Double sleeved flightsuit tutorial

My goal here is to show y'all the quickest way I've made the double sleeves on my flightsuit. The pictures are pretty crummy and I hand sewed the seams together buy it's OK cause nobody sees the threads anyway [emoji12] .

First you need to buy 2 jumpsuits in white twill material: one long sleeved, and one short sleeved.

First cut the sleeves off the LONG SLEEVED JUMPSUIT ONLY!!


Then invert your short sleeved jumpsuit and find the loose material used to make the stitch between the sleeve and jumpsuit and pinch it tight. Then slide your long sleeve OVER that and take the loose material on the long sleeve and pinch it together with the loose material you found previously.



Then sew the loose seam material together.



Once you sew both sleeves on, invert it right side out and you'll be good!

Before:


After:


If you have any questions or concerns please feel free to comment!

Alex

I did a similar thing, but I used two long sleeve jumpsuits. Reason being is that the Fett short sleeve is longer than a traditional short sleeve. At least that was what my seamstress and I saw. The short sleeve ends at about your inner elbow.
Either way, nice work and thanks for sharing.

mainst69 said:

I did a similar thing, but I used two long sleeve jumpsuits. Reason being is that the Fett short sleeve is longer than a traditional short sleeve. At least that was what my seamstress and I saw. The short sleeve ends at about your inner elbow.
Either way, nice work and thanks for sharing.

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Yes I noticed that as well. Soon when I get some time on my hands I am going to pin up, and sew the short sleeves alot shorter that the length they are now.

Alex

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Another thing to keep in mind, is on the short sleeve hem, there are like 4 maybe 5 thread/stitch lines. You can see them in this photo. Look on his left sleeve through his blaster and you can see what I mean. Also, there is a vertical seam that runs down the on the bicep side as well. You can see that pretty clear on the opposite arm. I'm not sure if I goes down the back of the arm either.

http://www.thedentedhelmet.com/gall...66-boba-fett-empire-strikes-back-costume.html

I think the weight of your twill is more accurate than mine. Mine is a bit too heavy I believe. Good luck!

mainst69 said:

Another thing to keep in mind, is on the short sleeve hem, there are like 4 maybe 5 thread/stitch lines. You can see them in this photo. Look on his left sleeve through his blaster and you can see what I mean. Also, there is a vertical seam that runs down the on the bicep side as well. You can see that pretty clear on the opposite arm. I'm not sure if I goes down the back of the arm either.

http://www.thedentedhelmet.com/gall...66-boba-fett-empire-strikes-back-costume.html

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Yes i see. I am not going with esb, but I'm going with the Super Trooper version of Boba Fett. In the pre-production suit he has 3 stitch lines. Thanks though

Alex

Yeah, the quadruple stitching on the short sleeve is very distinctive. (And in general, striped patterns of fabric and stitching are a typical Star Wars design element.)

For my own suit, I just added short sleeves from plain white twill to long-sleeved overalls. It was quite a chore getting it pinned up and onto the sewing machine, but the shoulder seam doesn't have to be perfect, since no one will ever see it.

Badgerdash said:

Yeah, the quadruple stitching on the short sleeve is very distinctive. (And in general, striped patterns of fabric and stitching are a typical Star Wars design element.)

For my own suit, I just added short sleeves from plain white twill to long-sleeved overalls. It was quite a chore getting it pinned up and onto the sewing machine, but the shoulder seam doesn't have to be perfect, since no one will ever see it.

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Yeh thats what i thought too. I have no access to a sewing machine though so any time of sewing that i do is all by hand. Unlike most people I've gotten to the point where i can sew a perfectly straight line by hand though so I'm good

Alex

Thanks for this. I've been toying with altering mine.