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From: wzatmath
Date: 08-13-2004, 05:05 AM (1 of 4)
| After not sewing for over 20 years, I am back in full force and loving every minute of it! I have truly loved reading this website and its many helpful ideas! I purchased a very simple pattern, Butterick 3960 for my daughter. She loved view B, so I found almost the exact material, one with a very small pin-stripe. I have read all I can find online, that I know of, on how to match the stripes, but I am still a bit baffled. Does anyone have any quick suggestions or perhaps a place I might read? Thank you all in advance and thank you for all your postings so far! Laura D. Oregon |
User: wzatmath
Member since: 08-12-2004 Total posts: 6 
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From: paroper
Date: 08-13-2004, 09:44 AM (2 of 4)
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I'm sure there are better methods than mine so a am most anxious to see what others do. What I do is cut one piece at a time and I start with the center back if it is the largest and most central piece, center front if there is an opening in the back. I open my fabric, get it very straight on the grain, and attempt to lay it as close to the center of a design as possible...so that it repeats on the opposite side (if I can...with stripes this is easier). Often that simply means that there is a stripe going down the center back. Once I have pinned that pattern piece, I take the piece that ajoins it, side back, side front or front and I lay it on top as though I were going to sew the pattern pieces. I make the next piece as close to grain perfect as I can . When I have a good grain on that piece, I transfer (with pencil) the lines of the stripes of the back piece onto the next pattern piece. Then, I lay out the pattern piece using those lines as my guide. If I were doing a plaid, I would do the same thing but I would look for one color stripe that I could use and I would mark it both directions. Usually there is a single red strip or green or yellow that is in the pattern that is a little easier to follow.
pam
Bernina 200e, Artista V5 Designer Plus, Explorations, Magic Box, Bernina 2000DE & 335 Bernette Serger, Bernina 1530 Sewing Machine, Bernina 1300 DC Overlock (with coverstitch) |
User: paroper
Member since: 02-03-2004 Total posts: 3775 |
From: wzatmath
Date: 09-05-2004, 04:39 PM (3 of 4)
| I know I am a dummy and without seeing sometimes I can't really understand. I am having trouble understanding what you are saying. Can you possibly dummy it down? Thank you again! |
User: wzatmath
Member since: 08-12-2004 Total posts: 6
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From: sewingrandma
Date: 09-05-2004, 05:41 PM (4 of 4)
Which way are the stripes going? When I think pinstripe I think up and down. I try to line up the stripes on the shoulders by placing a stripe on the shoulder notch. This is easier done if you do cut out each piece as a single layer. The chances of having stripes line up when the fabric is folded isn't good. Now if the stripes are horizontal I again cut single layers but I will actually draw on the pattern piece the stripe pattern so that when I lay out the second piece all I have to do is match up the lines on the pattern. Hope you can understand this. It's the end of a very busy day at work and sometimes the brain cells shut down once I get home. 
Brockie
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User: sewingrandma
Member since: 03-06-2003 Total posts: 432 |
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