Puffy sleeves pattern

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Puff sleeve is gathered at the shoulder and caught at the bicep to create an inflated and puffy effect. In today’s #online #GSchool, we share with you step-by-step instruction to make short #puffsleeves from the basic sleeve pattern. #breakingpatterns #Onlineclasses

𝗛𝗼𝘄 𝗰𝗮𝗻 𝗜 𝗰𝗵𝗮𝗻𝗴𝗲 𝗮 𝘀𝘁𝗮𝗻𝗱𝗮𝗿𝗱 𝘀𝗹𝗲𝗲𝘃𝗲 𝗽𝗮𝘁𝘁𝗲𝗿𝗻 𝘁𝗼 𝗮 𝗽𝘂𝗳𝗳𝗲𝗱 𝘀𝗹𝗲𝗲𝘃𝗲? The pattern for a puff sleeve is very simple to design. The idea is to "stretch" the pattern of a basic sleeve at the points where we want the gathering of our puff sleeve to form. The 'stretching' of the model can be done at head height or at the hem of the sleeve, but never in the armpit area.

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