Club Obi Wan

I have had my jacket for the better part of two years and I must say that it has been holding up nicely. I was just curious if anyone else has a problem with the sleeves of the Wested lamb. The liner inside wrinkels up and it is shown through the outside of the jacket. Is there a way to iron the sleeves out or anything like that? What should I do? If it matters, I have cotton sleeves (D'oh! Am I regreting that decision, lol).

Indy N.

Hmm. I don't know. I think it may just be part of the aging process. It seems like I read a post sometime ago about ironing a jacket but I can't remember. I'm sue someone can help though. Just wondering but why don't you like the all cotton lining? My Wested has an all cotton lining and I'm glad I got it instead of satin.

Hey Michaelson! We need some help over here!

I had this bit going on on my left sleeve of 'my ol' goat' with satin sleeves. The sleeves were a tad long when it was new, though I'm now totally happy with it once broken in and a bit wrinkled.
I fixed it quite easily myself by turning the sleeve inside out, folding the excess lining over and then stitched it onto the lining again just where it meets the leather. I did it pretty "quick and dirty" by hand and eyes measure, but a cleaner result would probably be to do it with a sewing machine and some needle work prehand.
This is the easy and quick way, though I guess a taylor would probably undo the sewing by the shoulder, pull the lining up a bit and then redo the sewing avoiding contact with the leather.
The easy way worked for me and now I don't take any notice of the work done whatsover, i.e. I can wear a thick sweater underneath without noticing the "repair" work.
I guess I could shoot a couple of pics in case you'd like to take a look?

Regards,
Swindiana

If you could post some pics, that would be great. Did you have to "iron" the sleeves after to get the wrinkles out?

Indy N.

I'll try and have a few up as soon as I find the time.

I like the wrinkled sleeves, both for look and where they end up lengthwise. So, no, no ironing the leather for me.

Regards,
Swindiana

I've had a running nose and a fever for a few days (only contact with technology has been the TV-remote and some visits to COW), but here are finally the pics as promised:





Both should work as clickable thumbnails. (Pun very much intended.)

Regards,
Swindiana