OT help needed with fixing kids coat

Friend bought 3 expensive coats and the kids can't get their arms
through the holes. I will have to cut off the cuff plus the same into
the arm. But what do you suggest to use to fix. I was thinking just use
knit, as in cuff stuff and it will be twice as long as a regular cuff.
Just wondering if anyone has better ideas. I will never find the same
color or material. Black cuffs will match the rest of the coat.
Thanx Again
Joanna

Need details, please. Do you mean that they can not get their arms into the
armholes? or the cuffs? Polly


"Joanna" wrote Friend bought 3 expensive coats and the kids can't get
their arms
through the holes. I will have to cut off the cuff plus the same into the
arm. But what do you suggest to use to fix. I was thinking just use knit,
as in cuff stuff and it will be twice as long as a regular cuff. Just
wondering if anyone has better ideas. I will never find the same color or
material. Black cuffs will match the rest of the coat.
Thanx Again
Joanna

Sorry it's the cuffs. They can get their arms into the arm holes, just
can't get them all the way through if that makes sense.
Joanna

Polly Esther wrote:
Need details, please. Do you mean that they can not get their arms into
the armholes? or the cuffs? Polly


"Joanna" wrote Friend bought 3 expensive coats and the kids can't get
their arms
through the holes. I will have to cut off the cuff plus the same into
the arm. But what do you suggest to use to fix. I was thinking just
use knit, as in cuff stuff and it will be twice as long as a regular
cuff. Just wondering if anyone has better ideas. I will never find the
same color or material. Black cuffs will match the rest of the coat.
Thanx Again
Joanna

Only a wild idea for you Joanna. Before wonderful notions were available, I
needed to replace cuffs on DH and DS's favorite jackets. Finally I realized
that the tops of nice heavy socks would do just fine. (Acrylic, wool,
nylon - lots of great color choices - and lots of lengths in the ladies,
men's and children's departments.) Took some serious thinking to keep them
from raveling when I cut the feet of the socks off but doable. Polly


"Joanna" Sorry it's the cuffs. They can get their arms into the arm
holes, just
can't get them all the way through if that makes sense.
Joanna

Polly Esther wrote:
Need details, please. Do you mean that they can not get their arms into
the armholes? or the cuffs? Polly


"Joanna" wrote Friend bought 3 expensive coats and the kids can't get
their arms
through the holes. I will have to cut off the cuff plus the same into
the arm. But what do you suggest to use to fix. I was thinking just use
knit, as in cuff stuff and it will be twice as long as a regular cuff.
Just wondering if anyone has better ideas. I will never find the same
color or material. Black cuffs will match the rest of the coat.
Thanx Again
Joanna

I'd return them to the store and get something that fits! Especially
if they were expensive.
Roberta in D

On Sun, 27 Dec 2009 16:20:03 -0700, Joanna
wrote:

Friend bought 3 expensive coats and the kids can't get their arms
through the holes. I will have to cut off the cuff plus the same into
the arm. But what do you suggest to use to fix. I was thinking just use
knit, as in cuff stuff and it will be twice as long as a regular cuff.
Just wondering if anyone has better ideas. I will never find the same
color or material. Black cuffs will match the rest of the coat.
Thanx Again
Joanna

That's a good idea. I'll have to remember that for hubby's work coats.
Thanx
Joanna

Polly Esther wrote:
Only a wild idea for you Joanna. Before wonderful notions were
available, I needed to replace cuffs on DH and DS's favorite jackets.
Finally I realized that the tops of nice heavy socks would do just fine.
(Acrylic, wool, nylon - lots of great color choices - and lots of
lengths in the ladies, men's and children's departments.) Took some
serious thinking to keep them from raveling when I cut the feet of the
socks off but doable. Polly


"Joanna" Sorry it's the cuffs. They can get their arms into the arm
holes, just
can't get them all the way through if that makes sense.
Joanna

Polly Esther wrote:
Need details, please. Do you mean that they can not get their arms
into the armholes? or the cuffs? Polly


"Joanna" wrote Friend bought 3 expensive coats and the kids can't
get their arms
through the holes. I will have to cut off the cuff plus the same
into the arm. But what do you suggest to use to fix. I was thinking
just use knit, as in cuff stuff and it will be twice as long as a
regular cuff. Just wondering if anyone has better ideas. I will
never find the same color or material. Black cuffs will match the
rest of the coat.
Thanx Again
Joanna

