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Puff Sleeve, Button Tab technical flat, front and back view
Puff Sleeve, Button Tab, front and back, on the size S template.

Sleeves

Puff Sleeve, Button Tab

A puff sleeve is gathered at the armhole and the hem, so it rounds out over the upper arm. This one is the Puff Sleeve, Button Tab, with its own details and proportions.

Views
Front and back, drawn together
Named layers
Sleeve L, Sleeve R, Body, Inside Back Neck and Neckband
Anchors
144 on the front, only where a line turns
File
Editable vector in Adobe Illustrator

How to draw a puff sleeve, button tab flat in Illustrator

  1. Open Flat Library in Adobe Illustrator and go to Tops or Dresses, then Sleeve.
  2. Choose Puff Sleeve, Button Tab from the pictures. It is drawn on the template, front and back.
  3. Pull the blue points to change its length, width, neck and sleeve. The front and back redraw together, and the figure stops you going too tight.
  4. Insert it into your document as clean, named layers, and keep working by hand.

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