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

[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"