Saturday, November 17, 2012

Sew-along T-shirt draft

I joined a Sew-along at Sew Country Chick, in hopes that I would improve my sewing skills.  Sew-alongs are so much fun, you always learn something new and if you have problems hopefully someone has some ideas as to what went wrong, at least I hope that's the case here.  I drafted my pattern of the project for this week and made a muslin.  It fits like a glove everywhere but the sleeves and I can't figure out what I did wrong.  I have posted pictures but unfortunately my card was full and I didn't take any with my arms down.  When I put my arms down I get wrinkles across my chest, when I put my arms out to the side it feels like the arm holes are too big and it pulls up on the t-shirt.  Does anyone have any ideas as to what I did wrong.  I was having trouble with the sleeve cap, I kept increasing it in 1/4 " increments until it was big enough to fit in the armhole, which makes me think one of those measurements were wrong.  Thanks in advance for any advice.



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  1. I've had a bit of a week so I haven't tackled the tee yet! I'm not positive with out seeing your pattern, but to me it looks like your armhole is the source of your issue. It looks a bit off to me- I would maybe try adjusting your armhole instead of your sleeve.

    Rachel@onceuponasewingmachine

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  2. I should have posted pics of the pattern also, but I forgot. You're probably right, it seemed to me when I finished the pattern for the bodice that the armhole was a little large, but instead of redoing the bodice pattern I adjusted the sleeve cap, maybe I'll redo the whole thing and see what happens. Thanks for your input.

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  3. I am not able to make out from this pose. But May be the arm hole should be a little closer to the body.. M yet to try out mine..

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    1. That's exactly what I was thinking, I going to start from scratch and redo my pattern and see what I come up with, thanks!

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  4. I will posting some really good advice from Cal patch tomorrow about these issues with the armhole. Stop by!

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  5. Certainly, the hole is too big sleeves, you should separate body sleeve top and pick up a little in the shoulder seam to the top "up" and get the armpit line up well, then return put the manga, I hope this make sense to you ...

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    1. Then return put the sleeve... sorry, my fingers are soo fast...

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