Monday July 11

Work on the coat continues.
First of all the hems of the tails were pinned up and hand stitched.

And the shoulder seams stitched, just the wool fabric initially.

The collar was then prepared with two layers of collar canvas, to make it nice and stiff, on a cotton layer.  This was then attached to the wool layer of the collar before it was lined, turned through and attached to the coat.

Once the collar was in place then the shoulder seams of the linings were stitched and pressed.  Finally for today I pinned in one of the sleeves, this is a trial and error process, keep pinning it in and taking it out until it looks right.  Tomorrow I have to get the other one to match.