-front are joined and tape across back of neck. Close the shoulder and underarm seams, pressing them open. The collar needs an interlining of the canvas too. Cut the interlining the same shape as the outside but without seams. Pin the canvas to the under collar and catch it in place very securely with padding stitches in parallel rows, running them from the neck edge to the outer edge of the collar. Work with the collar canvas side toward you. Take a stitch crosswise of the material, passing the needle through the canvas and the .collar. Use care that the stitches do not show through onto the right side of the goods. Take the first stitch about one-quarter of an inch long. Insert the needle one-half inch below and in direct line with the first stitch and take a second stitch crosswise of the goods as before. Repeat these stitches to the outer edge of the collar, rolling the collar into the position it is to take on the coat. In the second row take the crosswise stitches halfway between the [37]