What is/was your preferred method to put together your Class As or Dress blues?

I paid a lady at a tailor shop when ever I got promoted. I never took anything off but my ribbon rack to add to it. I marked the holes inside the coat so they would go back in the same place. Oh and I never washed it for 7 years! I know...gross. Never failed an inspection though!

I was able to setup my blues (and greens before that) going by eye. If I had any doubt for spacing that is when the ruler and 670-1 came out. But usually it was not needed.

I used a special ruler that you can get from a sewing store for measuring seams. It has a special slider on it so you can get very precise measurements.