5021 DOUBLE-BREASTED COAT

 

YOU NEED: velour of 150 cm width, lining, fusing, 8 buttons, shoulder pads for raglan sleeve.

 

CUTTING:

Fabric:

1. Back part – 1 folded piece

2. Front part – 2 pieces

3. Back sleeve – 2 pieces

4. Front sleeve – 2 pieces

5. Front band – 2 pieces

6. Lay-down collar – 2 folded pieces

7. Back neckline facing – 1 folded piece

 

Lining:

8. Back part – 1 folded piece (excluding the width of neckline facing)

9. Front part – 2 pieces (excluding widths of front bands)

10. Back sleeve – 2 pieces

11. Front sleeve – 2 pieces

 

Fusing: apply the fusing to wrong side of front bands, collar, back neckline facing, flaps. Press the fusing additionally to hem allowance.

 

INSTRUCTIONS:

 

1. Stitch relieve seams of back part and back sleeves. Topstitch seams at back part’s right side.

 

2. Stitch one of front parts to front sleeve. Topstitch seams at front part’s right side.

 

3. Stitch shoulder seams and sleeves’ upper seams.

 

4. Stitch inner collar into back/front necklines. Stitch shoulder seams of front bands and back neckline facing. Stitch outer collar into front bands’ neckline/facing.

 

5. Lay front bands on front parts right sides together, and pin them to edgings; pin edges of outer collar and inner one together. Process the coat neatly along edgings and collar. Press allowances of seams joining inner collar and back neckline facing apart and stitch them together.

 

6. Stitch side seams and lower seams of sleeves. Sew garment’s hem. Sew front bands to garment hem.

 

7. Sew sleeve hems under.

 

8. Sew shoulder pads.

 

9. Stitch lining details together. Stitch the lining to inner edges of front bands and back neckline facing. Sew the lining under.

 

10. Make buttonholes into right front part, sew buttons on left one.