when u track the pattern onto the fabric without considering the straight grain
... will it then effect on how the clothes hang on your body then? on some cases, some fabrics they have a non particular printing that needs to cut without put the pattern paralell with straight grain. for instance, strips line. hope what I meant is understandable.
thanks.
Yeah, cutting off-grain affects the drape of the fabric, and the way its stretches across body curves. Depending on what you're making, this may be either very noticeable and make the garment look funny or it might not be terribly noticeable at all... what is it you are making?
If you're making something with stripes, and the stripes are printed onto the fabric off-grain, you can't really follow the true grain or the stripes will be all wonky and look nasty. You should just line the grainline on the pattern up with the stripes and cut out that way. Hopefully its not too offgrain and you'll get away with it :o)
I am planning to make a jacob shirt. This IKEA fabric I bought it has a big print on it and I'm hoping to get the shape of the print which is against the straight grain. If you like to see the fabric pic HERE
I would say that you would definitely want to cut the Jacob shirt on the grain. The main problems with cutting it off grain will show up after you wash and dry the shirt. It will twist and pull and look weird. Have you tried washing and drying the fabric and then pressing it well before checking the grain? Sometimes that helps straighten it out.
What is the orientation of the grainline with respect to the print on the fabric? I have a bias-cut menswear shirt that I really love; the "give" of the fabric is very comfortable and somewhat slimming. If the print is diagonal (45 degrees) from the grainline, the resulting bias-cut shirt might be nice.
Best of luck with the layout for your Jakob shirt. I've done this kind of thing. The only problem was the amount of wasted fabric when I centered on the pattern (it wasn't quite as large as your leaves!) Please post a picture when you are done. BTW, the sheer dress and slip are lovely, and may I came to your house for lots, and lots of your cheese thingummys? I promise your husband won't get but two or three. ;) Nehmah (that last in jest as I don't need to add to my cholesterol levels)
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Yeah, cutting off-grain affects the drape of the fabric, and the way its stretches across body curves. Depending on what you're making, this may be either very noticeable and make the garment look funny or it might not be terribly noticeable at all... what is it you are making?
If you're making something with stripes, and the stripes are printed onto the fabric off-grain, you can't really follow the true grain or the stripes will be all wonky and look nasty. You should just line the grainline on the pattern up with the stripes and cut out that way. Hopefully its not too offgrain and you'll get away with it :o)
I am planning to make a jacob shirt. This IKEA fabric I bought it has a big print on it and I'm hoping to get the shape of the print which is against the straight grain. If you like to see the fabric pic HERE
I would say that you would definitely want to cut the Jacob shirt on the grain. The main problems with cutting it off grain will show up after you wash and dry the shirt. It will twist and pull and look weird. Have you tried washing and drying the fabric and then pressing it well before checking the grain? Sometimes that helps straighten it out.
What is the orientation of the grainline with respect to the print on the fabric? I have a bias-cut menswear shirt that I really love; the "give" of the fabric is very comfortable and somewhat slimming. If the print is diagonal (45 degrees) from the grainline, the resulting bias-cut shirt might be nice.
cut it on the bias? Its a cool idea I may try... thanks all
Best of luck with the layout for your Jakob shirt. I've done this kind of thing. The only problem was the amount of wasted fabric when I centered on the pattern (it wasn't quite as large as your leaves!) Please post a picture when you are done. BTW, the sheer dress and slip are lovely, and may I came to your house for lots, and lots of your cheese thingummys? I promise your husband won't get but two or three. ;) Nehmah (that last in jest as I don't need to add to my cholesterol levels)