How to Attach a Ribbed Shirt Cuff to a Sleeve
Clothing items such as women's blouses and men's dress shirts feature special cuffs at the end of their sleeves called placketed or set-in cuffs. They are circular-knit garment cuffs that are anchored to the sleeve by a fold of material in a slit of the sleeve called a placket. With household sewing supplies, you can add a professional-quality cuff to the end of coats, jackets or other sewing projects.
Things You'll Need
- Scissors
- Straight pins
- Fabric marking pencils
- Seam ripper
- Thread
- Finished cuff
- Sewing machine
Instructions
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Fold in the seam allowance of one long edge of the cuff to the wrong side and hold it in place with a temporary basting or tacking stitch.
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Fold the cuff pieces horizontally in two, with the right sides facing inward, and then sew along the shorter ends.
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Cut off two of the corners of the seam allowances, one at each end.
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Turn the cuff right-side out.
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Cut a slit at the end of the sleeve and overlock (serge) the edges.
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Turn the seam allowances inward, then edge stitch on the "right side."
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Fold the slit that you cut, keeping the right side on the inside, and then sew across the bottom of the slit.
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Fold the ease of the sleeve's end into soft pleats near the split.
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Sew the raw edges of the cuff to the end of the sleeve with the cuff's right side against the sleeve's wrong side.
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Turn the seam allowance back inside the cuffs and press them into place.
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Pin the edge of the cuff that you baste-stitched earlier onto the previous seam and edge stitch them together from the "right side."
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Sew any desired buttonholes and buttons.
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