Sleeve drafting

Well the sleeve from the coat pattern I was using turned out so far from what i wanted that i decided to start from scratch. This is a sleeve draft based on the Rundschau system i found on the cutter and tailors forum.
I have no idea what the finished sleeve will look like but the drafting was really fun!


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