Cut a second collar out of a piece of soft sateen or lining, place the two pieces together and backstitch round three of the edges, leaving the curved neck edge open. Turn the collar inside out, pushing out the corners carefully. To join the collar to the coat, seam the neck of the coat to the neck edge of the lining of the collar, then turn the neck edge of the collar in over this seam and hem it along neatly.
Put the braid round all the edges of the coat as shown. Using white cotton, hold the braid along the work, and sew it on with small running stitches along the centre of the braid.
Make three buttonholes on the right front of the coat, and sew buttons on the left front to correspond.
This is the Peacock Cloth. One Peacock is standing on the top of a wall, while the other struts about on the grass and shows off his splendid feathers. Isn’t it pretty?