Creative sleeves

Draft your own amazing sleeve patterns following the exercises that I propose you in this patternmaking course for creators.

Today's sleeve is a twist on a very traditional sleeve, the Petal Sleeve. Since it's a twist, I'm calling this sleeve The Twisted Petal Sleeve The idea for this sleeve, believe it or not came to me this past week when I laid down to meditate for a bit. Yes, I'm one of those people!! Actually, I find it really helps to keep me calm. Just as I closed my eyes, the idea for this sleeve popped into my head and I thought it was rather fun. You're only getting the sleeve today. You'll have to come…

Last Saturday I showed you how to do the Squared Shouldered Sleeve. You can see those instructions here. In my attempt to kill two birds with one stone last week, (get a pair of pajamas made for summer and get the pattern ready for you) I was not happy with the outcome because it was difficult to see the lines of the sleeves due to the daisy print of the fabric. We are going to revisit this sleeve today. I am showing the sleeve in muslin as I think you can see it a little better and I am…

I had the most interesting evening last night. My husband and I were attending the theater. Just as the production broke for intermission, the theater manager came on stage and said that the tornado sirens were sounding and we needed to evacuate to the basement. I was especially impressed by how well the situation was handled, but sitting in the theater basement was a very surreal experience. We were there for 45 minutes. The tornadoes rolled past without ever touching down, so all is well…

Good Morning! and a very Happy Christmas week to you all :) I love details, those special little accents that set a garment apart and gi...

I have had this sleeve in my file for quite some time. It's such a pretty sleeve and would look so nice on everything from a t-shirt to a dress. So, very versatile. I had found a full length picture of the dress, but for the life of me, I was unable to find it this morning. I'm only giving you the drafting instructions for the sleeve today. Next Saturday I'll be back with a sample of the sleeve along with a sample of the Bell Shaped Sleeve that I did HERE. Hopefully I will have found my…

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