Winter ’24: Handy Tips & Tricks for the Sanda

Here’s a few handy tips for making your Sanda and working with this special fabric. 

  • Cutting out: my favourite method for this dry oilskin
  • The Underarm Tailor’s Tack
  • Handing the Dry Oilskin
  • Selvedge as seam tape
  • Setting in the sleeve

Cutting out

The Underarm Tailors Tack

Handling the Dry Oilskin

Selvedge as seam tape

The instructions call for a seam tap to be added to the centre back seam for stability. The suggested alternative is a “fine selvedge” – you can use the selvedge from your lining fabric for this.

Setting in the sleeve

How it looks after sewing to the “tack.” 

Et voila! The sleeve is in.

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