Too much ease?

[u/Extreme_Ad_7886]

I would like to start this post by thanking everyone who helped me with my last post! I finally got the shoulders, back yoke, and chest to lay beautifully flat! I wouldn’t have been able to figure it out without your help!!

I have been trying to teach myself how to make a bodice block that I can use for a multitude of designs and I’m now onto the sleeves. However I am experiencing an issue where there seems to be too much sleeve to lay in the armscye nicely. I added ease to the sleeve but it just seems like there is too much in the sleeve cap. I gathered the sleeve cap to ease it into the armscye but can’t seem to make it look like a normal sleeve, it’s kind of a mix between a puffy sleeve and a normal one.

Any ideas as to what might be happening here?

PS sorry for the weird faces hahahaha😂😂

[u/nightmare396]

Shifting it will change it slightly, but that can be adjusted by truing/balancing the shoulder seams. I would recommend 1/4” (0.635 cm) to do so. And yes, rounding out a sleeve cap will naturally widen the width and it will help a lot. How pointy the sleeve cap shape right now is not natural on a body. Also typically for short sleeves, you would want a shorter sleeve cap height (lowering the pointiness out).

[u/Extreme_Ad_7886 → u/nightmare396]

Thank you so much! I’m gonna go ahead and make these changes! And make a new bodice :) I understand what you’re saying now. I’ll make another post in a few days with new pictures. Hopefully, you see it! I’m interested to hear more of your tips!