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Bummer.
As I suspected, there isn't quite enough of the piping to go around. I bought everything Mattson's had, which was almost two meters less than I needed, so I crossed out some details where I wanted it and hoped that it would cover the rest. It doesn't, though, so I will have to skip putting it in the sleeves, which feels a bit Spartan. But I asked Mattson's to see if they could order more of the stuff, so I'm keeping my fingers crossed for that, and if they get hold of it I can take out the sleeves and put the piping in later on.
Sleeves are useful without piping too, after all, but I can't see the point of having decorative pocket flaps and shoulder straps without piping, and I don't want to skip those details. Don't want to forgo piping on the cap either, the cap is important.
There will be no kick pleat and no slit - the fabric is stretchy enough that I can make it fairly narrow around the knees without having trouble walking. I dislike working with very stretchy fabrics, not to mention knits and jerseys (horror!) so I approach them with much skepticism and fusible interfacing. Not the best method, probably, but these dresses usually turn out alright. I just have to fight down the impulse to put spiral steel or at least rigilene along the princess seams, stretch be damned..
Sleeves are useful without piping too, after all, but I can't see the point of having decorative pocket flaps and shoulder straps without piping, and I don't want to skip those details. Don't want to forgo piping on the cap either, the cap is important.
There will be no kick pleat and no slit - the fabric is stretchy enough that I can make it fairly narrow around the knees without having trouble walking. I dislike working with very stretchy fabrics, not to mention knits and jerseys (horror!) so I approach them with much skepticism and fusible interfacing. Not the best method, probably, but these dresses usually turn out alright. I just have to fight down the impulse to put spiral steel or at least rigilene along the princess seams, stretch be damned..