I did two test sleeves yesterday. I winged it and drafted the first one by tracing the armscyes from the bodice pattern, which is an idea I got from Sew Store-Bought and have used in the past with a reasonable measure of success. It worked kind of well this time, except that the whole thing was off balance and basically hung across the grain. I tried to even things up so the underarm seam would match and the sleeve would hang with the grain of the fabric but I only made it worse.
So neither sleeve is usable, really. I'm going to try again tonight to straighten out the first sleeve, but I probably need to actually draft a sleeve based on the bodice again (as seen at Leena's). I know the cap needs to be off-center for this one.
Since that didn't fly, I went ahead and started the buttonbands last night, so at least I could get ahead on some handwork until I was ready for the sleeves.
Not much to see here. They'll be topstitched by machine, but I'm turning and doing the inner edge with a ladder stitch first:
Since that didn't fly, I went ahead and started the buttonbands last night, so at least I could get ahead on some handwork until I was ready for the sleeves.
Not much to see here. They'll be topstitched by machine, but I'm turning and doing the inner edge with a ladder stitch first:
Will look more or less like so when they're done:
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