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How to sew the sleeve.
Fold the cuff and then iron.
Pull the lower thread longer.
Gather the top of the sleeve.
Turn down the dial for the upper thread.
Make the length of the stitches longish.
Sew the first seam 0.2 or 0.3cm in from the edge.
Pull the lower threads away from the machine and leave them long.
Next, sew the second seam 0.5cm in from the first seam line.
Pull the threads long and cut.
Return the tension dial and the length of the stitch to their original settings.
Pull the threads on the reverse side to gather the material.
Sew the underarm.
Fold the sleeve so it is inside out.
Don't forget to backstitch at the start and finish.
Don't forget to backstitch at the start and finish.
Fold the cuff back.
Sew the cuff back.
Sew the cuff on the inner side.
Don't forget to backstitch at the finish.
Turn the material inside out.
Sew the sleeve on to the body.
Turn the sleeve and the body inside out.
Put the sleeve and body together face to face.
Put the under arm seams of the body and the sleeve together and pin.
Do the seam for the top of the sleeve and the shoulder seam.
Pull the thread so that the sleeve and body align.
Pin the cloth.
Pin along the seam line about 1cm from the seam. If you pin together at the edge, The top of sleeve will come away from the body.
Hand sew 0.2 or 0.3cm from seam line.
If you're hand sewing, you can easily sew by sewing machine by pulling out the pins.
How to sew the area shown here.
Sew the arm hole.
Backstitch at the end.
Turn the material inside out. Finish!