I’m working with McCall’s M7939 to make Joseph’s Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat and for the life of me can’t figure out how to add pleats in the seams large enough to fan put the bottom of the coat. HELP?
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Why not use godets in each of the seams? Threads Magazine Oct/Nov 2020 had an article about drafting and sewing custom godets.