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Cut a piece of pocketing to be used as reinforcement, straight grain, 3" (7.6 cm) wide and 2" (5 cm) longer than the top of the finished patch. Place the reinforcement side of the jacket, centered
ment
line.
Baste or pin
On the at the
the
wrong
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secure the patch to the
jacket by hand, using a diagonal stitch and finishing thread.
Double the
stitch
in
silk
the rein-
forcement area.
over the pocket place-
in place.
top of the patch Baste the patch to
line.
may choose
You
right side, place the
pocket placement
the jacket.
on the wrong
On
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to
add
a
row
topstitching to the front of the pocket.
of If
hand
so,
use
buttonhole twist which you have waxed, and
then pressed between two pieces of paper. The heat
will
melt the
wax
thread a better body.
and you wish, add
into the twist
give the
If
a single
bartack at each corner of the pocket as a finishing touch.
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