Sleeve Fitting Armhole Sleeve Connection 

How you explained how the drafted sleeve fits into the armhole were things that were never explained to me before. Now it will be easier to draft a sleeve. Thank you

Best Video I have ever seen , really big thanks for your efforts to make this video and the other videos .

Your series of videos on sleeves here, have given me MORE understanding than ANY other video series - you gave me details that others missed that makes far more sense than how the shape is derived. There are countless videos dedicated as to HOW to draft a sleeve, but the relationship it has with the curves on the bodice was exactly what i was looking at. And the yardstick of the #inches of arm sleeve disatnce and upper arm measurement - NEVER come across that before! WOW

Great video explanation of what to look for in a well fitting sleeve.. Such good information!

Alexandria, you are the best. I'm drafting a sleeve for a casual linen shirt and this is quite helpful. I'm discovering that the problems I was having were not problems, it's just the nature of the beast. Thanks Al!

Thank you for such a great explanation of sleeve fitting. The way you break it down by area and measurement guidelines is just what I needed. Thank you!

Incredibly helpful. You make it easy to understand!

It was very helpful in very informative way explained. Thank you for posting. I will follow your tutorials from now on !

GREAT explanation for the PRACTICAL consideration for minor ease at the sleeve cap, armscye, and inner elbow. Thank you! 👏👏👏

This is so helpful. I have finally completed a bodice that fits with an armhole that fits and have not been able to draft a sleeve to match. This information is going right onto revision 8 of the sleeve. Thanks again.

You are amazing ❤️🙏🏻🙏🏻I was almost crying because I didn’t know why my arm pulls the whole bodice up Thank you so much ❤️🙏🏻 I will for sure buy patterns or courses on your page

My Goodness, your videos are so superior to all the others!! The way you took the time to explain just the points on that sleeve pattern..I can now look at the pattern piece and know what is the front portion and that a line represents the bicep..That helps me so much cause I have been struggling for years, so I can concentrate on making the actual adjustments now. Thank you so much.

Explained in very simple way...very nice and informative video...thanks a lot..

Excellent, this gives me a much better understanding of how all the pieces go together. And a better way to check the walking of seams

Love how you so clearly explain the how but also the why! Thank you. Really helpful.

I think you are just excellent. Your voice is clear and pleasant to listen to. Your explanations are comprehensive and easy to understand. You’re also a treat to look at. One can just tell that you maintain the highest standards in your work. Besides that I would assume, you are a western Canadian like moi.

Excellent explanation ❤

I'm really enjoying all your fitting videos and putting them into practice. Thank you.

Thank you for breaking down the measurements in the sleeve cap and bicep line. I'm teaching myself and am always happy to find videos with detailed theory too. I'm currently altering a men's button up shirt to fit my mother in law and now see that I need to narrow the cap. I had about 4 extra inches of ease :P

Thank you for these videos. I needed to watch this one again today,

Excellent description. I understand things MUCH better.

This is a great video! Thanks. I realized that the pattern I drafted didn’t have much ease in the sleeve head. Now I know what to do. Thank you ☺️

Thank you! You have such wonderful, informative, insightful videos! I hope to take one or two (or more) of your classes in the future. I so appreciate you making these videos available. You put out a wealth of information.

Excellent video!

Very good explanation and demonstration on such a critical sleeve cap fitting topic. Like

Your tutorials are perfect, explains everything!🙏🙏

Thank you so much! This is exactly the information I need. I have been trying to set a sleeve into a casual twill jacket all afternoon and just can’t get rid of wrinkles and puckers. I will now try walking the sleeve and see if it fits the proportions you have mentioned. I’m very grateful!

I most certainly found this video helpful

Thank you for awesome tutorials.

I am saving for your online class, I am sure it will be a good investment for my drafting patterns skill. Keep up the good work, this is gold you are sharing, thank you :)

Super helpful tutorial. Many thanks.

This was exactly what I needed.

This is so helpful!!! Thank you for sharing!!

Big help thank You 😊

This was really really helpful. Thankyou so much!

Thank you. Now I think I know how to adjust the back and sleeve to acommadate my broad back..

This is so helpful!

thank you for thia perfect video! Very helpfull!

Thank you, this is a wonderful video! I would love it if you went more in-depth about the specific pattern differences between a sleeve that allows for more movement with the longer inseam vs. one that doesn't. I'll definitely be watching more videos!

great instruction - thank you

So so wonderful.

Who else is here because they struggle with sleeves...lol

Job well done. Excellent presentation dear

So helpful!

Quite informative thank you

Thank you so much for sharing your knowledge. Working on my sloper, getting the sleeve correct has been a challenge. Now I have a better guide as to what I should be doing, and checking. Your presentations are clear and I like the way you explain details. Also I appreciate you showing different sizes. Having a full bust often makes things tricky, as my pattern does not look like commercial ones. I have just started working with princess seams, think they will work well for large bust. Now... back to see if I can improve my sleeve fit. Do you have a method where people can support your work financially? Like Patreon or Liberapay

After watching all of your sleeve/armhole videos, I put my bodice pattern down with the bicep lines aligned on front and back and the side seams overlapping and discovered that I have no more than 4" of armhole width. I'm not a huge person, but I'm not tiny either, and so little width in the armhole just won't work. It appears that the across-body measurements that I have are too long, making the bodice body too wide and the armhole width too narrow. Does that sound reasonable? I can reduce the across-body measurements, but can you give me some idea of how much the first reduction should be? I'd like to get close the first time so as not to have to make three or four (more) muslins to resolve this issue. It's so nice to have found you and the level of detail that you include in your presentations!

I have never watched a video that explained how to draft a fitting sleeve pattern the way you do. Thanks a lot. I'm a beginner and I have drafted a basic sleeve pattern before now but I'm just watching more expertise video to check that my pattern is okay and I can raise my hands up without my dress going up. One quick question. My pattern has about 1 inch and half ease on both sides. Is that okay?

hi thanks for sharing this video, how do you determine the placement of the back and front notches on the sleeve and armhole pattern? thanks

Perfect cutting mam

I'm a bit confused that ease between the notches is distributed equally, but when drafting the armhole more room is given to the back.

This is FANTASTIC! Enlightening! Question: On your sleeve pattern, I noticed that your top notch did NOT align with the center line of the sleeve. Does this mean that the CENTER LINE of the sleeve is NOT always exactly aligned to the SHOULDER SEAM ??? ❤

Very interested in knowing the slight sleeve drag lines pointing up to the cap signify a little extra ease to allow arm movement rather than a too-short cap. I had these drag lines as well as a convex shape to the bicep balance line. I added more length to the cap height which eliminated the drag lines AND allowed the bicep line to be parallel to the floor. Should I reverse all that and be OK with a slightly convex curve to the bicep line?

Is there a recommended distance from the cut edge to put the back and front sleeve notches please Alexandra?

What if you have a pattern - independent designer - where the sleeve cap has 3.8cm of ease? I'm trying to figure out how to take out 2.3cm of ease out of an existing sleeve cap without changing anything else with regards to the design of the sleeve? I'm really struggling with this. I tried slashing the sleeve cap horizontally above the notches and moving the top piece down a little, but it's not nearly enough. Should I just keep doing that and re-drawing the curve until it fits? It's so frustrating because I really want to make it work. I would start from scratch, but I don't know how much ease they have in the bicep area - it's a full sleeve that flares out to the hem. Do you have any suggestions?

my armhole sleeve fitting never comes out to be perfect. i end up sewing a sleeveless dress

I want to know about your mannequin?