How To: Insert Sleeve with French Seam

Learn how to introduce a sleeve into a garment using a French Seam. French seams are perfect for use on lightweight or sheer fabrics, encasing all of the fraying fabric edges inside a tiny seam allowance of 1/4″ (5mm).

Due to the length of the video we have listed the timings below, so that you can skip through as required, based on what you need to learn and / or revisit.

Introduction: 00:00 – 03:32
Ease Stitching Sleeve: 03:32 – 10:24
Sewing Sleeve Seam: 10:24 – 11:42
Gathering Sleeve: 11:42 – 16:45
Introduce Sleeve into Armhole: 16:45 – 45:37

LINKED TUTORIALS
How To: Mark Fabric with Carbon Paper: https://youtu.be/ihU34p9aiGY
How To: Tailor’s Tacks: https://youtu.be/8g3jgib4ZRw
How To: Thread Tracing: https://youtu.be/SwOrYxd-vWQ
How To: Sewing French Seam: https://youtu.be/fhogUaCBJOE

PRODUCTS
Sewing Machine – Husqvarna Viking Emerald 116
Small Scissors – Fiskars Embroidery Scissors – http://www.madetosew.com/product/fiskars-embroidery-scissors/
Clover Silk Pins – http://www.madetosew.com/product/clover-silk-glass-head-pins/
Clover Fork Pins – http://www.madetosew.com/product/clover-fork-pins/
Sew Easy Seam/Sleeve Roll – http://www.madetosew.com/product/sew-easy-sleeve-seam-pressing-roll/
Iron: LauraStar Magic Evolution 2

Thread – Gutermann Sew All Polyester – http://www.jaycotts.co.uk/products/gutermann-sew-all_800#.VZRtYGAxEUU
Fabric (Crepe De Chine – Medium – Fuchsia) – http://www.beckfordsilk.co.uk/shop/silk-crepe-de-chine-medium-fuchsia/

MUSIC
Lucy, Plastic Flowers (2015) from http://freemusicarchive.org/

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