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Have finished the sleeves for #TheAngelicaGown, here's process:

1: Both layers of the one piece sleeves are folded into their respective tube shapes, laid on top of each other wrong sides facing, and get backstitched together.
2: The hem allowances of the cuffs have been pressed onto the wrong side, and when the sleeve tubes are opened, all the seam allowances are inside the layers!
3 & 4: The lining is whipstitched from the inside, catching the upper.

#HistoricalCostuming #HandSewing

A very close up photo of some tidy tiny back stitching by hand. Really this image has very little information value, but is chronologically important.

A photo of the cuff, looking inside the as of yet sewn shut outer and lining layers. The seam allowances are all within the two layers, all on one side of the seam. The cuff edges are the ironed single fold of fabric, and when sewn down, every raw edge will be hidden.

A very close up photo of whipstitching on the inside of the cuff, with a needle and thread poked through the layers, showing how only a tiny little bit of fabric is picked up. The lining edge has been ironed to be a couple of millimetres shorter than the outer layer, thus preventing it from peeking out. The thread is a deep indigo blue while the fabric is teal. The blue thread is barely visible against the dark brown lining.

A close up of finished sleeve, its cuff nice and neat and the only seam of the one piece sleeve laying smooth and tidy, the two layers sewn as one providing some added structural integrity to the seam.

Sini Tuulia 2 Jahre her •

It is a rather pretty fabric, I'm glad I went for it! And that's nice to hear 😄 I always think "but does anybody actually want to see this" and if one person enjoys the stitching, then that's good enough

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