More Sleeve Details to experiment with

 


This is my basic sleeveless dress that is part of a lot of my outfits.  The fabric is sport lycra.  This is something I started doing to throw in my kayak when I go out in case I want to paddle to a restaurant or boardwalk and I can throw it on over a bathing suit and look presentable.   60 inch wide fabric. 



You can quickly make the sleeveless base dress by folding as such, and just make the scoop on one a little lower so it is the front.  This is using a stretch fabric, suchas sport lycra, ponte knit, st matte jersey, scuba.

The fabric print is one of my personal prints, made on Spoonflower.com.   No, it is not cheap, but I am many times unique. 

Fold over to center on one side.... foldover to center on the other side... then fold in half so both folds are on the outside.


This is a regular freeflowing jacket that I make, but the sleeve details changed.  I cut the sleeve elbow length and then cut two large squares of the same fabric.   I used the regular fold under 1/4 inch twice and top stitch around the edge of the square.  I then, folded the square in half and cut a circle in the center of each square.  I clipped and ripped till the center circle was the size of the sleeve end.  Pinned on and did a seam around the circle attaching the square to the sleeve.  Great if you want to flap and flow.

I make a scarf of every fabric when I make an outfit.  This gives me many choices when I want to have scarves that match but break up the print.  I also always make covered button earrings for every outfit, and each piece as pants, blouse, jacket.


My outfits don't seem complete unless I have some scarves to match.


Total Outfit


You might want a mask to match too.


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