Lamb Chop makes her first appearance!

[madamemodiste]

I need an icon for huge sleeves!

Here is the sleeve before it was gathered and sewn to the sleeve stay. It covered an entire 2-seater bench!!



Then here is Lamb Chop just pinned to the dressform. I wanted to see how it looked. I LOVE it!!

Comments

[standgale.livejournal.com]

The sleeve is perfect! Just like the picture. :)
The problem with historically puffy sleeves is how much material they take up - one generally doesn't budget metres of material just for sleeves.
Does it have something under it to make it puffy, or is it just the material?

[madamekat.livejournal.com]

Yes, it has quite a bit of help to stay poufy! First of all, I chose a fabric with a crisp hand. It is flatlined with a stiff net. Then, the sleeve stay underneath has a deep ruffled flounce of stiff net sandwiched between the stay and the sleeve pouf. Crazy stuff! It was a complicated sleeve to make, and I almost needed a drink to make the second one (which I just finished instead of doing homework).

And I'm so glad that you think it looks like the picture, too. I was so surprised when it actually turned out to look right!

[standgale.livejournal.com]

Hmmm.... I wonder if my sleeve - made of velvet and nowhere near as big as yours - will need some of that. I wasn't able to find instructions. I need to pin it together and just see how it looks.

Isn't it amazing when things actually work out though? :D It looks great!