After sewing an abundance of pillow cases, I am onto my first real project. I picked up a skirt pattern at the fabric store over the weekend, and am hoping to be on my way to making 'omg, where did you get that??' clothes for a fraction of the price. (Although, I'm sure that this first project will look more, 'um you made that yourself, didn't you?', but practice makes perfect, right? right!)
While I made sure that the pattern was labelled 'easy,' there're still a few things I'm unclear about that I was hoping you'd be able to help me out with. I want to completely understand the pattern before doing ANY cutting, including the pattern itself. You'd think the pattern itself would be made of more sturdy paper! The tissue's liable to rip with one wrong cut! But I digress...
I'm not quite sure what they mean when they say "with nap" or "without nap". Is this a method of folding the cloth? or perhaps cutting it?
Also, what is "selvege"? From the diagram, it looks to be the corners of the cloth?
And one more thing =), the pattern indicates that there are 15 mm seam allowances on the pattern; When I cut the fabric, do I also transfer the seam allowances to the fabric? Or is it usually eyeballed (for a beginner sewer too)?
I'm looking forward to making the skirt, even though I don't have high hopes for it. A learning process it shall be... =)