This week’s post will be arriving slightly later than normal because it is another collaboration with Minerva Crafts and is only due to publish on their website on Wednesday. I’ve been so exited to share this make though because I really am loving wearing it in this more summery weather, and I feel very sophisticated in it! Full details on the blog later this week, but for now I’ll show you the bit of pattern hacking that I did to create these lovely flutter sleeves.
This pattern started out as the Sew Over It Ultimate Wrap Dress, one of the first patterns that I blogged about. The dress has full length fitted sleeves- not very summery so I decided to make a few changes! Firstly, I worked out approximately how long I waned the sleeve to end up by holding it up against me, and I just traced off that much of the pattern. There are some great tutorials online, and I followed this one on craftsy, and also found this one on sewing pattern review helpful. You can see how the finished pattern piece looks very different to the initial one, but because none of the sleeve allowances or seam lengths have changed inserting it works exactly the same as before.
I wanted to keep the sleeve looking light and airy so I didn’t want a heavy hem weighing it down. It made it a great reason to use my overlocker’s rolled hem function which is much more dainty, and a very quick easy way of finishing a curve. I think I will be using this sleeve hack again over the summer- the sleeves are just so lovely. They aren’t restrictive or hot, but keep your shoulders covered when out in the sunshine! Pop back on Wednesday to see the other changes that I made to this pattern.
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