Altering sleeves

When you have to take sleeves out of a garment, whether thats a jacket, shirt, top or dress, it is important to make sure you line up the centre top of the sleeve with the centre top at the shoulder.  Before you do this however, I would suggest you sew two rows of loose stitching around the arm hole, so that you can ease the sleeve back in.  One of the major mistakes people make is to pin the sleeve back in, find they have more sleeve than before so they cut away the excess.  What this can do is cause the sleeve to become tight on the arm. 

Happy sewing

Judith aka genie