double-layer sleeve sew-along (in downloads)

[hsmom24]

Okay, here is the sew along to the double-layer sleeve that I SNS'ed earlier. The pattern that I used was the otto creative workshop 301.
http://www.sewingmamas.com/b/showthread.php?t=558 16

By no means is this the only way to do it, it may not even be the best, but it's the way that I came up with after inspecting RTW double-layer sleeves. So thus, it's the way I did it. :wink:

Here is what the tracing for the sleeve looks like.
http://i158.photobucket.com/albums/t105/leslietrontvet/100_3517.jpg
You can see that I have 2 lines that I've drawn. The BOTTOM line is the bottom of the short sleeve, and the TOP line is the top part of the long sleeve. Just make the bottom line for however long you would like the sleeve to be, making sure that you add on whatever hem length you would like. So I wanted to the length to be 3" from the armpit to the hem, and was going to do a 1" hem, so the line is 4" down from the top corners. The top line is then 1" above that, because that's how much of a hem I'm doing. I hope that makes sense. LOL
http://i158.photobucket.com/albums/t105/leslietrontvet/100_3522.jpg
This is going to be the long sleeve part. I just folded the tracing on the TOP line, and cut along the top edge, making sure not to cut the tracing. :wink: Once you've cut along the top edge, unfold the tracing and continue cutting out as normal.
http://i158.photobucket.com/albums/t105/leslietrontvet/100_3525.jpg
Here you can see the long sleeve under the tracing still.
http://i158.photobucket.com/albums/t105/leslietrontvet/100_3527.jpg
Now it's time for the short sleeve. Lay out the tracing on the fabric.
http://i158.photobucket.com/albums/t105/leslietrontvet/100_3528.jpg
Fold the tracing up along the BOTTOM line. Cut along bottom edge, again making sure not to cut the tracing. Unfold and cut out as normal.
http://i158.photobucket.com/albums/t105/leslietrontvet/100_3529.jpg
Press the hem on the short sleeve. It makes it 100 times easier to do this before attaching the long sleeve, don't ask how I know. LOL
http://i158.photobucket.com/albums/t105/leslietrontvet/100_3533.jpg
Serge short sleeve, and long sleeve right sides together at the bottom edge of short sleeve, and top edge of long sleeve.
http://i158.photobucket.com/albums/t105/leslietrontvet/100_3537.jpg
Now when you turn it over, you'll already have that nice fold on the short sleeve from pressing the hem.
http://i158.photobucket.com/albums/t105/leslietrontvet/100_3539.jpg
Coverstitch, or hem however you normally do, the sleeves together. See, pressing it makes it loads easier for this. LOL
http://i158.photobucket.com/albums/t105/leslietrontvet/100_3540.jpg
This is what it'll look like on the back. I was so proud of myself that I matched it up to the serged thread so well. :cheerful:
http://i158.photobucket.com/albums/t105/leslietrontvet/100_3547.jpg
Finish constructing shirt as normal. And this is what you get.
http://i158.photobucket.com/albums/t105/leslietrontvet/100_3548.jpg

[Wendyb]

Awesome! I love the light blue you used on your robot shirt, very cool:)

Thanks for doing this!

[Krista]

Wonderful Sewalong Mama!!

[Angie]

Very cool! What color blue is that?

[Julie]

Thanks for sharing! I've been meaning to try making one...

[meliatx]

OOh, I love it. Great Back to School shirt idea. Now if only I could get a coverstich machine from dh....mmmm. Hee Hee

[flourishes]

Thank you!

[ZooTZmomma]

Thanks for posting that! I had the idea in my head, but seeing it in pics was great!!!

[brogansmomma]

Wow!!! So simple but it would have taken me ages and tears (or at least hair-pulling) to figure it out, I'm sure. Thanks!!

[hsmom24]

Very cool! What color blue is that?

Honestly, I have no idea. I got it in the grab box from sewzannes, and none of the blues that I've ordered since have matched it. :think: Hopefully she still has this color, because I want some more.

[EarthMaiden]

Thanks for doing this. Is there anyway this can be placed in the downloads area?

love and blessings
angie

[RTA]

Awesome tutorial!! I will be refering to this often this fall.

[SewASaurus]

That was great! Thank you. I've been meaning to fiure out how to do that. Thank you, thank you. :D

[fabricbabe]

You must be totally psychic! I just got a Land's End catalog that had some girls shirts that were double sleeved and I LOVED them I was seriously just wondering how I could make my own up - came on here and voila! Here was your tut. Love it! Thanks so much!

[onehipgrammy]

Thank you so much for doing such a great picture tutorial I would have NEVER been able to think that one through. Now to give it a try LOL. GREAT photos by the way!!

[Tecia]

Thank you, that is a great Tutorial! What kind of CS do you have? I really need a guide like the one pictured! I have a Janome (can't remember the model no but it's the one with two needles and not three).

Thanks again!

[hsmom24]

Thank you, that is a great Tutorial! What kind of CS do you have? I really need a guide like the one pictured! I have a Janome (can't remember the model no but it's the one with two needles and not three).

Thanks again!

I have the janome CP1000. I know that the hem guide will go on both the 900 & 1000, and I got it from the dealer for about $15-20. It's the most loved and used attachment that I have.

[amanda823s]

Thanks so much for posting this! My dd layers all of her shirts, but it annoys me to have to wash two all the time...I'm going to convince her to go with this style, lol.

[bluerosemama]

Great Sewalong! Thanks!!

Val

[christine]

Thank you for posting this!

I made a double sleeve shirt last winter and it was no where near this easy. LOL

[tammey]

great tutorial, leslie! thank you! question for you: what's that handy attachment for your coverstitcher to make your hem even? i TOTALLY NEED something like that!!!!!!! eta:nm - i see you already answered. :wink:

[-ashley-]

AWESOME!!!

[CrosseyedToad]

Thank you for sharing. I had it pretty much figured out in my head BUT, never would have thought to iron it first and apply it quite that way. Thanks so much, now, off to cut away!!!!!!!!

[Kimmyboo]

I just saw this sewalong on a blog and I must say this is a GREAT sewalong! I wish I had a coverstitch to make it look so nice like yours! I'll have to start saving my $$$ and stop buying fabric lol Thanks for sharing! :)

[girlfactory]

Wow that's cool!!

[kpfjpf]

can i tell you i printed this out and was all set to do it and then thought i knew what i was doing and well.... didn't. ds loves his shirt anyway, but yours i much cooler. next time, i'll follow the directions! thank you.

[judybean]

wow! thanks so much for putting the words into pictures... as a visual learner I VERY MUCH appreciate that!! I can't wait to make up some!

[bnylund]

Thank you! Yours looks very proffesional!

[ialady44]

I hope it's ok --- I copied & saved that tutorial on my hard drive and tried it a few times now. I really like how it turns out. Thanks for posting.

[Bobolots]

I hope it's ok --- I copied & saved that tutorial on my hard drive and tried it a few times now. I really like how it turns out. Thanks for posting.

I think I'll have to do the same thing.

[MaryLillian]

Thank you!

[Sheena]

I love this tutorial! I used it and it totally helped.

[kathy_sews]

Now why didn't I think of that? I just did my first one and I cut 1 short sleeve and 1 long sleeve layer and basted them together to act as one sleeve. Duh! Yours looks great.

[amyrobynne]

This tutorial is great but I'm confused by one step (I downloaded so I saw the pics). When the short sleeve and long sleeve are serged together, isn't the short sleeve going to be less wide than the long sleeve? Do you stretch it so they're the same width or let the long sleeve edges hang off the sides and center it? What am I missing here?