Just figured out I've been cutting fabric wrong for 4 years lol

I'm working on a simple A-line skirt for my niece's birthday and something felt off with the drape. My sewing buddy came over and watched me lay out the pattern, then she just goes 'you know you're supposed to cut on the fold right' and I froze like a deer in headlights. For 4 years I've been cutting each piece separately and sewing seams down the center instead of using the fold line. No wonder my skirts always looked wonky in the back. Has anyone else had a facepalm moment with something that basic in sewing?

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the_brooke21d ago

Folks just don't read the directions" - my dad's a contractor too, he says that about everything. I messed up cutting a tarp once for months because I was reading the measurements wrong. It happens.

caseywest21d agoProlific Poster

84 inches is 84 inches though, no way around that.