Setting a Sleeve in a Men's Shirt

Video Transcript

"Hello! I’m Stephany of Stephany’s Simply Sewing. I’d like to show you the other portion of setting in a sleeve into your garment. We have already pinned the underarm portion, and now we’re going to ease the sleeve cap, which is this portion of your sleeve, into your garment. Before we put it in earlier, we had basted some stitches along the top of our sleeve cap in order to help us with that easing. This is the center of my sleeve and I’m going to match it with my shoulder seam and pin that. Then to do my easing, I’m going to take the end of my gathering thread that I had run prior, and sometimes the pin does get wind up around it and it won’t pull, and you just simply have to move the pin to get it untangled. If that doesn’t work, you grab the other one. Find one that works. There we go. So there I’ve gathered it up and obviously, it’s too many puckers to the ease, so what I’m going to do is simply release some of that. One of the ways that you can be sure that you’re sleeve is in there neatly is to kind of cup it over your fingers like this, because that mimics your shoulder line, and then you can put some pins in to secure it. Once again, if you discover that the bodice or one is below or under your other layer, because it’s not even, you can walk it with your fingers one way or another. In this instance, this layer is short, so I’m scratching the under side of the fabric to move it closer to the edge of the sleeve. I’m going to do that on my other side of my sleeve. Kind of pull up the gathering once again. I always put in more that I need so that I can simply release it like this. Then I’m going to cup my fingers on the underside to make sure that nice sleeve cap is eased in, and secure it with a few pins. That is how you ease in your sleeve cap."