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  • Basic Sack Coat Construction

    Basic Sack Coat Construction

    Now let’s just cut out the pattern pieces we just finished at see what the sack starts to look like when it’s put together. To finish it, to make a real, wearable piece, we still need to figure out how to cut and attach the facing and lining pieces. I think it’s really starting to…

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  • Diagrams 4-13: Adjusting the Basic Sack Coat

    Diagrams 4-13: Adjusting the Basic Sack Coat

    Finally, we’ve created the start of a sack coat pattern using the methods found in The American Garment Cutter. From here we still have a few adjustments and alterations before we can get to part where we can actually start cutting some fabric and put it all together. This, of course, is where Regal’s advice…

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  • Diagrams 2 and 3: Finishing a Basic Sack Coat Pattern

    Diagrams 2 and 3: Finishing a Basic Sack Coat Pattern

    There was a lot in just putting together maybe half of the lines necessary to draft a basic sack coat in Diagram 1, and it’s not done yet, we have two more diagrams to get through before we can even consider this mostly finished and there are yet more issues we’ll encounter along the way.…

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