Zippered welt pockets

My next on-line tutorial will be how to make zippered welt pockets. In order to do this project, you'll first have to learn how to make welt pockets. The method I will show you follows how a welt pocket machine -usually called a Reece machine because it's made by Reece -since merged with AMF and now known as AMF Reece- but still called a reece machine (a pdf product brochure is here). By the way, the name we use to describe this kind of pocket in the trade, is also reece. We don't call these welt pockets. We call them reece pockets. The pattern is labeled that way and if you asked somebody for a reece, they'd know you meant a cut rectangle measuring 8" x 3" because it only takes one piece of fabric to make these, not two (in manufacturing, you have to make your pattern pieces specific to the machine being used and this is one example of that). The underwelt for a reece is 8" x 2 1/2". Oh, and we do call an under welt an under welt. I know that's not logical but why does everybody assume the trade always does things logically? Believe me, I couldn't make this stuff up if I tried.

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