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Sleeves

Page history last edited by Linda McD 13 years, 2 months ago

Sharon Cariola" dollmine@att.net:

I make sleeves easily. The arm is already on the doll. I add a small strip of cotton gauze under the arm, glueing it under the arm and along the side of the body, about an inch long and a quarter inch wide. For a straight long sleeve, such as a man's shirt, I first fold one long edge of the sleeve under and glue, then glue that edge over the opposite raw edge, creating a tube. The bottom short edge should be straight, the upper shoulder edge should taper, with the longer area being the top of the sleeve, like a real sleeve pattern. The tapered edge gets tiny cuts all the way around so it can flare out around the shoulder. I slide the sleeve on, add glue on the top shoulder of the doll, and press the little tabs (created by the cuts) into the glue. When that sets up I glue the rest of the tabs around the arm, gluing the bottom area to the gauze strip. I do the sleeves first, then the back of the shirt, then the front. I create patterns from paper towel for the back and front, trimming excess as needed. The rounded areas for the armhole on these pieces gets little cuts all the way around and these tabs get glued under before adding them to the doll. The length for a man's sleeve is just at the wrist. That allows for some natural folds when it is pushed up to accept a cuff. A gathered sleeve I just stitch and pull to gather, but I leave the under arm area flat. Lots of different sleeves can be made using the method.

 

The Side Door - Irma Lewy  sidedoor2@verizon.net

I do my sleeves by hand sewing them. Leave the side seams open, gather sleeve to fit and pin in place and then sew them in using a tiny back stitch, when the sleeves are in sew the side seam and sleeve seam. Leave the bottom open so that your hands can go in easily and then glue it all closed.

 

Gina Gagnon - GSOLFOT, A.S, ABC, ~^^~ P.I. Proud to be a Sockee!!!!! http://www.lonewolfminiaturecreations.com

Sleeves can be a real problem Rhonda and all others who are struggling. But truly it is practice. Find a method that works for you and use it always. When I make my sleeves, I only put my seam in place from the elbow up....this way I can pull the sleeve up to the top of the doll's arm around the shoulder portion, gather it and glue it firmly in place. Doing that means the doll's hand or bent arm doesn't get stuck in the middle or the bottom of the sleeve. Then after that is all dry, I finish gluing the seam from the elbow down to wherever the sleeve has to end. this is easy for me to do now as I've done it this way for years. When I first started making dolls I was just as frustrated.

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