bottom pieces to the top pieces. now if you have to make fitting adjustments you have to remove stitches at the seams that attach the top and bottom pieces and then you make have to undo the side seams to get in there and make those adjustments.
by sewing the bottom front to the top front pieces and doing the same for the back, you will then sew the shoulders and sides together. you then have one continuous side seam and adjustments are easier to make.
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