Sini TuuliaHave been doing little slow tasks about the #1890sCheckJacket and have just now realised I want to do them differently, and need to undo almost everything I've done today. Ah well, should be a tiny bit easier to do again since I already know what works, I guess?
The thing is that the very thick and voluminous sleeve seam allowance can either be stuffed inside the sleeve, which will make the sleeve head kick straight up, and do a really dramatic and big sleeve head... But also would need a bunch of sleeve stuffing and support to make it sort of round off into the arm.
On the other hand, if you lay it against the bodice instead, the seam allowance won't fight you, and the sleeve will sort of... lay flatter and softer, and not need any more support than the sleeve lining and arm inside it will give. This is how I generally like them, too.
On the other hand, if you lay it against the bodice instead, the seam allowance won't fight you, and the sleeve will sort of... lay flatter and softer, and not need any more support than the sleeve lining and arm inside it will give. This is how I generally like them, too.
But also making the sleeve seam allowance lay flat and behave inside the bodice and lining? Well, you need to catch stitch it down, ideally, and you need to tack on the sleeve lining onto it, before encasing it with the bodice lining.
Guess who just tacked all the layers onto the bodice lining instead? 😅 I suppose I can just do a fitting, see if any of the lining pulls, and if the cuffs are the correct length, before I take it off again so I can do it the other way around.
Guess who just tacked all the layers onto the bodice lining instead? 😅 I suppose I can just do a fitting, see if any of the lining pulls, and if the cuffs are the correct length, before I take it off again so I can do it the other way around.
Well thank fuck that looks better after all the work than before. I switched the side the seam allowances are persuaded onto from sleeve side to bodice side, and put the sleeve lining in. Sewing into and through all the layers is kind of terrible, and I don't want to consider how I'm going to get the bodice lining on the arm's eye nicely. I've done this before, but time has gilded the memories!
JWcph, Radicalized By Decency@sinituulia "Three small ferrets" 😂
@jwcph Like. At least three, right? Maybe four, if they're all cosy and cuddly?
@sinituulia well, you did specify "small", so I would agree 😂🤣
Sindarina, Edge Case Detective@sinituulia Love the GIF 😄 Good luck getting the other one done too!
Tomorrow or later this week, not now 😏