{"id":60830,"date":"2017-05-02T10:12:15","date_gmt":"2017-05-02T14:12:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/oliverands.com\/community\/?p=60830"},"modified":"2017-04-28T09:31:23","modified_gmt":"2017-04-28T13:31:23","slug":"how-to-add-ruffled-sleeves-to-a-t-shirt","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/oliverands.com\/community\/blog\/2017\/05\/how-to-add-ruffled-sleeves-to-a-t-shirt.html","title":{"rendered":"how to add ruffled sleeves to a t-shirt"},"content":{"rendered":"

We are excited to welcome back Meagan<\/a>. She stopped by with her faux chenille yoke<\/a> and marbled yoke<\/a> tutorials, and now she has a ruffled sleeve tutorial. 2017 seems to have become the year of the sleeve, so now is the time to have fun with sleeves and make a statement. Ruffled sleeves would work for women, too. Try the Maritime Top<\/a> or Bento Tee<\/a>. Is there anyone who would like to sew up a women\u2019s version to share with everyone? Let us know. Now I\u2019ll hand it over to Meagan.<\/em><\/p>\n

I’m so excited to be back on the blog today. I have a fun tutorial for a ruffled sleeve Lunch Box Tee<\/a>. I’ve had the urge to make Ava a ruffled sleeve top that I’ve been seeing trending around lately. That’s when the Lunch Box Tee pattern popped in my head, which I’ve used many many times. I even shared my love for it on a previous blog post here<\/a>.<\/p>\n

It has such a great base shape that I knew would lend itself well for what I was going for. I decided to follow the pattern for everything else aside from the sleeves. I’ve used this technique twice thus far. I originally made it with a crushed velvet fabric, which turned out great, you can check that out here<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Today I’ll be sharing my second attempt, this time I decided to use a thicker floral print scuba knit fabric and add a bit more volume to the sleeves. To start, construct the Lunch Box Tee following the pattern instructions with the only exception being to leave the sleeves off.<\/p>\n

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To achieve the gathered effect in the sleeves, l drafted a simple rectangular pattern. For the width, I measured the sleeve opening of the front piece on the Lunch Box Tee pattern. I took this number and multiplied it by three. Then I divided this number by two so that I’d have the measurements for a pattern piece that can be cut on the fold. For the height of the sleeves, I measured where I’d like for the sleeves to hit on Ava’s arm, for her that was around 6″. Since I wanted as much volume as possible, I doubled the length so that instead of hemming the bottom, I could just fold it in half. Once you have your pattern cut out, you need to cut four pieces on the fold.<\/p>\n

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Then, place them right sides together and sew up the sides, forming a loop. Don’t forget to press and trim your seams!<\/p>\n

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Next, fold your loop up against itself wrong sides together.<\/p>\n

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Now, sew two rows of basting stitches across the top so you can gather it to fit on the sleeve opening of the tee.<\/p>\n

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Sew the sleeves on to the tee right sides together and voil\u00e0! You’re done!<\/p>\n

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For me this was the trickiest part because my fabric was so thick. I may or may not have had a needle break off and fly at my cheek. Sewing can be a dangerous hobby! Haha!<\/p>\n

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All in all, once you get past the measurements and calculations, it’s a super simple project. It\u2019s awesome what a small change can do to transform a pattern. I was very pleased with how this top came out. It definitely has the ruffled sleeve factor I was going for. It was also exciting to see how the different fabric choices affected what the overall shape and form a piece can take. The velvet version I made draped softly, weighing down the sleeves while the scuba knit version held the volume of the sleeves very well, giving it a more exaggerated full bell shape. The options are endless and can be used in so many ways.<\/p>\n

\"Oliver<\/a><\/p>\n

Thanks so much for having me!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Here is a tutorial on how to add ruffled sleeves to a t-shirt. 2017 seems to have become the year of the sleeve, so now is the time to have fun with sleeves and make a statement.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":7455,"featured_media":60852,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_bbp_topic_count":0,"_bbp_reply_count":0,"_bbp_total_topic_count":0,"_bbp_total_reply_count":0,"_bbp_voice_count":0,"_bbp_anonymous_reply_count":0,"_bbp_topic_count_hidden":0,"_bbp_reply_count_hidden":0,"_bbp_forum_subforum_count":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[202,208,20666,140],"class_list":["post-60830","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-tutorials","tag-bento-tee","tag-lunch-box","tag-maritime","tag-tutorial"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/oliverands.com\/community\/content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/ruffledsleeveF.jpeg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p5jZS5-fP8","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":66516,"url":"https:\/\/oliverands.com\/community\/blog\/2018\/08\/fourteen-tutorials-for-sleeves.html","url_meta":{"origin":60830,"position":0},"title":"fourteen tutorials for sleeves","author":"Rachel Le Grand","date":"August 13, 2018","format":false,"excerpt":"Today the focus is on sleeves. 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