it's been many, many years since i've sewed anything from a pattern & much of my experience has gone out the window. it took more hours than i'm comfortable admitting to get all the vogue #8425 pattern pieces placed correctly on the fabric.
my first mistake was pinning all the pattern pieces onto the fabric according to the master layout in the instructions without any regard to what was actually written on the individual pattern pieces. things like - place pattern upside down or place on fold. & i forgot all about the grainline arrows which means you place the pattern pieces so that the grainline arrows are parallel to the selvage. i'm sure this is so the finished garment "drapes well" or "hangs right" but it really sucked having to unpin/rotate/repin all those pattern pieces plus i was mad at myself for not remembering any of that.
but whatever. the whole thing turned out to be a huge stroke of luck because it forced me to carefully read all the notations on every pattern piece which is how i discovered that there there is a pretty serious error in the master layout instructions with regard to pattern piece #2. oy.
i eventually got everything straightened out & cut & i even started pinning some of the fabric together to make the waistband. but then i had to take a break because i don't entirely understand the instructions here. it seems i have more pieces of waistband than i need.
or maybe i'm just tired.
the other thing i did this weekend is make my own piping. because i am adding piping to vogue #8425. yes i am.
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