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Textiles and Garment Construction

(vi) Make sure that the right sleeve (i) The cap of the sleeve should be
is attached on the right armhole properly matched with the shoulder
and the left sleeve on the left and the side seam of the bodice
armhole. Wrong attaching can so that the sleeve hangs well.
cause strain and poor appearance. (ii) The curve of the sleeve should be

(vii) Sleeves should hang well. A well- smooth, shallow at the back and
fitted sleeve should hang well, more deeply curved at the front
smoothly neatened and identically cut part of the sleeve to accommodate
unless a designed style is intended. the bust and make the setting to
Well-hanged sleeves improve the armhole easy. The front and
the appearance of the garment. back part of sleeves should be

Choosing of sleeves marked clearly to avoid wrongly
setting of the sleeves into armhole.
The choice of sleeves to use depends on
the following aspects: (iii) When stitching, always stitch on the
(i) The type of fabric used: Choose side of the sleeve and not the garment.
lightweight fabrics for fuller This will help to make easing of fullness
sleeves design. as sleeves are bigger than the armhole.
(ii) The wearer: Consider the interest (iv) The grain lines of the seams,
and appearance of the wearer. Sleeve fitting lines and notches should
should be chosen by considering the be well matched before tacking
wearer’s preference and figure type. and stitching the sleeves.
(v) Check whether the sleeve hangs
(iii) The style of the garment: The sleeve
design used should correspond to the properly before stitching. If the
style of a garment to suit the design and fullness need to be reduced,
the occasion intended to participate. it should be done evenly to
make the sleeve hangs properly.
(iv) The function of the garment: For
example, sleeves for protective (vi) Use gusset on raglan sleeves to
coats such as hospital and strength the armpit.
laboratory coats should be chosen (vii) The armhole of a sleeve should be at
to suit the protection purpose. least 2.5cm bigger than the armhole
size of the bodice to enable the sleeve
Points to consider when attaching to appear loose over the shoulder.
sleeves to the garment
Sleeves should be properly prepared Types of sleeves
before attaching them to the garment.
To ensure good fit, the following points Sleeves are categorized into three
should be considered when preparing and main common groups, which are set-in
attaching sleeves to the garments: sleeve, raglan sleeve and kimono sleeve.

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