Interfacing In an Argyle cuff?

**Bugbear** · 23rd July 09, 01:00 AM

* Rewrite *

I'm wondering if the interfacing that is already in the cuff of the jacket I want to convert will work for an Argyle cuff or if I need to use something different.

Here is what I am thinking about doing.

The sleeves of the jacket are too long for me. If I were to take out the hem of the cuff, there would be enough material to turn back the cuff over the sleeve as far as an Argyle cuff would go. I could put a facing over that turned back part to look nice and give the cuff the Argyle shape.

Because the sleeve is so long, almost all of the interfacing would then be in the turned back part of the cuff instead of up the sleeve. It would still extend a little way passed the fold at the end of the sleeve.

Do I need to add interfacing to the sleeve if I do this?
Or will the interfacing that is in the turned back part do the same job that it did on the inside of the sleeve even though it is now on the outside cuff part of the sleeve?

It's hard to describe that.

Thank you.

**Bugbear** · 23rd July 09, 02:01 PM

All right, I have rewritten the question and description of what I am trying to do, but it is still difficult to put into words. I don't know if it makes sense now.

**vmac3205** · 23rd July 09, 02:36 PM

It would be much easier to shorten the sleeves, and not turn the cuff up. Use the material you cut off the front for the argyle cuff. Don't interface. You won/t need it.

**Bugbear** · 23rd July 09, 03:06 PM

Thanks, vmac3205. Wasn't sure which direction to go.

**Bugbear** · 23rd July 09, 04:27 PM

Oh... I see, folding the materiel of the cuf around the hem of the sleeve would do what the interfacing was doing in the first place.

I have had to shorten almost every jacket's sleeves that I have ever had, and the interfacing usually doesn't go back far enough into the sleeve to reach the fold of the new hem. I've never delt with Argyle cuffs. I'm just planning ahead, and I'm not even sure that I will be doing this conversion on my own.

A lot of the questions on what material could be used on a formal evening Argyle's cuffs and pockets were answered in another of my threads, and I am thinking about how several of the options could be handled. I haven't figured out exactly what I would like yet which is probably why my question didn't make sense.

**vmac3205** · 23rd July 09, 07:31 PM

It made perfect sense to me.

**piperdbh** · 23rd July 09, 07:55 PM

Ted,
You have the opposite problem from me; I have to lengthen my sleeves! I have 3 thrift shop jackets I'm planning to convert to Argylls, and so far I've been able to steal 1 1/4" from the cuffs.

VMac,
I plan to make my gauntlet cuffs from the fabric I cut off the tails of my jackets. If you lay the cuff piece flat, does it look like a valley or a peak? I'm thinking it should be a valley, with the "peaks" stitched together on the back of the sleeve. And, what are the measurements of the peaks and valley? From the pictures I've seen, it looks to be about 3" sloping up to about 5". Like Ted said before, it's hard to put questions like this into words, but I think I've explained it. Your help will make it easier for both of us to convert our jackets. Thanks!

**Bugbear** · 23rd July 09, 08:53 PM

Going by the way Sidnie7 did it, the seam of the cuff is on the short side of the cuff and the long part in the back is the middle of the material if it were laid out flat.

Look forward to finding out where vmac3205 puts the seam.

**Bugbear** · 23rd July 09, 09:27 PM

Just to bring it over into this thread, I found a fairly good quality tuxedo jacket in a Good Will store for almost nothing. I had it drycleaned and it is in new condition.

I don't have the pants for it, and it also has notched lapels, so it would probably be best to convert it to a formal kilt jacket with an Argyle cut. I think the notched lapells would be best with that style.

The materiel is 100% worstedn berlington woll and the lapels are a nice quality satin, kind of a silk feeling satin.

Sidnie7 had just done a tux to BB jacket conversion, so I was using that as reference; though the tux she converted is different in a few ways from mine.

I have also been experimenting on sport jacket conversions with a pleated, non-open-vent treatment for the back of the kilt jackets that also takes in the waist a bit.

**vmac3205** · 24th July 09, 05:53 PM

Originally Posted by piperdbh

Ted,
You have the opposite problem from me; I have to lengthen my sleeves! I have 3 thrift shop jackets I'm planning to convert to Argylls, and so far I've been able to steal 1 1/4" from the cuffs.

VMac,
I plan to make my gauntlet cuffs from the fabric I cut off the tails of my jackets. If you lay the cuff piece flat, does it look like a valley or a peak? I'm thinking it should be a valley, with the "peaks" stitched together on the back of the sleeve. And, what are the measurements of the peaks and valley? From the pictures I've seen, it looks to be about 3" sloping up to about 5". Like Ted said before, it's hard to put questions like this into words, but I think I've explained it. Your help will make it easier for both of us to convert our jackets. Thanks!

You want the high point on the outside seam of the sleeve, the low side inside. I usually fo 3 - 4 inches taper.