Hello! Half new to sewing and wanted to make the Jett jacket, and try myself…
Now I’ve gotten to the assembly process, and I cant understand how the arm is supposed to fit.
Its wayyyy too tight and not movable at all.
Anyone that knows what the cause of my struggle is?
A sleeve being too tight is likely due to arm circumference measurements being too small, or there not being enough ease on them. So I’d check them, and maybe measure the sleeve on a jacket you already own to see how much smaller you are compared to that.
Hi! Thank you for your response! But think I explained the problem poorly, as such, I’ve taken a picture of the arm when the arm is streatched out. Its almost like the armit seam? is in the wrong place and should be higher, but I dont really know.
That might be an issue with waist to armpit measurement not being right.
Yep, I think you’ve diagnosed the problem correctly! That armpit seam looks too low to me. Jett inherits from the Brian body block, which by default, uses the waist-to-armpit measurement to place the bottom of the armscye (that’s the fancy word for the armpit seam you’re talking about). To get it right, your HPS-to-waist-back and waist-to-armpit measurements have to be very precise.
I recommend putting on a jacket or sweater you like that has a comfortable amount of ease around the arms, tying a thread around your waist so you can be sure the vertical level for your waist is staying consistent, then measuring on your back from the side of your collar/highest point on your shoulder to the waist string, and on your side from the waist string up to the bottom of the jacket’s armhole.
The other way to do it is to turn on “Legacy armhole depth” under the advanced settings, so the depth of the armhole will be calculated relative to your bicep measurement instead.
Edit to add: It’s hard to tell, because the shoulder seam is clearly not resting on your arm the way you want it to in this image, but it also looks to me like your shoulder-to-shoulder measurement might be a little wider than ideal. Comparing that measurement against the shoulder-to-shoulder width of another garment you like can be a reliable way to check if that measurement is in the right ballpark, too.
