new sleeves
Published: Tuesday, October 17th 2006
UPDATE:- I am in New York 28th October - 1st November and staying at the Benjamin Hotel. Please email me if you would like to meet during the period in question.
I finished one of the unusual style jackets yesterday, the one with the orange lining. I did not touch it today, I was out running around.
I got back around 4pm and the jacket was on the dummy, it just did not look right on the sleeves. It was not pressed, but fully finished ( except buttons and holes ) including the hand felling.
My customer has quite a bend in his arms and I think I have overdone it from the fitting, putting too much curve on the sleeves. Even though I have not seen it on him finished, my mind was made up, I have taken the sleeves out and re ordered enough cloth to make some more.
Tailoring is fickle, you get a feeling something is wrong, it may, or may not be in truth, but, it is not worth the risk with customers. So you remake, or replace. This is one of these situations. The sleeve below is one I have removed.
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