I do a version of detacheable sleeves that may or may not be period
(though there seems to be some hints at it in what I've seen--just
haven't bothered to look!): I make one or more pair of sleeves,
completely finish the edges of both the sleeves and the armholes of
the garment they'll go on, and then baste them on each time I wear the
garment. It sounds horribly time consuming, but it isn't really! Five
minutes of quick whipstitch in a matching thread, and voila.
It has two really big advantages that I like: first, it doesn't LOOK
like a removable sleeve unless you get about 6 inches away (and most
of the styles I make weren't meant to have visibly removable sleeves),
and second, when I just can't decide what style sleeve to make for the
outfit, I can make as many as I have fabric for and switch 'em out
according to mood. And since there's no ties, it actually looks like I
have that many different outfits.
-E House
(Beginning to recover from months of email trouble... not fixed, but
at least I can now post to my mailing lists. Sigh. Email provider
says it's not their fault, husband who set up network & firewall says
it's not a problem on our side, I get no error messages, and yet... it
ain't working. Grr. Argh.)
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