[Kj]

I have checked the pattern, cut out the sleeves size 12 but they don’t match up with the arm hole. There is one side about 1 1/2 in too long on the sleeves. Any suggestions? Is there a video on attaching the sleeves?

[Liesl Gibson]

That sounds really frustrating! I’ve just measured the pattern, and there is less than a 1/10″ difference between the length of the armhole and the sleeve, so I’m not sure why you’re finding it too long. I imagine you’ve checked to be absolutely sure you’ve cut the right sizes for all the pieces, right? One additional thing you could try to ignoring the notch at the top of the sleeve and just working with the underarm notches to get started. Have you added gathering stitches to help ease it in? I’m trying to think of other possible causes for this. It’s a sleeve with a low cap, so there really isn’t any ease and it should not be larger than the armhole. You’ve used a 1/2″ seam allowance for everything?

[Liesl Gibson]

Incidentally, there is a sew-along for the Classic Shirt, which uses the same sleeve technique as the Camp Shirt, so maybe this will help? But it sounds like there must be another issue someplace.

liesl + co. classic shirt sew along