Mark Sleeve Ease Tool

What it Does

Shows how much longer the sleeve cap is than the armhole it sews into. The extra length is called sleeve ease. You select the armhole and sleeve cap edges, and the tool measures them and writes the results on your pattern as text. It measures the front and the back separately, then gives the total.

To learn more about sleeve ease, see Pattern Markings & Annotations in the Academy.

How to Use

1. Activate the tool by selecting the Mark Sleeve Ease icon
2. Select the lines and curves that make up the front armhole
3. Select Continue
4. Select the lines and curves that make up the back armhole
5. Select Continue
6. Select the lines and curves that make up the sleeve cap that sews to the front armhole
7. Select Continue
8. Select the lines and curves that make up the sleeve cap that sews to the back armhole
9. Select Continue. The results are listed in the toolbox
10. Click in the workspace where the text should go. Click again to move it
11. Select Save to keep the text or Close if you do not want it on the pattern

The text gives the length of each armhole and sleeve cap, the ease for the front and the back, and the total ease. The ease is the sleeve cap length minus the armhole length. A negative total means the armhole is longer than the sleeve cap.