Jacket sleeves

I have been given the job of shortening the sleeves on a pair of jackets for hubby. I have never done this before, so started by undoing one sleeve on the jacket liked less in case I made a mess of the job. I then pinned the length while hubby wore the jacket. Scary part was cutting away excess material so the sleeve wouldn't be too bulky when finished. Then I cut the same length from the lining and basted both parts. Having ascertained the length was OK I repeated the process on the other sleeve.

After pressing both outer and inner on each sleeve to help the material stay in place, I sewed the lining to the outer hem with a medium sized hem stitch. I had to catch the outer material to the two seams on the sleeve for security, and that was that. The jacket looks good, just as though it arrived like that. So I have accomplished and learnt something new today.