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Posted on: 3/3/05 5:16 PM ET
Hi everyone,
I am making a top for my 2 year old daughter and the instructions have you sew the sleeves in the round to the armhole. The opening is to small to fit around the free arm of my sewing machine and I'm not sure how I should go about sewing them on. Any help would be greatly appreciated. Thank You, Kim
I am making a top for my 2 year old daughter and the instructions have you sew the sleeves in the round to the armhole. The opening is to small to fit around the free arm of my sewing machine and I'm not sure how I should go about sewing them on. Any help would be greatly appreciated. Thank You, Kim
Posted on: 3/3/05 5:21 PM ET
In reply to singalong
The easiest option would be to sew them in flat, rather than setting them in. If you're past the point of being able to do that, however, how to explain this???.... I usually just put the whole sleeve on top of the freearm rather than around it. This will put the part of the sleeve that you aren't sewing above the presser foot. You just have to be really careful to not catch that part in. Does that make any sense??

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Posted on: 3/3/05 5:25 PM ET
In reply to singalong
Have no fear -- the only time I have ever managed to successfully sew set-in sleeves was for an even tinier garment -- my three week old daughter's christening gown! I did just as jcalhoun suggested, and put just the part I was sewing under the needle. Two year olds, like newborns, also wont compain if a little ease-stitching shows...
Posted on: 3/3/05 5:28 PM ET
Turn the sleeve inside out and then "sew in a teacup" by sewing *inside* the cylinder of the sleeve so that you're sewing on the right side of the garment with the sleeve against the feed dogs. A lot easier to do than to explain.
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"I base my fashion sense on what doesn't itch." — Gilda Radner
http://stitchesandseams.blogspot.com
Posted on: 3/3/05 5:51 PM ET
Thank you all for your responses. I'll give it a go tonight. It's so nice there is finally a place I can go to ask questions like this. It helps take the frustration out of learning Thanks!
Posted on: 3/3/05 6:43 PM ET
When sewing in that little, tiny space, you may only be able to take five or so stiches before you have to lift the foot and reposition things, but the armscye is so small that it will be finished sooner than you think.
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Elona
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