Sleeve design complete

Last sleeve draft for tonight I am pretty happy with:

(It's the one on the left), I have extended further the sleeve head using a method from  Turn of the Century Fashion Patterns and Tailoring by S.S.Gordon .This is how the flat pattern looked for the outside sleeve, for step by step instructions see the book:

I am pretty pleased, but just for arguments sake tonight I am going to finish with an uber leg of mutton sleeve just to see what it will look like. Post about this tomorrow, been having far too much fun today already....

Pattern testing continued...

So, earlier today I was making a calico of the jacket body, I have just finished pattern cutting and playing with sleeve shapes. Here is a couple of sleeve head shapes I have put into the armholes of the jacket to get a feel for the pattern cutting.

 

On the left is a gathered side sleeve with a fit-in sleeve head. This was an experiment with a style I haven't used before but was curious at the outcome:

Not entirely sure what I was attempting to acheive, but I'm not that taken with it so I move on to a gathered sleeve head:

I do like this, it is neat and I'm a bit fan of extended sleeve heads. But really...I think I can push this even further so I'm going to try a style more flamboyant, particularly liking this example:

So the next sleeve I try will be more full on, but I am stopping well short of the full leg-o-mutton sleeve, such as this one:

Catch you for the next blog where I should have the final sleeve shape inset.