I’m making a pair of full detachable oversleeves for Younger Child’s PEERS R & J. She wanted sleeves oversleeves as shown in View B. I’m on autopilot, following the directions for these sleeves. Said sleeves are basically two tubes, fully lined. Instructions are as follows: “Pin lining over sleeve, right sights together, at upper and lower edges, matching seams. Stitch upper edge. Stitch lower edge, leaving an opening for turning. Turn right side out.” Though I *know* better, I blithely follow the instructions. Problem? Well, what you’re creating is essentially a toroid (donut) shape, and You Can’t Turn A Donut ™. I know this. Probably many of you know this. Evidently, the proof reader at McCall’s does NOT know this. However, I was still on autopilot, so I followed the directions, turned that puppy and got….a partially turned crazed half-toroid shape. Thankfully, I had only done this on *one* sleeve, so I can do the other correctly. The first sleeve, though — when I get done being irritable, I’m going to have to take the stitching out of this vast velvet sleeve and resew it again the right way. So, note to all — the directions for View B of McCalls M4696 are INCORRECT. Blah.
Leigh Ann Hildebrand –
I’m making a pair of full detachable oversleeves for Younger Child’s PEERS R & J. She wanted sleeves oversleeves as shown in View B. I’m on autopilot, following the directions for these sleeves. Said sleeves are basically two tubes, fully lined. Instructions are as follows: “Pin lining over sleeve, right sights together, at upper and lower edges, matching seams. Stitch upper edge. Stitch lower edge, leaving an opening for turning. Turn right side out.” Though I *know* better, I blithely follow the instructions. Problem? Well, what you’re creating is essentially a toroid (donut) shape, and You Can’t Turn A Donut ™. I know this. Probably many of you know this. Evidently, the proof reader at McCall’s does NOT know this. However, I was still on autopilot, so I followed the directions, turned that puppy and got….a partially turned crazed half-toroid shape. Thankfully, I had only done this on *one* sleeve, so I can do the other correctly. The first sleeve, though — when I get done being irritable, I’m going to have to take the stitching out of this vast velvet sleeve and resew it again the right way. So, note to all — the directions for View B of McCalls M4696 are INCORRECT. Blah.