Gather the sleeve cap with basting stitches. You will get a piece as the picture below. Sew the main piece and the lining, the right sides together at the hem edge with a 1/4 inch seam allowance. Cut out the four pieces of sleeve pattern for two sleeves. You need to cut two pieces of fabric for one sleeve. Mark the pattern as in the picture below. Fold a piece of fabric ( for one sleeve) with a length of about 20″ and a width 4″. This is a sleeve that mostly suits a kid’s dress. If you add this sleeve to a sleeveless dress/top, keep the sleeve under the armhole line and top stitch the sleeve. Stitch the Sleeve to the top, as you would a regular sleeve. Use basting stitches to gather as shown in this tutorial for gathering fabric. Gather the sleeve cap 4 inch to either side of the center fold line to half the width. Draft a Flutter sleeve Patternįold a piece of fabric 7 inch wide and 25 inch long ( for one sleeve) That is not to say you should not wear it. The fullness of these sleeves may give the illusion of more heaviness. If you are planning to make this pattern for an adult, please note that this sleeve is not ideal for someone with a heavy upper body or broad shoulders, like an inverted triangle body shape. For adults, there are not many sleeves that give a dramatic touch ( in a nice way) like this one. This is one of my go-to patterns for kids’ dresses when adding extra sleeves. A Flutter sleeve is a very flared short sleeve it is supposed to flutter around you because of the flare.įlutter sleeves are the cutest sleeves you could add to any pattern.
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