Sleeving on a jet plane
Posted: Sat Jun 07, 2014 12:11 am
Any tips on making sleeve construction painless? I have an outfit that has flimsy lace sleeves which inevitably started to tear over the years. I figured, rather than patch up the old ones -- I never cared that much for lace anyway -- just cut out a new sleeve and sew it on.
I know the basic idea of a sleeve -- a tapered rectangle with a parabola at the top (wide end) so you have room for shoulder movement. But I have *NO* idea how to shape that shoulder part. Too much curve, and I end up with gigantic poofy sleeves... which I may eventually want to learn how to do, but would not be appropriate here. Too little, and it binds against my shoulder so I can never move my arm from back to front.
Any tips on what to measure, how much extra room to allow, etc.?
I know the basic idea of a sleeve -- a tapered rectangle with a parabola at the top (wide end) so you have room for shoulder movement. But I have *NO* idea how to shape that shoulder part. Too much curve, and I end up with gigantic poofy sleeves... which I may eventually want to learn how to do, but would not be appropriate here. Too little, and it binds against my shoulder so I can never move my arm from back to front.
Any tips on what to measure, how much extra room to allow, etc.?