Wednesday October 19

So blouses...
The sleeves had been put in with a big stitch for the fittings, so they had to be re-stitched and then overlocked round the arm hole.  A name label was stitched to the side seam and then cuffs were added.  Some of the sleeves had to be trimmed off where they were pinned and the seam reinforced and then the lower sleeve was used as a pattern for the cuff.  We had to check the fitting notes for the cuff size and add seam allowance.  The cuffs had to be seamed, with the inner being a tiny bit smaller than the outer so they fit together well.  Once they were stitched together, bagged out and pressed, they were stitched to the inside of the sleeve and overlocked, so when they were turned out they made a cuff over the end of the sleeve.  Finally they were pressed and the side seam top stitched to stop the cuffs falling down.  Four and a half done so far.