If your top fits your bust but squeezes your upper arms, queen, your arms are not the problem. Your sleeves need more room! Before you cut that next sleeve, try this: 🧵 Measure around the fullest part of your upper arm. Keep the tape comfortably against your skin—don’t pull it tight. 🧵 Compare that measurement with the sleeve pattern at the bicep line, leaving out the seam allowances. 🧵 Check for EASE: that’s the extra room beyond your body measurement that lets you move comfortably. The amount you need depends on the fabric and the sleeve style. For a regular woven sleeve, a pattern measuring the same as your arm won’t give you comfortable movement room! 💡 If the shoulders and bust already fit, a full-bicep adjustment can add room where you need it without sizing up the entire top. Test the adjusted sleeve in similar scrap fabric before cutting your good fabric. You deserve to reach, wave, and hug somebody without your sleeves putting up a fight! 🙌🏾 Tell me, suga: where do sleeves give you the most trouble? 👇 Upper arm, underarm, or cuff, your challenge is completely different? Your body is not the problem. Let’s make the clothes fit YOU. 🩷

Ever put on a top that fits your body, but the sleeves squeeze your upper arms? You reach forward, feel that pull, and think, “My arms are too big.” 😩 Suga, let’s change that conversation: “These sleeves need more room for MY arms.” 🙌🏾 Your arms don’t need to shrink to deserve comfortable clothes. And you shouldn’t have to buy a whole top too big just to get sleeves that let you move❣️ This week, we’re continuing our Stop Blaming Your Body series with: ✂️ “My top fits, but the sleeves are squeezing my arms!” We’ll talk about spotting where you need room and how a full bicep adjustment adds space to a sewing pattern for fuller upper arms. Today, start with this: Your body is allowed to take up space—including inside your sleeves. 💕 👇🏾 Have you ever left a cute top in the store because the sleeves were too tight? Tell me I’m not the only one!