I am SO glad it is going to be a random drawing as I am not very good with words but would really like to win an additional year!

WOO-HOO! I have a ready-nade shirt whiich is always coming unbuttoned. I think I may just re-sew those buttons?

I agree: I would like to see the coat on a model and also the front of the garment.

I wouldn't swear to it but in my MANY years of sewing, I think I might remember that there was a special machine used in the industry which sewed the braid on?

YUMMY pattern! THANKS!

My daughter and I LOVE to shop for clothes at Salvation Army and a local church thrift shop. I look for things for myself which I can embellish with machine embroidery but my daughter looks for items she can wear on our many ship trips for "formal evenings".

I would love to see the finished product on a model?

Purchased 8 yeards of cheesecloth yesterday. Now to try this wonderful idea! Thanks, Louise! Edith

To: 956070--
I just now saw your request for instructions on making a sailboat bound buttonhole which I mentioned previously.
Maybe I can find the instructions but as I said, it has been at least 50 years since I made them. Will try to remember to post if and when I do find the info. Edith in Dallas TEXAS

Not trying to win a copy of the issue since I have been a subscriber since the "get-go" but all these comments have certainly piqued my interest. Need to find a quiet spot and read it thoroughly! Edith in Dallas TEXAS

LOVE bound buttonholes!
MANY years ago (about 50?)I had the instructions for making bound buttonholes in the shape of a little sailboat! Too much fun! Edith in Dallas TEXAS

Well, am sure I have no chance to win this book so have put it on my "wish list" at Amazon! LOL!

What a totally unexpected topic! And i LOVE it!
Had never even thought about my ironing method before.
Shirts: sleeves first then right side of back yoke then total right front then back including left side of back yoke then left front and lastly, the collar and stand from the right side.
I have made many, many pair of Sandra Betzina's one-seam pants and iron from the lined-up inseam toward the outer part but no creases.
I am so lucky that my daughter has picked up the love of ironing also as when we are onboard ships on vacation, she will iron my clothes in the community laundry room.
I have had other passengers ask me to iron an article of clothing for them and I am more than glad to do so.
Edith in Dallas TEXAS

I just wish all those who have made their coats would be so kind as to post pictures!

Am I correct in thinking that the description of pattern #6511 should be "racer-back" not "razor-back"?

I have used Sandra Betzina's one-seam pants pattern for several (about 15?) pair and love them! Silk dupioni for the most part and some in drapery-weight linen. Some with cuffs and some without.

OH, MY! I would so love to wear this jacket but could never afford it in this lifetime!

THANKS to the subsequent comments on this article, I now see where that person was coming from when labeling this idea as a "total joke".
Appreciate the enlightenment and will go forward to try to make some of these myself.

I don't understand why the previous poster felt this was a "total joke". Wouold someone please enlighten me? Thanks.

WOW! Finally took the time to read ALL the comments and see that I missed the fact of 2 3/4 yards X 25 inches. Back to the drawing board! Did use 1/4 inch graph paper and made 2 little jackets (pinned only) for a doll (wooden drawing articulated figure). Too cute and also made the saecond one in striped fabric so could compare with Issue #100. Is there a gallery for this as yet?
Edith in Dallas TEXAS USA

I sewed many a bound buttonhole back in the 50s, even a triangle shape but have not done a corded one. Just may try it!

Oh, my goodness! I made those clothes in the 50s!
If I am not one of the lucky winners, I may have to track down and purchase this book!

I did this technique "about" 40 years ago! Thank you, Kenneth King for refreshing my memory!

"Dying" to try this out and glad to see the correction before I cut into any fabric but if I may make a suggestion? How about referring to the second piece of fabric as a "rectangle" and not a "square"?

Oh, YUMMY! I have the Ultrasuede, the Lumiere paints; now to get a "round tuit"!

Would really like to know what the fabric is? My first thought on seeing the article was how neat it would be made from fleece (no fraying edges with which to contend!).