Sleeves are a real pain sometimes. If you’re making something fitted and have a big bicep particularly. I’m really short so my armhole opening isn’t very big so I always have a lot of sleeve head to ease in to my armhole. I’ve seen a lot of sleeve drafting instructions that work from the armhole size, but working from the sleeve width makes more sense to me! Let me know how you get on 😊
Hi, no it does't have a seam allowance. The edge of the pattern is the stitch line. So either just add a seam allowance as you cut out your fabric, or add it all the way around the pattern before you cut it out. :o)
Thank you 🙂 When you're drawing the front curve, the point where it swings from curved in to curved out is 1/4 the way up. You need to mark the point on the bodice too for tracing the shape, so you need to mark this 1/4 of the way up on the bodice block. Does that make sense?
Fun 🤗! One thing I do not understand completely is the measurement between the two first lines, the upper (sleeve head) and the lower. Is it the measurement from the bodice pattern or from LPS to arm hole? Because my front and back bodice is not the same height from LPS. The back is a little bit higher/longer.
Hi, it's the measurement I show at the beginning, measuring from the shoulder seam down to the elastic I put around the top of my arm. If this is tricky to do you can measure around the total armhole opening and divide that number by 3, but it's not quite as accurate.
Thanks Ali. Yes that makes perfect sense I did say it was me not understanding! Thank you very much and i am enjoying watching your videos.
Brilliant, I was hoping you’d do a sleeve tutorial 😊
Thank you for a great video, I am just about to try and adjust a sleeve on a dress I am trying to fit.
Thanks for the nice feedback, let me know how you get on.
Thank you for clearly stating you need more ease in cap if your bicep is larger. The exact issue i was trying to fix
Sleeves are a real pain sometimes. If you’re making something fitted and have a big bicep particularly.
I’m really short so my armhole opening isn’t very big so I always have a lot of sleeve head to ease in to my armhole.
I’ve seen a lot of sleeve drafting instructions that work from the armhole size, but working from the sleeve width makes more sense to me!
Let me know how you get on 😊
@creativebobbin42 will do, I'm going to redraft everything using your tutorials
Is this bodice pattern with seam allowance or without, thank you
Hi, no it does't have a seam allowance. The edge of the pattern is the stitch line. So either just add a seam allowance as you cut out your fabric, or add it all the way around the pattern before you cut it out. :o)
Thank you for your help
Hi Ali. Is the front pitch 1/3 or 1/4 of the way up? Excellent channel. Thank you.
Thank you 🙂 When you're drawing the front curve, the point where it swings from curved in to curved out is 1/4 the way up. You need to mark the point on the bodice too for tracing the shape, so you need to mark this 1/4 of the way up on the bodice block. Does that make sense?
Fun 🤗! One thing I do not understand completely is the measurement between the two first lines, the upper (sleeve head) and the lower. Is it the measurement from the bodice pattern or from LPS to arm hole?
Because my front and back bodice is not the same height from LPS. The back is a little bit higher/longer.
Hi, it's the measurement I show at the beginning, measuring from the shoulder seam down to the elastic I put around the top of my arm. If this is tricky to do you can measure around the total armhole opening and divide that number by 3, but it's not quite as accurate.