Click to learn. Drafting puzzle: pleated sleeve Learning to add volume to sleeves can give you so many design options. You can use your pattern cutting skills to not only draft actual sleeve, but also to work out how a sleeve is made by using your understanding between the relationship of a flat pattern and a 3-D garment This sleeve looks very complicated, but once you understand where the volume comes from and how it’s folded, it’s surprisingly easy to cut and make