Chilly Tuesday...
I didn't feel like going to my exercise class either this morning or yesterday--not with a headful of snot, I didn't.
I have finally reached the point of being able to say I'm "comfortable" with using the library's serger. (You have no idea how happy I am to be able to say that!)
Against my better judgement yesterday, I did go to the library to ( Read more... )
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"The nice thing about those sleeves is that I think you can sew them in while the sweatshirt is still flat."
Did you know that the ready-to-wear clothing industry, which is just about all clothing today which isn't home-made, sews sleeves in flat---period?
Modern "unitized" sewing was developed to make things "easier" for home seamstresses or seamsters, making a part of a garment and then putting it with other parts: the bodice of a blouse, then the sleeves, after the collar band and collar had been made and attached to the neckline; the bodice side seams were sewn before inserting the sleeves (which those of us who for decades sewed McCall's, Simplicity, Butterick, Vogue, and probably New Look and Burda---although I admit I haven't looked at a Burda sleeved garment pattern lately.
Home seamstresses/seamsters have also been taught by the home made clothing pattern industry that the "standard" seam allowance is five-eighths of an inch; the commercial clothing production industry has used one-half-inch for seam allowances for more ( ... )
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These days I generally reshape the sleeves to make them "more simple" not just to put in but also to keep the shirt or blouse in style longer.
A closely fitted sleeve looks really nice while it's on a hanger but it tends to be uncomfortable to wear IF the person who's to wear the shirt has a slightly larger larger upper arm like I do, because it means I can't raise my elbows up or put my arms up without the shirt ripping itself out of my skirt or pants.
Attempting to use the 1/2" seam allowance was hard at first. I still didn't have the fine control necessary back then to make the 1/2" seam look good but I do now.
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"Attempting to use the 1/2" seam allowance was hard at first. I still didn't have the fine control necessary back then to make the 1/2" seam look good but I do now."
Do you not work with a seam allowance attachment guide on your sewing machine; or are you relying on the "hash marks" on the needle plate? I've never worked with a machine, except for himself's, that didn't have a guide which basically provides a "wall" or a raised flange to keep the cut edge of the fabric exactly however many eighths of an inch, or millimeters, from the needle it's supposed to be.
You reshape the sleeves...where? At the sleeve head and down the seam of the sleeve, or otherwise---a slash-and-spread method comes to mind, and I've never liked that method, nor have I found it particularly helpful but perhaps that failing is mine.
Please do share!
I am totally in favor of keeping clothing "in style" longer! When I first started sewing my own clothes, I had to make my tiny income stretch as far as possible and patterns, fabric and notions were an ( ... )
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