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 A COMPLETE COURSE IN DRESSMAKING

Fig. (73) Another young girl style—the flaring jacket

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Top Coat: A conservative style top coat is shown in Fig, 75. The soft pile fab- ric coatings of the bolivia family would be attrac- tive for such a style. Or, you might use a soft velour or even a serge, if it were a spring coat you were making.

Making the Top Coat: The thing to remember in working on heavy goods is to trim all seams, cut off corners of seams diagonally before turning them, and press all edges before stitching the sec- ond time in order