I am struggling to get my blouse sleeves fitting properly. When I lift my arms, it is too tight under the arms and pulls across my back. Please help! Thanks.
By Kathy from South Africa
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Believe it or not, it is usually because the shoulders are too big. Move the upper sleeve in more..try 1/2 inch and baste, then try more if needed.
You might try going up in blouse sizes, sometimes we women like to fit into a size, instead of fitting into what fits. Also, diff. manufacturers make clothes diff. one size may fit totally different than another manufacturer.
I don't think there is much you can do for a blouse that fits too small. If you really want to wear it maybe it would look cute left unbuttoned with a shirt underneath and belted at the waist.
The best solution for you would be homemade blouses that you can adjust the size of the arms. Do you sew or know someone who does?
Are you sewing this blouse and looking for advice on how to adjust the pattern? This is what it sounds like to me, but sadly, I am not a good enough sewer to help with that. Hopefully others like siris will come to your aid.
There's also something called a "gusset" that you can add to the arms eye of the blouse that will give you some extra room. It's an extra piece of fabric, shaped like an ogee, that you stitch in between the sleeve and the sleeve opening.
That is eaxactly what I need!
The gusset you are talking about is what I have been looking for. Unfortunately ately the link doesn't work. Any ideas?
It's a weird link but I was able to get the link to work by copy and pasting it into my browser.
infashion-incubator.com/archive/gussets_and_collars/
Highlight the link and copy and paste into address bar
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