A couple of years ago, I purchased a nice light-weight long-sleeved denim shirt to embroider with several Oregon lighthouses. After laundering the shirt, I centered four designs, angled in a Vee on the upper fronts, and embroidered them. However, I have worn the shirt exactly once, because the sleeves are waaaay tooo looong, and I hate the sloppy look of shoulder seams half-way down the arm. So, it hung in my closet awaiting alteration.
Today, tried it on, pin basted the sleeve caps higher on the shoulder in order to raise the cuff, and marked the new location. It took a lot of unpicking: two rows of top-stitching, one lock-stitch seam, and a four-thread overlock edge finish. I pressed the sleeve heads and armscyes, eye-balled and marked a new armscye seam, re-shaped the sleeve head so it would fit the new armscye and pin-basted. After a little further adjustment, I sewed the new seam, serged it, pressed toward the sleeve, and double top-stitched.
Well worth it, because I love the lighthouses. ;-D
Beverly