
Before stitching facings/uppercollar to the coat's body/undercollar, I must attach the piping to the front and undercollar edges. As always, I clip the piping SAs at rounded edges and I pin the piping in place before I stitch it. There is a difficult spot (the inward corner between collar and lapel) that should be hand stitched first; the zipper foot won't be able to sew this inward angle properly (see next picture):

Next I overlap both layers together (right sides facing each other and coat's body/undercollar facing up) and I stitch along the edge; SAs must be graded and clipped (this is very important! Clip every corner, every round edge, if possible making sure that clipped SAs don't match on both layers) before turning the facings into place. When grading SAs, keep in mind that collar/lapel's SAs should be trimmed larger on the facings, the opposite for the front edges.

Also note that the front facing is stitched along the front hem; SAs are graded along the hem line and clipped at the corner's edge:

After turning the uppercollar/front facings so that their wrong side is facing the coat's wrong side, I pinned neckline stitched lines together overlapping each other exactly; this time I'll hold them in place permanently by hand stitching a long back stitch through the overlapped neckline stitching lines; I remove pins as I go:

The edges should be hand basted with silk thread (thin embroidery thread will do just the same) and carefully pressed (not done yet):



If anyone calls, Ill be topstitching! The only thing missing to finish the coat's body (besides the white topstitching) is the hem! I hope this small collar/lapel tutorial is clear to everybody! If you have any doubt or question regarding this procedure, please say so, I'll do my best to try a better explanation! Be well!
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1 comment:
wow!
the piping... so accurate. this would have killed me - i´m sure!
such a wonderful coat, it will be a head-turner when it´s finished!
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