Checking my Draft

I've moved my pocket down now and redone the darts and suppression. I realised I was reading the draft to mean 3/4" suppression on either side of the dart not in total. That's why they came out over-suppressed.

I was also thinking that the breast and underarm dart look hugely over-suppressed, as Rory said. I think this is often a beginner's mistake, looking for a shapely cut with elegant waist suppression. Don't fall into this trap. If you over-suppress these two darts it will cause drags/folds in other areas of the garment.

I generally check the pocket depth as being around 8-9cm below the waist line. Those pockets do look too high.

Hi Heather, It’s as I expected. The pocket is too high. As I said already, I don’t do the thirds system. If you are unsure as to where to put the pocket, line it up with the bottom button. The dart suppression is too much, 3/4” is all you need. On the positive side, your runs look good, you seem to have followed the rest of the draft correctly. After you make the adjustments I have suggested, you will be in a much better position to make a nice coat. Please post and share more examples of your work as the project moves forward.