My last project was to be 45 x 51". Mine is about 1/4" bigger in both directions. So my scant quarter inch seams are a hair too scant. My next project (above) will require greater precision. Those 45 degree angles are a challenge. I won't be able to use the two rose bud squares in this photo, cuz there isn't enough fabric to make proper seams in the upper left corner.
I read somewhere about dressmakers who would make a new pattern in muslin first, to get familiar with the pattern and procedures. Only then would they cut the expensive dress fabric. I may try that trick with this rosebud pattern. Too bad I used my favorite red fabric on the practice squares. Won't do that again! :)
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Chris, I have done that before, especially when it's a pattern I have never done before. It helps to do up a mock first and see how it works before even cutting. Sometime I make my peices bigger and then size them all down to be extact. That works well for me. Steph
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