This is what the finished pocket will look like, so you can get a sense of where this post is going. We will be installing the pocket bag (the red fabric visible in the photo) into the slit opening we made earlier.

Begin by bringing the seam allowances to the front of the section. Pin both seam allowances to one side (here I’ve chosen the left side but either side will do). Comb the hair off to the right, and pin. This keeps it from being sewn into the seam. Lay the right pocket bag, right sides together, on top of the fur. The opening of the pocket bag will fall right on top of the opening in the fur. Mark a stitching line on the back side of the fur–this seam will sew the right side of the opening to the pocket bag. Stitch along this stitching line, sewing…