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Under on the Out is Hot, Right?
09/22/10
07:25:42 pm, by admin 
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Categories: ...and Takes On, America, Gadgets (Worms and Gardening)
Under on the Out is Hot, Right?
So, I'm not very good at sewing. I made a few things more than five years ago but I want to get into this. This weekend I planned to make some simple, hard-to-screw-up Thai fisherman pants.
Instead, in typical Amanda-fashion, I cut out a dress pattern.
It was going OK, until I got to the sleeve. I had been battling the sleeve cap (the round part that covers your upper arm and is sewn into the armhole) for a couple of days. The pattern's sleeve cap appears to be too tall and the pattern told me to ease (squeeze) a heck of a lot of fabric into a small space. I was getting puckers, tucks, pleats.
After the sixth time of trying to follow the directions, I wanted to cry. I was tired of ripping my work out, the fabric was looking worn and it was just a mess. I considered adding an inverted box pleat to get rid of the excess fabric, but that looked weird. I considered leaving it sleeveless.
I researched options online and in my sewing books. After a lot of conflicting advice I finally eased the cap in last night. It looked beautiful, see? (That's not ironed or pressed.)
Beautiful Sleeve
And then I stretched my arms to test the fit.
Whaaaat?
3 comments
My husband is making himself a doublet and has had several mishaps like that.
Looks like you did a good job on the easing!
Helena, when I redid it, it worked. Call it a learning experience. I also sewed the pockets on inside-out too. I'm so used to visualizing knitting the right-side out. Since I'm so much less experienced in sewing, it's hard to visualize how things get put together, sometimes.
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