Sleeves of doom!

[theladyrebecca]

My archery dress sleeves are huge-mongous! I even chopped two inches off the bottom of the puff, so that I would have enough of my vintage lace to trim them with, and they are still pretty enourmous. Which is exciting, of course. :) They're silk taffeta on the outside. The puffs have a cotton organdy interlining, and I sandwhiched a folded over layer of net in between. The bottom part of the sleeve is interlined with muslin. I drafted the top pattern on my own, and based the bottom part off of a big-three pattern. I realized after I made the sleeve that I should have sandwhiched piping and a lace ruffle in between the two sleeve pieces, but since I don't want to undo/redo them, I will handsew the trimmings on. I'm hoping I don't have to add a gusset - not really sure how they dealt with being able to move your arm far enough for archery. Maybe the puff will allow enough room?

Here's a bunch of pictures.

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I actually practiced my archery today, too. My bf and I set up a target in his backyard, and took turns with my bow. Not too shabby! I forgot my bracers, though, so my arm was really stinging after an hour. We also visited Fort Langley, BC on Saturday, which was really cool! It has some living history elements to the fort, and everything in the whole thing is touchable/interactive. They had some military uniform jackets to try on, too! I'll post more pictures of our awesome weekend soon.

Comments

[starlightmasque.livejournal.com]

oooo those are really spectacular sleeves! Wow!