Did you ever want to use a piece of fabric for a project, but found it was not big enough? It might just be, if you play 'Tetris' with your pattern pieces!
Just cut them out in a single layer, rather than on doubled fabric. Cut one out (as you can see I did with the T-shaped pattern for the 'bucket' from the book I told you about in the previous post) and then flip it upside down and fit it onto the rest of the fabric! You could do this with any pattern, I think. Just don't forget the 2nd piece (although not in this case) is usually a 'mirror image.'
Hope everyone is staying safe as Irene rushes up the coast. We are as ready here at my house as we could ever be!
I've done this so many times. I very rarely cut things out the way they suggest only because I'm dealing with different sized pieces of fabric.
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