https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/ask-angie-sleeve Style Advice for Fashion Lovers en-US Wed, 27 May 2026 00:57:21 +0000 http://bbpress.org/?v=1.0.2 q https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/search.php https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/ask-angie-sleeve#post-1815607 Thu, 15 Jun 2017 01:18:35 +0000 anne 1815607@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p><b>Jenni</b> and <b>Joy</b> - I can't return it - I bought it a year ago, and have worn it, washed it etc. I bought it with YLF approval, I'm pretty sure, though I don't know if the neckline was visible when I showed it to the forum. Maybe I'm overeacting.</p> <p><b>Jenni</b> - I don't have those elasticated cuffs, but I know what you mean - my grandfather had them!</p> <p><b>Angie</b> - thanks. To your point, if it's an expensive alternation I should try <b>JP</b>'s detailed suggestion (thanks so much!!). I can sew to some extent - I hem skirts and pants and can take in seams. This fabric is slippery though, so I might muck it up. But it the alternative is to get rid of it then nothing ventured, nothing gained!</p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/ask-angie-sleeve#post-1815600 Thu, 15 Jun 2017 00:36:19 +0000 Anonymous 1815600@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Not being sure if an sale ration will look right or be successful, return and keep looking. The right blouse is out there. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/ask-angie-sleeve#post-1815529 Wed, 14 Jun 2017 17:49:23 +0000 JP 1815529@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I just checked your other post and saw the blouse - I don't know if you can sew or not, but if you are willing to let go of the cuffs (I think I see narrow cuffs) - you can have a very easy fix by replacing the cuffs with elastic. <br />- Measure your arm length and then add 2 to 3 inches for the balloon effect&nbsp;<br />- Cut the cuff <br />- Turn the hem inside and create a casing (see video)<br />- Cut a piece of elastic the size of your wrist plus half or one inch <br />- Run the elastic through the casing and sew the ends together</p> <p>If you can't do it yourself, I don't think it will be an expensive alteration. &nbsp;I found this video tutorial that might help you (sleeve at 4:15) &nbsp;<a rel="nofollow" href="https://youtu.be/htr6YkTa39c">https://youtu.be/htr6YkTa39c</a></p> <p>Hope this helps - if you were in my area, I would do it for you. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/ask-angie-sleeve#post-1815499 Wed, 14 Jun 2017 15:25:04 +0000 Angie 1815499@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Pass it on then, because it shan't be a cheap alteration.&nbsp; </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/ask-angie-sleeve#post-1815448 Wed, 14 Jun 2017 11:04:02 +0000 Jenni NZ 1815448@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>So, can you return it or did you buy it too long ago? This is where I tend to get the guilts about stuff I've bought and then feel I've made a mistake on. This is happening less because I am learning to buy better. Sometimes I make myself wear the item and then warm up to it. If you can't return it, maybe try that and do a homemade job on the sleeves- or those elasticated bands for holding sleeves up if you have any? ( Mine are at least 20 years old, I think bought for a jacket years ago). </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/ask-angie-sleeve#post-1815389 Wed, 14 Jun 2017 03:35:43 +0000 anne 1815389@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Remember your recommendation to get the sleeves altered that you made here?</p> <p><a href="https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/which-tops-if-any-work-with-this-skirt" rel="nofollow">https://youlookfab.com/welookf.....this-skirt</a></p> <p>By how much, do you think?</p> </p> <p>Thanks</p> <p>ETA - now I'm having second thoughts about whether I should keep the blouse at all, rather than spend more money on it!!&nbsp; Not modest enough for my standards without a cami, and sometimes looks odd with one. This was an expensive blouse by my standards, but not sure about it at all.</p>