well that's annoying

[robinsnest]

So the fabric I bought for the hideous 1830s dress that I'm not making is a large gold and burgundy plaid, really more of a checked pattern...and It came in two pieces that looked identical. I started cutting from the smaller piece. Last night I made all the piping aka wasted a chunk for bias. Then today I started cutting skirt panels. I got two from the remainder of the small piece. I'm thinking "yay I have tons left"...and then I lay out the big peice and in measuring to cut the third skirt panel really that the squares are like 1/8" bigger...so they DON'T match up nicely at the seam...

Here's my dilemma. I have plenty of fabric, do I recut three skirt panels from the large peice, or have one reeeeeally unmatched seam...

Comments

[hiraimi.livejournal.com]

Would you be able to use up most of the current skirt panels for bodice and sleeves, thereby not really wasting them? If so, and if you can easily get the full three panels from the other piece, I'd say do that.

[brickhousewench.livejournal.com]

That's an excellent idea! That way the mismatched sizes might be less obvious (and more like a design choice).

[jubilima.livejournal.com]

Personally, I vote for one big, in-your-face mis-matched seam. You know you've seen those old photos/portraits where there is wonky stuff going on, and patterns are completely off. I think it would be fun to flaunt a weirdly "wrong" pattern!

Also, this is a rush project that you aren't making, right?

[sewaddicted.livejournal.com]

That's my rationale for one major mis-matching seam. I've seen so many historic garments that make me go "huh, pattern matching is a very mid 20th century aesthetic"