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Sabrina ([personal profile] mala_14) wrote2016-06-01 05:08 pm
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New sleeve

I drafted up a new sleeve with a much shallower sleevehead. And it fits so much better! There isn't any more pulling and I can move my arm around, both forward and up! It has a little bit of wrinkling in the front of the arm, which was bothering me. But upon looking at pictures of people who made up the Past Patterns gown (which has a similar pattern construction to mine) and portraits from the era, that front wrinkle just seems to be a thing. The back has just the right kind of wrinkling also. So I am very happy with this new sleeve and am about to cut it out in the real fabric. :D
These 1803 portraits show the same wrinkling/creasing at the front of the arm by the armpit:
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[identity profile] nuranar.livejournal.com 2016-06-02 03:43 pm (UTC)(link)
Go you! Good eye on figuring out the wrinkling both front and back. It's so counterintuitive, but it at least makes sense when you realize that wrinkles = room to move. I have that PP pattern, and also found it VERY illuminating in the way things fit together. The "point" at the back really made sense for the first time.
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