How To Add A Sleeve to a Garment " Flat Style"

[@tammyjohnson8150]

Wow! I just finished with my very first flannel pajama set (top and pants) I was having so much trouble with the sleeves! I must’ve picked out seams 4 - 5 times before I found this tutorial. I followed your instructions to the letter and the top turned out perfect! I can’t begin to thank you enough! The sleeves look so nice now. Like it came from a high end store! I made it for my mom who is going through cancer treatment and she is cold all the time now. So even though it is August in Minnesota now, the flannel is perfect for her. I can’t wait to give them to her. And as a beginner, I am so glad that I have learned how to do sleeves so beautifully. Once again… Thank you for teaching this method!🦋

[@leahpitman2731]

Wow! I just found you and subscribed! I used to sew basic craft items and now at 64 trying garments! Christmas pajama great starting place for me! I absolutely love your very clear presentation and that you don’t waste time by having us watch your stitching!

[@bevgill3180]

I just sewed my first sleeve and I wish I had seen this beforehand. It was quite a struggle for me and I will use your flat method next time. Thank you for explaining it so clearly.

[@ellenm4839]

Your clear language, unrushed approach and hand gestures are SO HELPFUL! Thank you for your thorough explanations of each step and why each step is important. This is real teaching - and because your teaching helps me actually learn, not just watch, I can remember !!!

[@suzanneprior3251]

Oh my goodness, this was sooooo helpful! I am a novice sewist and just managed to add sleeves to a blouse by following this tutorial. Thank you so much!

[@mariesmith7033]

This was so incredibly helpful in understanding why there is more fabric on the sleeve head than the armscye. Thank you so much!

[@seestellysew8472]

This was the best example of flat method insertion on a sleeve. Thank you very much.

[@bnyzhny]

This BRILLIANT technique is completely New to me. Sleeves can be sooo challenging to set in a way that does not screech “homemade.” Your flat approach will help me feel more in control of the entire sleeve installation process. Thank you, Laura!!🥰👏

[@EbWhit91]

I've been sewing a long time and always struggled with set-in sleeves. This tutorial is excellent--you're a good teacher. Very clear and concise in your instructions, without a lot of unnecessary chit-chat that only serves to confuse the learner. I never thought to wrap the thread around the pin to anchor it while gathering the other side--brilliant! I will definitely use this flat style next time. Thank you! I'm a new subscriber. :-)

[@SewVeryEasy]

You are so welcome!

[@sarajean671]

Very good, detailed tutorial. I was so glad when I learned the flat method for sewing in a sleeve. It's much easier than trying to fit a tube to a hole. Even though I know the basic flat-style method already, your details will help me get that perfect finish on the next top I sew.

[@pastda3]

This is a great tutorial. I haven't sewn this type of garment in years, but that's exactly how I learned how to sew in a sleeve.

[@pamelalucioni2917]

Thank you Laura, I've never thought to put a sleeve in using the flat method, my goodness it's looks so much easier than the traditional way. I will definitely use your directions in the future.

[@lynnl6101]

Sewing the sleeves in flat - brilliant. I always sew French seams (I don’t have a serger) and this will really make it so much easier. I can’t believe i never thought of this. Thank you so much for sharing this as well as all of your other helpful ideas.

[@alexskakoon7672]

Works like a charm. Perfect results. Thanks for the tutorial.

[@christinemartin9449]

Hi from England. What a great video. I have been sewing for years and sleeves have always been my nemesis but this make it look so easy, can't wait to try it. Thank you for doing these videos.

[@christineswan1754]

Great tutorial. Basting stitches are easiest to gather when pulling the bobbin thread.

[@lynetterene]

Very thoroughly explained...thank you

[@marlyntaylor5145]

Thanks Laura for a great tutorial. Your instructions are always so very clear and easy to follow. I have been sewing for many years but you always give me something new to think about and try. Thanks again

[@shanabanana3800]

You are such an amazing teacher Laura! Thanks again for another fabulous, easy to understand, clear tutorial!

[@Rexie275]

🤩 This is an amazing technique! Will it work with stretchy fabrics, like Rayon/Jersey Knits?

[@ladyflimflam]

I remember being pretty steamed to learn I had been setting in sleeves the hard way since I was 10 years old when i could have been sewing on the flat and saved so much frustration.

[@lynnesmith6827]

I loved watching this tutorial and your calm voice describing each step. I haven’t done garment sewing for about 20 years but want to see if I can sit long enough to make a few tops. Watching you makes me want to try it right now! I remember an instructor telling us to sew two lines of basting in case one of them broke. Do you ever do this? I’m going to watch a few more of your videos and then do some online fabric shopping! Thanks so much!

[@SewVeryEasy]

Yes both ways work great :)

[@moyaliew2913]

Thanks for the unique learning experience! Excellent tutorial given!

[@veevee111]

What a fantastic tutorial! I love all the details and thanks for the reminder to set the stitch back to 2.5 after the basting steps. 👍💛

[@balduvinaarmas8571]

Nice job.

[@choochoobruemmer4658]

Your videos are so helpful. Fat method sure looks easier than the alternative. thanks again!

