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<p>[QUOTE="Shangas, post: 833607, member: 360"]And here it is, with both cuffs done:</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]194365[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p>Process for doing the cuffs:</p><p><br /></p><p>1. Unpick/cut the stitches that hold the lining inside the sleeves. </p><p><br /></p><p>2. Pull lining inside out. </p><p><br /></p><p>3. Unpick/cut the stitches that sew the lining together. Flip the seam the other way around, so that when you turn the lining into a cuff, the seam is hidden. Sew back together the other way around. </p><p><br /></p><p>4. Measure, pin and sew the edge of the lining, so that the raw edge is hidden, and the cuffs are the equal length that you desire (in my case, it was 8cm. By comparison, the pockets are about 4cm, so the cuffs are twice as wide as the pocket-hems, for a bit of contrast). </p><p><br /></p><p>5. Flip the lining inside out and fold back over the sleeves. Align seams of cuff with seams of sleeves. Hand-stitch in a couple of anchoring stitches to stop everything from coming undone. </p><p><br /></p><p>6. Finished! </p><p><br /></p><p>Since the stitches holding the cuffs in place are mostly decorative, and aren't there to hold any sort of weight or stress, only a couple of stitches (one above the sleeve, one below) is all that's required on each side.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Shangas, post: 833607, member: 360"]And here it is, with both cuffs done: [ATTACH=full]194365[/ATTACH] Process for doing the cuffs: 1. Unpick/cut the stitches that hold the lining inside the sleeves. 2. Pull lining inside out. 3. Unpick/cut the stitches that sew the lining together. Flip the seam the other way around, so that when you turn the lining into a cuff, the seam is hidden. Sew back together the other way around. 4. Measure, pin and sew the edge of the lining, so that the raw edge is hidden, and the cuffs are the equal length that you desire (in my case, it was 8cm. By comparison, the pockets are about 4cm, so the cuffs are twice as wide as the pocket-hems, for a bit of contrast). 5. Flip the lining inside out and fold back over the sleeves. Align seams of cuff with seams of sleeves. Hand-stitch in a couple of anchoring stitches to stop everything from coming undone. 6. Finished! Since the stitches holding the cuffs in place are mostly decorative, and aren't there to hold any sort of weight or stress, only a couple of stitches (one above the sleeve, one below) is all that's required on each side.[/QUOTE]
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