Are you getting bored with sleeves yet?!
I recently finished another pair, this time in a pretty green linen.
They are constructed in the same way as the rest. I cut out my favourite roomy sleeve pattern in the lining and fashion fabrics and edged them with zigzag stitch on the machine. The seams were sewn on machine with straight stitch and opened out and stitched down.
I sewed the green linen fashion fabric and lining together at the sleeve head (wrong sides out), and clipped the curves to reduce bulk before turning the right way out.
I hand stitched around the top of the sleeve to stop the lining rolling out.
I sewed the wrist hem by hand and then whipped the lining in with another row of stitching. This seems like extra work, but if the lining ever stretches, it means I can re-hem it without affecting the hem on the green fashion fabric.
I worked eyelets around the top of the sleeve for tying on and then put my trusty 'L' on the inside of the left sleeve.
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