Sleeves?

With the underskirt done, the remaining items need to be thought out and finished.  I lucked out and found a gal who does embroidery with the guild and was able to get my ideas for the forefront to her and she's going to be able to embroider it for me!  YAY!  One less step to do.  As I mentioned before, this is not the only gown I need to finish before season.  I also have two for a friend and another for me.  I'm not overwhelmed (yet) and know that I'll be able to finish them in plenty of time! 

The forepart is going to be embroidered in a blue thread to match the blue in the stripes and when it's finished, I'm going to add beading to it.  I have it cut out, along with the lining and am anxious to get it back to get it finished.  She told me about three weeks to get it back, which is perfect for me to finish the remaining portion of this gown.

I also have the overskirt almost finished and will post on it later.  The bodice is taking the most time, as I'm beading it by hand and should have the beading finished by the end of next week.  It's nice to have something to do with my hands as I sit in the evenings watching TV.  I need to get the bodice sewn together yet, but I also need to think about waist tabs.  So while I have some time to kill, I've been thinking about what type of sleeves I want with this gown.  My last gown has shoulder rolls and removable open hanging sleeves.

Unfortunately, the day that this pic was taken, the gal who helped me tie them on, tied them on on the wrong sides, so they hang wrong.  You'd never know unless I told you, which I just did.

So with this already one sleeve option that I have, I want something different.  I've been scouring the web looking at different sleeve types etc, and think I've settled on one.  Here's a few pics of the idea I have.

 I like this sleeve, minus the lower sleeve portion.  Too much tightness for me and will be unbelievably hot.



 This one is great, but again, the lower sleeve is not what I'm looking for.  Also the upper portion isn't full enough for me.

This upper sleeve has the 'poof' I'm looking for, but I'm not liking the lower portion of no sleeve.  With this being a court gown, I need something that has the lower sleeve portion, but is open enough to be cool and comfortable.  I also don't like the way this one ties on.  I think I'm going to sew the upper portion of the sleeve on and tie the lower portion on.  So here is a sketch of what I'm kind of looking to do.

The circles between the bands will be gold beads, probably two.  I want the upper sleeve to really 'poof' and the lower sleeve to be more form fitting, but not tight.  I like the openish of it.  It's reminiscent of the Italian gowns, but not really.  I'm also thinking that I'm going to add some shoulder tabs to the gown for an extra look, but am still not sure.  Th upper sleeve will have the blue stripe of the gown with the gold in between from the forepart.  The blue will also have a piping on it, though I'm not sure if I'm going to do a blue piping or pipe it with the pearl trim. I'm hoping to get the gold to 'poof' out of the stripe.  Kind of like having the chemise show, but with it being gold.  The lower sleeve will be just blue, again with piping, with the chemise showing through.  This should keep me cool enough and yet look 'noble' enough.  As I've just sketched it out, I have to do a mock up of it before cutting into the silk, as I have just enough to do the sleeves, waist tabs and maybe shoulder tabs.  What do you think?  Will the sleeves work?