- Analyze the border print fabric. Does the border print run along both selvedges or just one? How deep is the border? Does it cover most of the fabric, or is it decorating a narrow strip along the edge?
- Border prints with smaller borders are easier to lay out, as the majority of the fabric is solid.
- Border prints with wide borders are more challenging to lay out as the print needs to be considered for each pattern piece.
- Take the pattern pieces or the pattern piece diagram and look at the grain lines. That will determine where the border will fall on each piece. Look for straight edges parallel to the grain as ideas for where to place the border: Across a straight neckline? Along a straight hemline? On patch pockets?
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