Sewing and Design Specialization

Overview

“In this second part, Elisalex, the founder of By Hand London, demonstrates how to draft the sleeve pattern for a relaxed, puffy effect. You’ll learn to calculate sleeve width, adjust for length, and add essential seam allowances for ease and elastic casing. With step-by-step instructions, the process ensures a precise pattern that matches the bodice and is ready for assembly and customization.”

In this video lesson Domestika addresses the topic: Drafting Your Pattern - Part 2, which is part of the Domestika online course: Sewing and Design Specialization. Master sewing techniques: from using a sewing machine to creating garments like dresses, trousers, peplum tops, and backpacks.

Partial transcription of the video

“So now that you've got your bodice front and back pattern piece all done we can move on to the sleeve piece Which is much simpler than the bodice one. So we're basically done here already We're gonna start by figuring out how wide we want our sleeve piece to be so I'm gonna take my tape measure and I'm gonna quickly measure the fullest part of my bicep That is around 10 inches on me and we're gonna take that full bicep measurement and we're gonna times that by two again So we have plenty of ease so we have this lovely puffy floofy billowy sleeve effect, so you're gonna take your bicep measu...”

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Course summary for: Sewing and Design Specialization

• Level: Beginner
• 100% positive reviews (40)
• 8515 students
• 11 units
• 83 lessons (15h 27m)
• 36 downloads

• Category

  Craft, Design, Fashion

• Areas

  Accessory Design, Arts & Crafts, Botanical Illustration, DIY, Embroidery, Fashion Design, Fiber Arts, Pattern Design, Patternmaking & Dressmaking, Sewing, Textile Design, Upcycling