Margo Anderson's curved sleeves

[Wickedvox]

Oh LP I wish you were at *my* home faire...I would make you my new BFF--bad for you, fun for me

[Rowan MacD]

  OK. I took some time off from work because i really need to make these sleeves (and lay some laminate flooring too, but that's not important) .
I'm going to try for one set each for hubby and I, the curved in narrow.   
  I will make them reversible from black velveteen/gold silk, so that we can switch up the look on the outfits.
Both will be beaded (eventually).
Approximately how long does a set take to make? They will be interlined for stiffness....

[gem]

I made some reversible paned sleeves, with piping (that I also made) in less than a week (maybe 3-4 days, all told?). They were quick, quick, quick! And that involved all that piping around all those edges, plus joining them together with all those beads--neither of which you'll be doing for the curved sleeves. My very basic yellow sleeves (from a pattern I drafted myself) took like an afternoon.

One of the primary reasons sleeves are so much fun is because they're so FAST!

...But don't tell your DH, otherwise you'll have to help lay down the new floor....

[stonebiscuit]

Yeah, I managed my curved narrow in a day.

[Rowan MacD]

   I've got them cut out of the gold duponi and black velveteen, I figure with twill interlining, the 3 layers should be stiff enough without interfacing.
   I want to do black velvet stripes (bars) across the gold.   It will be tricky matching the stripes on the two pieces, but since the material is cut on the bias and I'm placing the ribbon perpendicular to the direction of the fabric, I'm thinking it should result in an interesting chevron-like pattern.....I'm using some of the gold lion head buttons that I was going to originally use on hubby's doublet (before I decided to go with clasps) for closures, though we will probably never wear them buttoned up.