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A waistband twist on a bridesmaid dress made me ditch symmetrical seaming for good
I was at my cousin's wedding in Austin last month and after three hours of dancing I looked in the bathroom mirror and saw the whole left side of the skirt pulled crooked because the seams fought each other, so I ripped it apart the next day and rebuilt it with a single off-center panel that actually follows the body's natural curve, has anyone else hit a point where you just accept asymmetry works better?
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lilycraig22d ago
And the thing is, once you break that symmetry rule in your head, it's hard to go back. I started doing more off-center waist seams on dresses after a similar blowout with a stiff satin fabric that just refused to lay flat on the hip. Now I put the side seam about two inches forward from where it'd normally sit, and it drapes way better because it follows the hip bone instead of fighting it. You kind of realize those symmetrical patterns are just lazy shortcuts.
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