Sleeves

I am in the process of making a coat after about 5 shirts as my total
sewing experience.

After cutting the two pieces for one sleeve and stitching them
together, everything seemed to be a mirror image in subsequent steps.
When I basted the sleeve into an armhole, it was obviously backwards.
I removed it and basted it into the other armhole and it fit like a
glove.

There is not a word in the instructions about a right or left side
sleeve and luckily I only made one of them to try. I have to now figure
out how I made the first one and do something different on the other
one.

What am I missing?

js


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I am in the process of making a coat after about 5 shirts as my total
sewing experience.

After cutting the two pieces for one sleeve and stitching them
together, everything seemed to be a mirror image in subsequent steps.
When I basted the sleeve into an armhole, it was obviously backwards.
I removed it and basted it into the other armhole and it fit like a
glove.

There is not a word in the instructions about a right or left side
sleeve and luckily I only made one of them to try. I have to now figure
out how I made the first one and do something different on the other
one.

What am I missing?

js

If your sleeves fits like a glove, in either armhole, you are to be
congratulated!

All you need to do to make the other sleeve is to lay the pattern
piece(s) down differently. If the sleeve you've just made was cut out
with the pattern right side up, cut the other one with the pattern right
side down. Or vice versa.

I think the way most patterns are printed, right side up is intended for
the right side of the body. Usually the front of the sleeve cap is
marked with one notch, and the back is marked with two notches.

Doreen

The front AND back of the shirt have either 1 or 2 notches on the pieces in
the arm hole area. Just match them up with the 1 or 2 notches on the
sleeve. HTH
Barbara in FL

.. Usually the front of the sleeve cap is
marked with one notch, and the back is marked with two notches.

Doreen

Thanks. Would be nice if the instructions mentioned this detail.

Happens that I ended up with a left sleeve with the patterns rightside
up but I could be confused.

js

I don't usually respond to my own postings but it just dawned on my why
this has never been problem before.

My shirts have one piece sleeves which are symetrical and are fabrics
with both right sides. So it didn't matter how I cut them or which
side I sewed them into.

js

I've had this happen when I accidentally made the joining seam on the
wrong side. if it doesn't fit right in the other sleeve opening,
unstitch the sleeve seam and restitch it with the seam allowance to the
inside.

Ever made a two piece sleeve with one seam inside and one outside? I
have done this to a princess seamed bodice before.

When in doubt about which sleeve is which, you can balance it by
holding at the dot at the top of the sleeve. The sleeve will "hang"
towards the front.

In a two-piece sleeve, the higher part of the undersleeve goes to the
back. You should also mark the (usually) square symbol at the underarm
on both the garment and the sleeve to make sure it sews in the right
place.

Teri

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I am in the process of making a coat after about 5 shirts as my total
sewing experience.

After cutting the two pieces for one sleeve and stitching them
together, everything seemed to be a mirror image in subsequent steps.
When I basted the sleeve into an armhole, it was obviously backwards.
I removed it and basted it into the other armhole and it fit like a
glove.

There is not a word in the instructions about a right or left side
sleeve and luckily I only made one of them to try. I have to now figure
out how I made the first one and do something different on the other
one.

What am I missing?


A decent commercial pattern should have notches marked on both the
armhole and the sleeve head. The double notch is to the garment back,
the single to the front.


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Date: 27 Mar 2005 16:03:06 -0800

Subject: Sleeves
I am in the process of making a coat after about 5 shirts as my
total
sewing experience.
After cutting the two pieces for one sleeve and stitching them
together, everything seemed to be a mirror image in subsequent steps.
When I basted the sleeve into an armhole, it was obviously backwards.
I removed it and basted it into the other armhole and it fit like a
glove.
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Congrats for sewing a coat! I think more folks would try
constructing a coat if they realized that it is fairly easy to do,
requires little fitting, and saves a ton of money for the clothing
budget.
Have you lined the coat yet? If not, consider 'bagging it', as is
done in the garment industry : sew your lining pieces together, then
pin them to the finished coat, inside facings and along neck edge, and
machine-sew the lining in place. (You'll find, because of the bulk of
most coating, that you can't actually do this step by placing the right
side of the lining to the right side of the coat, but you can manuuver
the lining to complete the machine stitching, if you pin it in
carefully.)
After stitching, turn raw edges of lining to the inside raw side of
coat. Slip stitch sleeve ends and hem to proper length. Remember to
leave a small extra bit of sleeve length to allow for ease of wearing.
The extra length will fall into a small fold above the slip-stitched
sleeve hem.
(Sleeve lining should be set into place anywhere from an inch to an
inch-and-a-half above the turned under coat sleeve hem, and the small
lining fold which you add will fall in above that, so no worry about it
dropping into view.)
Eventually, you'll discover that the sleeve ends can also be
machine-set. I always hand set the coat hem, though, and I usually add
a small thread chain at bottom of side seams, from coat to lining hem,
to control the lining. Keeps lining from swinging out into view, a nice
touch.
Cea

I just wanted to thankyou for posting this, I am about to start on a coat
having only made shirts and had no idea this was the case! Will defnitely
remember the part about the sleeves!

-Kat

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I am in the process of making a coat after about 5 shirts as my total
sewing experience.

After cutting the two pieces for one sleeve and stitching them
together, everything seemed to be a mirror image in subsequent steps.
When I basted the sleeve into an armhole, it was obviously backwards.
I removed it and basted it into the other armhole and it fit like a
glove.

There is not a word in the instructions about a right or left side
sleeve and luckily I only made one of them to try. I have to now figure
out how I made the first one and do something different on the other
one.

What am I missing?

js


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