Thanks to everyone on the Pattern Review message boards who advised me on the patch pockets. It was unanimous that I interface the entire pocket even though the instructions (just pictures) don't show it. I think they would have been very disappointing if I had merely lined them. I'm getting a lot of mileage out of my hair canvas. In addition to the pockets I also interfaced the reinforcement patches that the toggles will be stitched to. I spent quite a bit of time positioning the patches because they really need to line up. I lined everything up with masking tape and then topstitched the patches in place using the tape as a guide. Voila! I've also attached the pockets and their flaps. Marji from the Great Coat Sew-along blog has a great tutorial on patch pockets. She topstitches the pocket first and then sews it by hand onto the coat. It's time consuming, yes, but it looks SO much better and eliminates that look of the pockets just being tacked onto the coat. The coat fronts are now complete and I've laid them out with a toggle to get a sense of what it will look like. Things should start moving ahead quickly from this point.
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