[BeSewStylish: Basic Training to Unleash Your Creativity]
Create a Custom Sleeve Pattern
comments (1) August 19th, 2008
Nicole Smith, editor
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Measure your sloper.
Photo: Scott Phillips
In the latest SewStylish, we show you how to create a basic shift pattern to fit your body in a weekend (for a downloadable version of the guide, click here).
Want to know more? Here, we show how to draft a sleeve pattern to match your perfectly fitted shift dress.
Adapted from Threads #131 “Add a Sleeve to Your Bodice" by Kathleen Cheetham
1. MEASURE UP
a. To get started, you’ll need your draped shift pattern a few arm measurements. Follow the illustration to take the correct arm measurements needed for the sleeve.
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Measure your arm as shown. |
Bicep circumference: Measure around the arm, but don’t pull the tape too tightly. Measure around the fullest part of your arm, about 4 inches below the shoulder.
Arm length: Bend your arm slightly at the elbow and measure from your shoulder bone to the wrist bone, passing over the elbow.
Length to elbow: Measure from the shoulder to the point of the elbow
Elbow circumference: Bend your arm again. Measure around circumference of the elbow.
Wrist circumference: Measure your wrist circumference.
b. Next, you’ll need to add a bit of ease to a couple of your measurements to ensure a nice fit and make sure your sleeve won’t be right up against your arm. Add 2 to 3 inches to your bicep circumference, 1 to 2 inches to your elbow width, and 1 inch to the wrist.
2. MEASURE YOUR SLOPER
a. Take the armhole depth measurement from your bodice pattern. Square a line on both the front and back bodice pattern pieces from the grainline to the underarm at the side seam as shown. Next, measure from the shoulder point straight down to the underarm.
b. Add the front and back measurements together and divide the sum by two.
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Measure your sloper. |
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Comments (1)
Posted: 11:34 am on September 17th