STEP IX FRONT CONSTRUCTION

(STEP III), LAPELS, BUTTONS.

AUGUST 11, 2012 WHENISAYFRIEND LEAVE A COMMENT

Almost done on the front piece now. Honestly :)

THIRTY-SIX.
This is a close-up of where well draw the lapels. Please ignore my pencil
markings for now, they are left-overs of a botched attempt ;)

Mark the end of the line at 3,5 cm above its intersection with the horizontal
auxiliary neck line.

Connect that point with H3. Obviously, this is not the finished shape of the
lapel point yet, but an approximation.

THIRTY-SEVEN.
From the pictures I gauged that the middle row of buttons on the coat are

places slightly below the waist line. So I marked the position of the first
button 2 cm below the auxiliary waist line and 5,7 cm to the right of the
centre front (because the button columns are 11,4 cm removed,
remember?).
Measuring 10 cm upwards and downwards from that button I marked the
positions of the other two buttons, as the following two pictures show.

THIRTY-EIGHT.
Draw the other three buttons 11,4 cm to the left of the ones already there.
Please note, that these positions might well be adapted after weve cut our
fabric.

THIRTY-NINE.
The roll line for the lapels end about 1 cm above the uppermost button. I

marked the point on the front edge in blue here.

FORTY.
Mark point h1, 2cm to the left of H1.

FORTY-ONE.
Draw the roll line of the lapels, connecting h1 and the blue mark by a

straight line (here in red).

FORTY-TWO.
As we know that the lapel is 7,8 cm wide, I marked this length on the aux line
and drew a freehand lapel shape, keeping to the straight demarcation we

have created at the beginning of this post.

This is, how my lapel is shaped at the moment.

FORTY-THREE.
Mirror your lapel at the roll line. Now you can see where it will end up when

the coat is worn with the collar down (if it ever is).

FORTY-FOUR.
I am not sure in how far well need this step but I include it for now. Add the

lower edge of the collar, which we know is 8,9 cm wide.

I indicated the position of the collars edge, drawing a dotted line here: