Excellent guide to inserting set in sleeves. I'm really new at this sewing lark and having struggled with my first couple of sleeves, thought I'd check out a video or two to see where I was going wrong. It turns out I'm not really that far off what I should be doing, and your explanation has given me lots of confidence that my next couple of pairs of pyjamas will be even better than my first couple. Thank you for takng the time to record this - it's been really helpful. Now, off to insert my second sleeve.
Thank you for giving great instruction on ease stitching. I'm making my husband a leather coat and I've been so frustrated trying to get the sleeves in without creases or ruffle on top of the shoulder. You've made this a bit easier for me to work with. I'm almost don't with his coat and now I'm confident I can get the sleeves in correctly. Thank you thank you😊
I'm all self-taught and haven't used a pattern since 8th grade home-ecc. Seeing the pattern of the sleeve was a light bulb for me. I needed that. I never couls have pictured that for myself even with all my experience. Thanks so much for your detailed explanation!. Working on the long-sleeve shrug for my wedding dress!
This was brilliant.when I first set in sleeves it confused me how I was going to place the sleeve head and the main body together.It would be good to show how you actually got the pieces together. I love these tutorials because it doesn't matter how long you've been sewing you can still have brain fog moments.
LET ME TELL YOU. Firstly, this video is awesome and very well explained! But secondly, this is insane! The first time I tried to sew something I felt my brain melting, it's so illogical. HOW IS IT POSSIBLE that the same circle around my arm on the bodice is 3cms shorter than the exact same circle on the sleeve. HOW are two different lengths of fabrics SUPPOSED TO FIT TOGETHER while sewing without puckering. And you've got to have a really good 3d-imagination and maths skills to figure out and make all those crazy pattern shapes. I can only imagine how talented all the women just a couple of decades ago were, and still today sewing is kind of looked down upon, every man should be forced to sew on a sleeve in their lifetime so they get to appreciate what "women's" work is and how fiddly and hard it is and HOW MUCH MATHS Is hidden in there. This "fiddling around" is exactly what stresses me out, I can't relax until I've worked through it, so sewing is kind of stressful when it should be relaxing to me at least. I guess this will get better with practice, hopefully.
A super tutorial Lauren! My mother taught me and you have brought her words right back to me! Notches are so important!! I learned the hard way for that😂. I found this very helpful x and your tips on easing are excellent too, so clear to learn from. I'm glad of refreshing as I've been quilting and small project sewing a long time and you lose confidence about dressmaking! Your knowledge of fabrics is just wonderful xx
You must have been reading my mind. Thank you, this is justice what I was looking for at the moment. Already made a fitting toile for the TATB Agnes top and the sleeves are indeed a little bit fiddly.
This is such a clear and helpful video. I’ve been making some outfits for my kids lately and have been having trouble getting my sleeves to set in without puckering of the bodice fabric. There has been a lot of ripping out of seams and resewing. Sometimes with no improvement in the puckering. It doesn’t help any that one of the patterns is self drafted based on an existing shirt of my sons and I have little to no experience drafting patterns. Im pretty sure I wasn’t doing a long enough basting line and too much gathering within the shorter line. I’m looking forward to incorporating some of these tips and seeing if my sleeve insetting improves. Thanks! And I really like hearing your accent (of course, you’d probably think I’m the one with the accent 😃).
I’m Scottish too and it’s lovely to hear a positive comment. I’m on a bit of a high horse at the moment - 90% of the time a Scottish character is in a drama they are a criminal or in some other way undesirable
@@india1422 I’m glad! I get you completely, I’m mexican and I relate to what you said about representation in media so much. It seems like every single time a Mexican is on screen it’s a drug lord or a criminal 😞 it’s gross tbh! And by the way, I’ve seen many Scottish characters or characters with scottish accents that I absolutely love, a pair that comes to mind is Stoick the Vast and Gobber from How to train your dragon played by Gerard Butler and Craig Ferguson respectively. I love both characters and they are both ultimately good in the end :)
@@amapola9202 sadly the media has many cruel tropes for each type of representation & it’s so disheartening 😓 I believe accents really tell a story about who you are as an individual & that should never be shown in a negative light, so both of you keeping being fantastic! I’m from the South, so mine always is that I’m a backwoods hillbilly who’s highly uneducated…yet I’m currently working on my Doctorate 🤷🏼♀️ Trying to break that false narrative a day at a time. Keep shining 💕
Hi, thanks for the video, I’m always looking for tips on inserting sleeves with no gathers and I think I can finally see where I’ve been going wrong all these years, because I pull the threads far too much! 🙄. Thanks again 😍
I always put sleeves in before side seams are sewn. It’s so much easier I find to not get tucks and gathers when I’m sewing the ease. I just don’t understand what the advantage is of trying to sew two tubes together
Yes! I'm new to sewing clothes and it's quickly becoming clear that pattern directions can be a bit...dumb?? Lol just did a pattern that called for me to sew collar together in a circle BEFORE putting it on the neckline of a finished bodice and I was like why would I do that??!! Why would I not just put the collar pieces on each the front and back and then sew it all together at once?? I did that instead, so much better and it all lines up perfectly.
Hi, Lauren the video was great. I was wondering if it was possible for you to show us how to cut and sew a dress with Rayon, as I am new to sewing, thanks Vic
Hi Vicki, Rayon is very similar in how it behaves etc to viscose and I have several videos that are about making different dresses with viscose fabric available on the Sewing Society section of the website, I'll pop links below to the relevant ones guthrie-ghani.co.uk/sewing-society/videos/lyra-dress guthrie-ghani.co.uk/sewing-society/videos/fringe-dress guthrie-ghani.co.uk/sewing-society/videos/sudley-dress guthrie-ghani.co.uk/sewing-society/videos/magnolia-dress guthrie-ghani.co.uk/sewing-society/videos/wilder-gown
Thank you for a great video and lots of very useful tips. Have you heard of crimping the sleeve head? Just wondered what your thoughts are on this technique :)
With the attached side of the sleeves, do you need to overlock/hem it to stop it from flaring? If yes, how do you prevent it from being too bulky under the armpit? (Sorry I’m new to dress making and I don’t have the foggiest idea about anything.)
It depends on the fabric as if its stretch fabric it's unlikely to fray in which can there is no need to finish the seam allowances. Other woven fabrics typically do need 'treated' in some way to stop them fraying and this is very common/normal and won't add excess bulk. Using an overlocker/serger is the quickest way. If you don't have one then you can use a zig zag or overlock stitch on your sewing machine :)
Hi, Lauren just wondering if you could help me? I have a dress pattern that I like and unfortunately it has puff sleeves which I don't like. So is it possible to alter a puff sleeve pattern to a set in sleeve on the paper pattern piece? Thank you :)
Hi Elaine, It is possible to do that but what might be easier is to get a sleeve from another pattern that is the style you would like and then try to see if it fits into your other pattern
Once you have sewn the sleeve in with the sewing machine and you are happy with how it is sitting. You should be able to just pull them straight out pretty easily :)
I know that I am 2 years late everyone excuse me if you just happen to think that i am wrong i just think that you talk more than you do a show me if you show and talk at the same time that would be awesome
oh god no. no no no no no..... i made a pattern off a dress i like... i’m not easing, i’m not! no way to chinese factory workers ease.... and they manage it!
Great thorough video. I especially like the explanation about ease! And yes, sewing INSIDE the "tube" of the arm hole is much easier!
Thank you. I'm new to the sewing machine. You've explained sleeves perfectly. Just what I needed.
Excellent guide to inserting set in sleeves. I'm really new at this sewing lark and having struggled with my first couple of sleeves, thought I'd check out a video or two to see where I was going wrong. It turns out I'm not really that far off what I should be doing, and your explanation has given me lots of confidence that my next couple of pairs of pyjamas will be even better than my first couple.
Thank you for takng the time to record this - it's been really helpful. Now, off to insert my second sleeve.
Thank you for giving great instruction on ease stitching. I'm making my husband a leather coat and I've been so frustrated trying to get the sleeves in without creases or ruffle on top of the shoulder. You've made this a bit easier for me to work with. I'm almost don't with his coat and now I'm confident I can get the sleeves in correctly. Thank you thank you😊
Brilliant! I have been trying to sew a blouse and this is the best tutorial, so well explained. Thank you
I'm all self-taught and haven't used a pattern since 8th grade home-ecc. Seeing the pattern of the sleeve was a light bulb for me. I needed that. I never couls have pictured that for myself even with all my experience. Thanks so much for your detailed explanation!. Working on the long-sleeve shrug for my wedding dress!
Sewed my first ever sleeves today with your help - thank you!!
This was brilliant.when I first set in sleeves it confused me how I was going to place the sleeve head and the main body together.It would be good to show how you actually got the pieces together. I love these tutorials because it doesn't matter how long you've been sewing you can still have brain fog moments.
Brilliant video, such a lovely clear presenting style with no waffle!
So helpful to all us new garment sewists. Thank you!
LET ME TELL YOU. Firstly, this video is awesome and very well explained! But secondly, this is insane! The first time I tried to sew something I felt my brain melting, it's so illogical. HOW IS IT POSSIBLE that the same circle around my arm on the bodice is 3cms shorter than the exact same circle on the sleeve. HOW are two different lengths of fabrics SUPPOSED TO FIT TOGETHER while sewing without puckering. And you've got to have a really good 3d-imagination and maths skills to figure out and make all those crazy pattern shapes. I can only imagine how talented all the women just a couple of decades ago were, and still today sewing is kind of looked down upon, every man should be forced to sew on a sleeve in their lifetime so they get to appreciate what "women's" work is and how fiddly and hard it is and HOW MUCH MATHS Is hidden in there.
This "fiddling around" is exactly what stresses me out, I can't relax until I've worked through it, so sewing is kind of stressful when it should be relaxing to me at least. I guess this will get better with practice, hopefully.
I don't see it as womens work. It's a SKILL, a skill that can be used for recreation as well as earning an income should one desire.
Thanks Lauren, very clear instructions. I was struggling as a beginner .
A super tutorial Lauren! My mother taught me and you have brought her words right back to me! Notches are so important!! I learned the hard way for that😂. I found this very helpful x and your tips on easing are excellent too, so clear to learn from. I'm glad of refreshing as I've been quilting and small project sewing a long time and you lose confidence about dressmaking! Your knowledge of fabrics is just wonderful xx
Beautifully explained. Will use more of your videos.
You must have been reading my mind. Thank you, this is justice what I was looking for at the moment. Already made a fitting toile for the TATB Agnes top and the sleeves are indeed a little bit fiddly.
This is such a clear and helpful video. I’ve been making some outfits for my kids lately and have been having trouble getting my sleeves to set in without puckering of the bodice fabric. There has been a lot of ripping out of seams and resewing. Sometimes with no improvement in the puckering. It doesn’t help any that one of the patterns is self drafted based on an existing shirt of my sons and I have little to no experience drafting patterns. Im pretty sure I wasn’t doing a long enough basting line and too much gathering within the shorter line. I’m looking forward to incorporating some of these tips and seeing if my sleeve insetting improves. Thanks! And I really like hearing your accent (of course, you’d probably think I’m the one with the accent 😃).
What a wonderful teacher. 😇
This is extremely helpful I'm having trouble with sleeves and your way of explaining is so clear. Also, not related at all, but I love your accent!
I’m Scottish too and it’s lovely to hear a positive comment. I’m on a bit of a high horse at the moment - 90% of the time a Scottish character is in a drama they are a criminal or in some other way undesirable
@@india1422 I’m glad! I get you completely, I’m mexican and I relate to what you said about representation in media so much. It seems like every single time a Mexican is on screen it’s a drug lord or a criminal 😞 it’s gross tbh! And by the way, I’ve seen many Scottish characters or characters with scottish accents that I absolutely love, a pair that comes to mind is Stoick the Vast and Gobber from How to train your dragon played by Gerard Butler and Craig Ferguson respectively. I love both characters and they are both ultimately good in the end :)
@@amapola9202 sadly the media has many cruel tropes for each type of representation & it’s so disheartening 😓 I believe accents really tell a story about who you are as an individual & that should never be shown in a negative light, so both of you keeping being fantastic! I’m from the South, so mine always is that I’m a backwoods hillbilly who’s highly uneducated…yet I’m currently working on my Doctorate 🤷🏼♀️ Trying to break that false narrative a day at a time.
Keep shining 💕
You saved my project!!! Thank you so much!!!
your accent is precious. & thanks for the tutorial. :)
Wow! I finally understand! Thank you so much! :)
Excellent video for a beginner .Thank you so much.
Hi, thanks for the video, I’m always looking for tips on inserting sleeves with no gathers and I think I can finally see where I’ve been going wrong all these years, because I pull the threads far too much! 🙄. Thanks again 😍
this is such a brill video thank you!
I always put sleeves in before side seams are sewn. It’s so much easier I find to not get tucks and gathers when I’m sewing the ease. I just don’t understand what the advantage is of trying to sew two tubes together
Me too, I always sew the sleeves in first, then sew sleeve seam and side seam - it goes in so much easier, easier to sew and easier to overlock.
Yes! I'm new to sewing clothes and it's quickly becoming clear that pattern directions can be a bit...dumb?? Lol just did a pattern that called for me to sew collar together in a circle BEFORE putting it on the neckline of a finished bodice and I was like why would I do that??!! Why would I not just put the collar pieces on each the front and back and then sew it all together at once?? I did that instead, so much better and it all lines up perfectly.
Oh thank you! How I was going to get the, to my beginners eye, that odd looking piece of fabric into my bodice...it was doing my head in. Cheers.
Thanks for this!! So very helpful.
Thank you for your video. It was very helpfull.
Thank you. So well and thoroughly explained.
Hi, Lauren the video was great. I was wondering if it was possible for you to show us how to cut and sew a dress with Rayon, as I am new to sewing, thanks Vic
Hi Vicki, Rayon is very similar in how it behaves etc to viscose and I have several videos that are about making different dresses with viscose fabric available on the Sewing Society section of the website, I'll pop links below to the relevant ones
guthrie-ghani.co.uk/sewing-society/videos/lyra-dress
guthrie-ghani.co.uk/sewing-society/videos/fringe-dress
guthrie-ghani.co.uk/sewing-society/videos/sudley-dress
guthrie-ghani.co.uk/sewing-society/videos/magnolia-dress
guthrie-ghani.co.uk/sewing-society/videos/wilder-gown
great great video thank you so much so much great info perfectly explained!
fantastic video with excellent teaching and explanations, keep up your great work 😊
You looks great and your explanation too❤️
Hello Lauren I'm a beginner I'm struggling with sleeve please take us through from cutting and inserting sleeve
Thanks! Very helpful
What kind of seam do you recommend for sleeves? (I dint have a surger)
I have a shirt pattern that I am just learning on but after several tries cannot get the sleeves to fit right. Dont know what i am doing wrong
Great video, really clear, thanks!
Thank you Lauren that was very helpful ☺
Does it include the allowances?
excellent
Can you do a video on French sleeves ?
Thank you for a great video and lots of very useful tips. Have you heard of crimping the sleeve head? Just wondered what your thoughts are on this technique :)
ah I've not heard of that but it sounds interesting, sounds like another alternative way to ease it in instead of using the long stitches :)
My shoulders are narrow, so I always have to shorten the shoulder seam - how far down the sleeve head should I trim?
With the attached side of the sleeves, do you need to overlock/hem it to stop it from flaring? If yes, how do you prevent it from being too bulky under the armpit? (Sorry I’m new to dress making and I don’t have the foggiest idea about anything.)
It depends on the fabric as if its stretch fabric it's unlikely to fray in which can there is no need to finish the seam allowances. Other woven fabrics typically do need 'treated' in some way to stop them fraying and this is very common/normal and won't add excess bulk. Using an overlocker/serger is the quickest way. If you don't have one then you can use a zig zag or overlock stitch on your sewing machine :)
@@LaurenGuthrieGhani Thank you!
Hi, Lauren just wondering if you could help me? I have a dress pattern that I like and unfortunately it has puff sleeves which I don't like. So is it possible to alter a puff sleeve pattern to a set in sleeve on the paper pattern piece? Thank you :)
Hi Elaine,
It is possible to do that but what might be easier is to get a sleeve from another pattern that is the style you would like and then try to see if it fits into your other pattern
Many Thanks! That makes sense. Will take a look through my patterns. Have a lovely Easter holiday :)
Thank you! 😊🧵
Thank you.
When do you remove the basting stitches?
Once you have sewn the sleeve in with the sewing machine and you are happy with how it is sitting. You should be able to just pull them straight out pretty easily :)
What your jumpsuit called please XX
irelandsbay it’s the Sallie jumpsuit by closet case patterns 😊
You have a strong accent. Where are you from?
I'm going after subscribing.
Let's see a lot of pretty things
Hi Lauren. What a cutie pie. Great vid love your eyes youre so beautiful 😊
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Im tired of sewing sleevs. 😥
sorry too much talking n assuming without showing diagramms etc for us beginners.bailed 2/3 thru
i like yoursewinv machine
I know that I am 2 years late everyone excuse me if you just happen to think that i am wrong i just think that you talk more than you do a show me if you show and talk at the same time that would be awesome
I need someone the show me not talk about it
oh god no. no no no no no..... i made a pattern off a dress i like... i’m not easing, i’m not! no way to chinese factory workers ease.... and they manage it!
Whatever...
👌💝💝💝😁😘
Yikes... too long winded...instead should demonstrate more on the sewing technique.
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So much blah blah ahhhhhhhhhhhhhh, just show us already
Oh my gosh, I wish she would slow down, she talks soooooo fast and with the accent it makes it difficult to understand stometimes.
Try to watch the videos at .75x speed :)
REALLY, I thought it was absolutely fine
fantastic video with excellent teaching and explanations, keep up your great work 😊