Pattern 21.—Doll’s Automobile Coat
See Insert VII
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To cut out—
1. Fold goods crosswise. Pin pattern with edge having two rings (oo) on fold. Cut out.
2. Remove pattern. Spread coat open on a table.
3. Cut pattern along the one row of pinholes marked FRONT. (See Directions on Insert VII.) Fold pattern backward along the other row of pinholes.
4. Pin pattern in place on one end of coat.
5. Cut neck along the V-shaped lines.
Remove pattern.
6. Cut goods open from point of V-shaped neck, to bottom of coat.
This makes the front-opening.
7. Cut two collars with edge of pattern having the two rings (oo) on lengthwise fold of material.
8. Cut two cuffs with edge of pattern having two rings (oo) on lengthwise fold of material.
“That must mean ‛just right’”
To make—
1. To face the front-openings:—
Spread coat open upon a piece of the material of which it is made, right sides facing.
2. Baste along front-opening, and around the neck, through the material underneath.
Cut open the underneath-material, along the opening of the coat.
3. Cut underneath-material off, one and one-half inches from edge of front-opening and around the neck.
4. Stitch facing in place one-quarter inch from edges. Remove bastings. Turn facings over to wrong side. Baste edge, along enclosed seam.
5. Closely notch, or “pink” the “raw” edges of facings.
