Puff sleeve pattern tutorials

Pink threads on Instagram: "Puff sleeve design"

Welcome to a new pattern making class. In today’s class, we are going to make a puff sleeve. In previous classes, I have already taught you how to add volume to the top of the sleeve with the leg of mutton sleeve and I have also taught you how to add volume to the bottom […]

Ida’s Threads on Instagram: "How to make a puff sleeve from a regular sleeve pattern I like to use patterns as a jumping off point. Often for theatre I don’t have enough time to drape or draft a pattern from scratch so I’ll use a pattern that is similar to what I want and alter as needed. This is a quick hack to change a regular sleeve into a puff sleeve that is gathered on the top and bottom. Altering patterns can also be a good way to begin to understand how to draft your own patterns…

𝗛𝗼𝘄 𝗰𝗮𝗻 𝗜 𝗰𝗵𝗮𝗻𝗴𝗲 𝗮 𝘀𝘁𝗮𝗻𝗱𝗮𝗿𝗱 𝘀𝗹𝗲𝗲𝘃𝗲 𝗽𝗮𝘁𝘁𝗲𝗿𝗻 𝘁𝗼 𝗮 𝗽𝘂𝗳𝗳𝗲𝗱 𝘀𝗹𝗲𝗲𝘃𝗲? The pattern for a puff sleeve is very simple to design. The idea is to "stretch" the pattern of a basic sleeve at the points where we want the gathering of our puff sleeve to form. The 'stretching' of the model can be done at head height or at the hem of the sleeve, but never in the armpit area.