Welt Pocket Construction

A Welt pocket is standard in the lining of a Richmond jacket. I figured I would go photograph all the different steps to making one.

Firstly, the left hand front lining piece should be used. That means that the armscye opening of the jacket is to the top left. From there, the two pocket bags pieces should be laid above and below where the intended opening goes.

A simple running stitch should then be used about ½" from the top and bottom edges of the pieces. They should end a little farther than ½" from the edges on the right and left.

After that, a slit should be cut between the two bags. It should end ½" from the end of both running stitches, and then be cut up to them.

Turn the pocket pieces to the inside of the lining.

After that, use a simple running stitch to sew along the bottom of the bag, holding down the lower pocket bag piece, but being sure not to catch the top bag piece that is now behind the lower one. If you do catch it, it will sew the bag shut.

After that, push in the small triangles of fabric that will have formed from turning the pieces. Use a buttonhole stitch to hold them in place. Your bag ought to look like this now:

 Now, looking at the inside of the lining, simply sew together the two pieces. Use a backstitch, since it'll provide more strength than a running stitch. From the right side, the backstitch looks just like a running stitch.

And that's it. A relatively simple way to make a pocket. Hopefully this helped anyone having confusion  on how to make one.