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Difficulty: **
You will need: gabardine; lining; fusing; 1 long zipper; 2 short zippers.
Attention! Fabric consumption varies depending on the size of garment. First of all, print out paper patterns and lay them out at the width of fabric/ knit you plan to use, to see how much fabric you will need.
When sewing the garment, pay attention to notches- they must coincide.
Cutting :
Fabric:
1. Back yoke - 1 folded detail
2. Back lower part - 1 folded detail
3. Front lower part - 1 folded detail
4. Pocket - 2 details
5. Front yoke - 1 folded detail
Lining:
1. Back part - 1 folded detail
2. Front part - 1 folded detail
Instructions:
Sew the zipper to back yoke. Sew yoke to back lower part.
Cut pocket entrance between mark lines, making diagonal notches to pocket marking corners. Press allowances apart. Lay the zipper under pocket entrance. Sew the zipper on right side at 0.1 cm (1/16") from entrance of patch pocket. Press pocket allowances into wrong side, then topstitch.
Sew front yoke to front lower part.
Sew side seams.
Turn garment hem into wrong side and topstitch.
Sew back middle seam into lining to zipper mark. Sew side seams into lining. Apply lining and fabric details right sides together, then overstitch along edges of neckline and armholes, leaving slits of 1 cm (3/8") near shoulder edges. Turn the garment right side out through shoulder seams. Sew shoulder seams in fabric details. Turn shoulder edges and lining closure's allowance into wrong side and sew by hand. Turn lining hem into wrong side and topstitch.