Puffed sleeves

[helenetijou]

Hi everyone. Has anybody already tried to create a puffed sleeves from a basic sleeve block on Seamly2D. I am struggling with construction…Thanks! IMG_20180319_100117|860x645

[Grace]

Hi @helenetijou,

Your image isn’t showing, but here is the link to a discussion about bell and cape sleeves that may help:

Slash and spread

The Cape Sleeve, I did in the same manner, just with more slashes and more degrees between the sections. In my option, it wasn’t very successful but that is perhaps because I have no use for it at this point. I just wanted to see how it works. It uses the same measurement file above. Learning pattern - Cape Sleeve.val (71.8 KB) Oh, I also made a mistake in it. There is a solid section from ShoulderTip to Elbow. I made a slash there.

[helenetijou]

thank you very much @Grace . Very helpfull as always. Do you have the same for raglan sleeves?

[Grace]

No, I’m also still learning pattern making and haven’t really reached that stage yet

But I seem to recall the subject being discussed in the past:

Raglan Sleeves with Rotate and Union tools

This thread continues a discussion from the Issues list. @Timo_Virtaneva asked for a tool to move Draw mode pattern pieces together to create a Raglan sleeved pattern. Unfortunately this tool isn’t possible, as points from different pattern pieces in Draw mode can’t be joined. But there is a more accurate way to create a Raglan sleeved pattern than placing pattern pieces together and drawing lines between them. This method needs less manual correction at the final fitting stage and will morph c…

How join 2 pieces detail from pattern piece A and B etc

We’d like to help you, so please upload your .vit and .val files and/or post some screenshots of the situation. Otherwise we don’t know what to tell you. We’re looking forward to seeing what you’re working on!

Layers to work on top of each other for every section of pattern

You can try to use a test build. I publish new each Monday. New release will be released after i will finish seam allowance tool redesign.

Actually, I think I worked through a tutorial that included quite an easy way of doing raglans. I’ll turn myself upside down in the archives & try & find it and no, I can’t find it now