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How to Deal With Too Much Width in Your Sleeve Cap

How to Deal With Too Much Width in Your Sleeve Cap

Posted on July 5, 2012September 30, 2021

Sleeves can be one of the most frustrating elements of a bodice. The pattern can be too long, they hang funny and there is this struggle with getting them set into the armhole and still look nice. Many times a sleeve has to be enlarged in width to fit a larger bicep measurement (a very Read More...

Posted in Fitting Tips, Pattern Tips Tagged Basting, Bodice, Sleeves 30 Comments

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