Sleeve styles make a garment unique. 

If you have a “Tried and True” (TNT) tee pattern that you love the fit of, why not change up the sleeve style?

Create Your Sleeve Style

My TNT is Jalie’s 2805; Women’s Tee Shirts.  I know which size fits me the way I like, it already comes with 4 different neckline styles:

• Jewel neck
• Mock turtleneck
• V-Neck
• Overlapped V-neck with decorative buttons (henley).

and 4 sleeve lengths

• Cap sleeve
• Short sleeve
• Three-quarter sleeve
• Long sleeve

Sew down the rabbit hole of sleeve styles I went.  All due to a garment sewing retreat that I was a part of at That Sewing Place, Newmarket.  I wrote about that here (click)

Including the basic 4 sleeve lengths, I came up with a total of 17 sleeve styles for knits, enough to  write a book!  An e-book, called Create Your Sleeve Style.  Each style creation includes detailed instructions and diagrams, with photos of some.  All based on a fitted sleeve designed for knit fabrics.  I used Jalie’s sleeve pattern, but you could substitute your own favourite pattern for a fitted sleeve, as long as it was drafted for stretch knits.

Create Your Sleeve Style E-Book Includes:

• Descriptions of the different sleeve lengths
• Tulip Sleeve
• Flutter Sleeve
• Ruched Sleeve-Cap
• Fully Ruched Sleeve
• Half Flutter Cap Sleeve
• Puffed Sleeve
• Lantern Sleeve
• Ruffle (Gathered) Sleeve bottom
• Flounced Sleeve bottom
• Bell Sleeve
• Bishop’s Sleeve
• Peasant Sleeve
• Trumpet Sleeve

and more.

I’ll write a post and send out a newsletter with pricing and purchase information when my book is complete.  It will be in a PDF format, for you to print or save for future reference.

In the meantime, if there is a sleeve style you’d like to create that isn’t on my list, be sure to email me with the suggestion.  No promises, but anything is possible.

yvettechilcott@yahoo.ca