Arm sleeves are going green?! 4

Next thread your elastic thru the casing and sew elastic ends together. Place elastic back in the casing and sew up casing closed (the inch opening you left for the elastic). And there you have it. Your very own custom arm sleeves.

Arm sleeves are going green?! part 3

Make sure both sleeves are the same length.

Next, measure some 1/4 in wide elastic to fit around the upper part of your arm. This is where the top of the arm sleeve will be.

Next, with sleeve turned inside out fold down 1/2 inch from top edge once and press.

Next, fold down 1/2 inch again and press.

Next, sew down edge using a wide zig zag stitch,and leave a 1 inch opening so you can thread the elastic thru.   The zig zag stitch will give the fabric some stretch when you put on your arm sleeve and keep the threads from popping.

1 inch opening.

Zig zag stitch.

Arm sleeves are going green?! part 2

Next you measure how long you want your arm sleeve to be. As you can see you only have to hem the top part of the sleeve. You are going to use the original hem of the sleeve for the bottom.

Arm sleeves are going green?!

Here is an arm sleeves that I made, recycling and old shirt that belonged to my daughter.  Here is a fun and unique way to reuse an old shirt. This shirt I used was made of a very thin knit fabric. Also because it was my daughters old shirt the sleeves made excellent undersleeves for an adult because the fit so snug.  First you find a shirt that you no longer want or need. Here is the shirt I used above.

Next I removed the ribbon trim from around the waist.

Here I cut of the arms of the shirt.

I made a hijab pin!

This is not my first attempt at making my own hijab pins. It is my first attempt at making one that is made will just beads and bead caps. I saw a sister at the local masjid with one that was similar. I went to my local craft store and here is what I came up with. Tell me what do you think?

"Where do you store all those hijab pins?"

A better question would be "How do you store all those hijab pins?" I absolutely love anything cute, one of which is pincushions. I just love them especially the manniquin type. I made one for myself and now it is loaded with hijab pins.

Hijab Pins

Me and hijab pins go way back. My first experience with hijab pins was with my barbie dolls. I used to make little hijabs for them and stick one of umi's straight pins in her head to hold the hijab in place. Back then we called them kemars and kemar pins. When I first started wearing niqab I just used a good ole basic straight pin from the sewing box to hold it back. Now hijab/kemar pins have come a long way from the basic sewing box straight pin. There are so many to pick from and so many different types of pins can be used. I really like the philo clay pins, made into flowers and hearts with little diamonds and glitter. And the chandelier earring type pins. And also that basic sewing box pin too.
 Of course the next question is "Wear do you store all those hijab pins?"

Salaams!!!!

Asalaamu Alaikum wa Rahmatullah wa Barakatu,

Welcome to Kemarah Unlimited's official blog. Here I will discuss all things about sewing for the muslimah as well as some other stuff too. I enjoy sewing and I am always looking for ways to make wearing my Abaya, hijab, and niqab easy and enjoyable. I hope you all enjoy my blog. Enjoy.