5069 DOUBLE-BREAST COAT WITH HOOD

 

YOU NEED: fabric suitable for coats of 150 cm, lining, fusing, shoulder pads, 6 buttons.

 

CUTTING:

Fabric:

1. Back part – 2 pieces

2. Back neckline facing – 1 folded piece

3. Front band – 2 pieces

4. Pocket – 2 pieces

5. Front part – 2 pieces

6. Collar – 2 pieces

7. Flap – 4 pieces

8. Waistband – 1 piece

9. Sleeve lower half-belt – 4 pieces

10. Sleeve upper half-belt – 4 pieces

11. Sleeve – 2 pieces

 

Lining:

12. Back part – 2 pieces

13. Front part – 2 pieces

14. Sleeve – 2 pieces

 

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

 

INSTRUCTIONS:

 

1. Lay flap details right sides together, stitch along outer edges, turn them right side out, press, then topstitch at 5 mm distance.

 

2. Press pocket’s upper edge into wrong side, fold the edge under and stitch along edge.

 

3. Press patch pocket’s outer edges into wrong side and topstitch the pocket o the garment.

 

4. Lay driven upwards flap on coat’s right side and stitch it. Fold the flap downwards, press it and topstitch.

 

5. Stitch middle back seam to the vent, press seam allowances towards left back part, topstitch left back part along the seam.

 

6. Stitch side/shoulder seams.

 

7. Fold sleeve half-belts along the center and process them neatly (let diagonal ends open) and topstitch. Lay half-belts on sleeves and tack them between transverse marks, with half-belts’ open edges on sleeve hem allowances.

 

8. Sew sleeve seams. Press seam allowance apart.

 

9. Stitch inner collar into neckline; stitch shoulder seams of back neckline facing and front bands, stitch outer collar into facing’s neckline and front band; press allowances apart, slash at rounding.

 

10. Lay outer collar joint with front bands on the coat, right sides together, then overstitch edgings and collar; turn all right side out and press; sew outer collar’s edge on neckline. On right side of coat: turn edging and collar right side out and tack.

 

11. At hem, lay front bands frontward. Fold hem allowance into wrong side and sew. Fold front bands into wrong side. Topstitch front bands and the collar t 1.0 cm distance.

 

12. Stitch sleeves in. topstitch the coat close to sleeve joining seams. Sew shoulder pads.

 

13. Press left edge of vent into wrong side, sew it to hem allowance. Press vent’s right one-piece allowance into wrong side and sew to hem allowance. Pin the vent along coinciding lines. Sew the hem. Topstitch vent’s top diagonally at left back panel catching vent allowance.

 

14. Stitch lining details together. Stitch the lining to sleeve hems, inner edges of front bands and back neckline facing. Pin carefully the lining neat the vent. Cut the lining at vent’s part; do not forget about allowances. Fold lining edges under and sew to vent’s edges. Sew the lining under.

 

15. Fold the waistband along the center, wrong side out and stitch neatly along one long/one short edges, turn the details right side out and press benings. Fold open edge into wrong side and make a stitch along waistband’s perimeter at 0.5 mm.

 

16. Make 2 buttonholes into right front part. Make a buttonhole for under-button into left front part. Fix sleeve half-belts with buttons. Sew buttons corresponding to buttonholes.