To make a perfect sleeve you need a perfect armhole, learn here how to achieve it: • Basic Bodice Patterns ... Blog entry for this class, with diagrams: thecloudfactor...
I would have given this video 10 likes if I could as it gives me exactly the information I have been searching for. Thank you, thank you and thank you again.
you made it so easy to understand. i had been getting so confused about the different sleeve cap lengths for different types of garments after watching so many tutorials... n nobody was talking about sleeve caps ...n with every tutorial, the sleeve cap length kept changing.. it was so confusing!!! n even if a rare video did talk about it, then the method to change the drafting pattern accordingly, wasnt clear. it got so frustrating........THANK GOD i found your video!!😊🙏
thank you again. for teaching me properly. I got so frustrated with different videos and no one person had the bodice and sleeve pattern together like you. I have been searching for three day. I have always struggled with the sleeves. Tank you again. I am subscribing right now.
Just came across your tutorial and found it so very helpful. I am learning to draft pattern pieces and wondered how to make sleeves - thank you for sharing this!
Very good tutorial! I’m in the process of making a kameez and am studying different videos on how to draft the sleeves. Your video is very informative and well explained. Thank you!
Hi sandy. Thank you so much for the tutorial. You were in the mid sentence about making t-shirt what we should use. That was my punch line. De we typically use medium, which is 2/3 for sleeve cap foe t-shirt? Thanks so much
If you follow step by step with a measuring tape, paper and pencil it makes more sense. - Be ready to pause and start the video as many times as you need. - You will need a blouse to measure the armhole if you don't have a pattern. - To get the length of the cap, measure your blouse from shoulder to armpit and divide by 3 and use 2 thirds. Then to get the width of your sleeve, measure all around the armhole of your blouse (back and front) and use half of that.
Thank you! 🙏 This is such a helpful and clear explanation! And the cat 😂! I have two questions. I’m on my way to make a basic choli blouse. I wonder, how much would be added to the arm contour measurement for the sleeve to be not too tight but not loose. I’m sewing from ordinary 100% cotton fabric. The sleeve should be tight, but not too much, right? Does the length of the sleeve influence the ease you add to the sleeve width? Thank you
Thank you for the video, very easy to understand! My question is, why did you subtract -4.5cm to get the width of the armhole? Also, is it applicable to all sizes? If not, how do one determine how much to subtract? Thank you in advance!
Hi,sandy. I really appreciated this lesson about the basic sleeve. But i'm interested on the tools that you're using. I'm in South Africa. I'd like to have them. all the french curves, the L shape ruler etc... plz how much the set can cost ?
- You did not explain WHY we need to reduce our armhole total by 4.5 cm?? In your example you had 49.5 ÷2 = 24.75 - 4.5 = 20.25 - All fine, but don't we need to add a bit for the stitching?
Explanation 😅: Armholes ÷ 2 - 4.5 is the formula. If you dont reduce those 4.5, the sleeve cap will be soo big for the armholes. We reduce that because the curves of the armhole and the sleeve cap curve are different shape, we cant just transfer the same measurement and 4.5 is the standard for that reduction. No need to add more for stitches because these patterns dont include seam allowances, these are basic patterns. You need to add seam allowances after make the pattern transformation to the garment you want.
We get sleeve cap by measuring shoulder to armpit (of front pattern), divide by 3 and use 2 thirds. Watch the beginning again. She also talks more about it at the end.
I’m just the opposite…. Inches is like a foreign language (even though I had inches when I was 5yo). The metric system for sewing is SO much simpler….. give it a go ❤️
Thank you :) Make the curve baseline wider, give it 1/4" more to every side, don't worry is the curve gets bigger than the armholes total, a good sleeve is 2 or 2.5 cm max, bigger than the armholes, to sew it give a basting stitch to the curve to accommodate it to the armhole.
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The sleeve cap looks too Fat. For casual wear that does not require very nice look, that will be still ok. But for fitted wear with clean finish, it still needs shaping the curve line a lot. Fat sleeve cap will cause more extra fabric around the top.