[@patriciawashburn1624]

Back in the early 60’s I was in high school and had a fantastic sewing teacher... for all 3 years. We learned this method which was called the ‘Bishop Method. It’s the only was to sew set in sleeves.

[@karengarner2292]

My Mom taught me the same method.

[@cindymcfarland4686]

This was the only method I ever learned when I started sewing in the 70's.

[@dijones2441]

Fabulous...will definitely do this the next time I do sleeves ...thanks Laura 👏💐

[@gerberdaisy2388]

That was an awesome tutorial, thank you! You have a wonderful way of teaching, have you ever considered doing a sew-along for a commercial pattern?

[@SewVeryEasy]

I will keep that in mind Thank you

[@jodavb]

A very helpful tutorial and a beautiful finished garment, love it 😍

[@annedouge5492]

hi, I have a question, I am currently tailoring a shirt that was made using that method. The inside seam of the sleeve and side seam of the shirt are lapped seams done in one seam. I need to make the sleeve thinner by 1.5in, it is a long sleeve how do you propose I do so?

[@PfaffPfantom]

Very nice tutorial, thank you. Is this style the same as a Neapolitan shoulder?

[@SewVeryEasy]

no a Neapolitan has even more fabric put into the sleeve

[@cltuck9251]

Love your directions! ! Question, did you make your yellow ironing pad? If so what did you fill the inside with? Or was it purchased?

[@SewVeryEasy]

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[@ccpperrett7522]

I like this method best! Thanks for the video. Great as always.

[@nancycogar3864]

Will that method work with cotton fabric

[@zeenatnoorali8079]

Thank you so very much

[@lynneswales2964]

Love this, thank you x

[@gillianallen6711]

Very informative

[@lindatonkin3802]

Wow thank you so much. Love your videos ❤ 💕

[@zeenatnoorali8079]

Thanks first time I understood easing

[@FreeWilliams08]

Wayment wayment wayment... Is that a new (to me) way to sew? With the arm of the machine facing you and guiding the fabric from left to right?

[@SewVeryEasy]

I was trying to let the camera get a good shot :)

[@marionmcginn]

Thank you for this tutorial

[@Marnie1869]

I want to add cuffs of a Colton fabric to a sweatshirt when making it a jacket . Do you have a video for this.?

[@SewVeryEasy]

no but I have now put it on my list, thanks

[@catherinecapodicasa9567]

Love the video so informative.

[@fatihabathri5710]

Fatiha de l'Algérie , salut , merci beaucoup , bien expliquer comment coudre une manche .😘😘😘😘

[@doowopshopgal]

This was perfect

[@DangelyOnes]

Thank you for that!

[@tammyjohnson8150]

Wow, Genius! I just put in my first sleeve following another person’s tutorial. It looks TERRIBLE! To say the least! I only put in one because it looks so bad before I started looking for a better way to do the flat sew method. Which is what I had used. My pattern, McCalls 2476 view C (pajama top) instructions were not clear enough for me as a beginner. No one alive in my family sews so I had no one to ask for help. The set in sleeve methods I had found online seemed more suitable for a blazer or a dress or dress shirt than pajamas. And didn’t seem to be anything like my pattern instructions. So I was just about to rip out the seam I had finished a start over when I started looking for something that looked better than what I used! Viola there you were! Yay! And although both tutorials were similar, you explained much more that the other one had completely left out! ERRR!!!! Frustrating as can be! I spent 3 1/2 hours trying to adjust the ease from one end all the way to the other end. It ended up looking like a poofy mess! Anyway I am so glad to have found this tutorial. Pure GENIUS 🦋

[@lopamudralopamudra6781]

LOVELY 👌💝

[@ИринаБезручко-в9ъ]

Это интересно. Можно попробовать!!!

[@hollywaddell6727]

Okay, class, the topic this week is "How to set the sleeve into the garment. We will learn Laura's FLAT METHOD and Joy's CRIMPING technique." It's a fun coincidence that two of the seamstresses I follow on KZbin did a SET IN SLEEVE tutorial within days of one another. Laura's FLAT method is one that I prefer whenever possible. (When isn't it possible? I'm not sure.) Like someone else commented, (back in the day) we used two parallel lines of loose basting stitches for the gathering threads, setting our upper tension a bit more loose and pulling on the bobbin threads simultaneously to form the gathers. But a couple of days ago Joy Bernhardt showed a way to create the gathered sleeve cap without that thread-pulling process. It is called CRIMPING and is created by holding the fabric tight against the back of the presser foot as the feed dogs move it under the needle and thread. Check it out if you're interested in learning another skill, Joy gives a real close-up illustration of the process. She does, however, set the sleeve into the garment after both side seams have been sewn rather than using the FLAT method. I'm going to try the CRIMPING on some scraps just for the fun of it as I don't have a garment ready to sew right now.

[@SparkyOne549]

I hate it when a technique has a dozen different names. Turns out that I have been doing it this way.

[@amandapoppleton9415]

Thank you. Great tutorial! Nicely explained.