Can't return them. The store burned down. And they are a very popular
name brand and usually very very expensive. No way would this family be
able to afford these on their own. So I need to fix.
Thanx
Joanna

Roberta wrote:
I'd return them to the store and get something that fits! Especially
if they were expensive.
Roberta in D

On Sun, 27 Dec 2009 16:20:03 -0700, Joanna
wrote:

Friend bought 3 expensive coats and the kids can't get their arms
through the holes. I will have to cut off the cuff plus the same into
the arm. But what do you suggest to use to fix. I was thinking just use
knit, as in cuff stuff and it will be twice as long as a regular cuff.
Just wondering if anyone has better ideas. I will never find the same
color or material. Black cuffs will match the rest of the coat.
Thanx Again
Joanna

In that case...

Yeah, you can buy cuff stuff, or even premade cuffs to sew on.

You can use cuffs off other things. I always have an abundance of the
cuffs from the bottom of leggings because I have to whack them off and
hem the leggings. One of the perils of being short.
However for coat cuffs I would buy new, or if I had to whack cuffs off
something else to use I would study on mittens and gloves.

Make sure you need to replace the cuffs. Is it that the cuffs
themselves are too narrow, or is it that the seam that attaches them
to the sleeve is too tight?

NightMist
relining yet another coat for somebody

On Tue, 29 Dec 2009 12:02:17 -0700, Joanna
wrote:

Can't return them. The store burned down. And they are a very popular
name brand and usually very very expensive. No way would this family be
able to afford these on their own. So I need to fix.
Thanx
Joanna

Roberta wrote:
I'd return them to the store and get something that fits! Especially
if they were expensive.
Roberta in D

On Sun, 27 Dec 2009 16:20:03 -0700, Joanna
wrote:

Friend bought 3 expensive coats and the kids can't get their arms
through the holes. I will have to cut off the cuff plus the same into
the arm. But what do you suggest to use to fix. I was thinking just use
knit, as in cuff stuff and it will be twice as long as a regular cuff.
Just wondering if anyone has better ideas. I will never find the same
color or material. Black cuffs will match the rest of the coat.
Thanx Again
Joanna

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Legolas is my house elf

An excellent question, NM. It just could be that the seam that attaches the
cuffs is stitched so tightly that there isn't any stretch. Joanna might be
able to redo that seam. Wouldn't that be lovely? Polly

"NightMist" In that case...

Yeah, you can buy cuff stuff, or even premade cuffs to sew on.

You can use cuffs off other things. I always have an abundance of the
cuffs from the bottom of leggings because I have to whack them off and
hem the leggings. One of the perils of being short.
However for coat cuffs I would buy new, or if I had to whack cuffs off
something else to use I would study on mittens and gloves.

Make sure you need to replace the cuffs. Is it that the cuffs
themselves are too narrow, or is it that the seam that attaches them
to the sleeve is too tight?

NightMist
relining yet another coat for somebody

On Tue, 29 Dec 2009 15:54:41 -0500, Polly Esther wrote
(in article ):

An excellent question, NM. It just could be that the seam that attaches the
cuffs is stitched so tightly that there isn't any stretch. Joanna might be
able to redo that seam. Wouldn't that be lovely? Polly

"NightMist" In that case...

Yeah, you can buy cuff stuff, or even premade cuffs to sew on.

You can use cuffs off other things. I always have an abundance of the
cuffs from the bottom of leggings because I have to whack them off and
hem the leggings. One of the perils of being short.
However for coat cuffs I would buy new, or if I had to whack cuffs off
something else to use I would study on mittens and gloves.

Make sure you need to replace the cuffs. Is it that the cuffs
themselves are too narrow, or is it that the seam that attaches them
to the sleeve is too tight?

NightMist
relining yet another coat for somebody


I bought a coat once that had the lining of the sleeve twisted completely
around and that sealed the sleeve. I cut the threads at the shoulder/sleeve
lining seam, untwisted the sleeve lining and resewed the sleeve lining to the
shoulder lining.

This is hard to explain and improbable that it happened to three coats but
who knows?

Good luck with those coats.

Lee

rarebirdyatverizondotnet

Park Ridge, NJ