It is unusually cold here in the UK and I picked up a piece of fabric and a pattern intending to make a lined waistcoat - and now I am not sure how to proceed with laying out the pieces.

It is just a bit of Black Watch, quite a small sett size,

I was thinking of having the fronts cut on the bias - but there isn't enough material to do the same for the back - it takes a lot of fabric to match the fronts where I'd like to have the stripes.

I will just about be able to make the back on the straight grain - I could also make it out of a bit of toning material on the bias, or two layers of the lining material but I was intending to wear it as an outer garment not under a jacket, so I'd like to get it all out of the same fabric - but should it all be cut on the bias?

The other option is to cut it all on the square - but it won't look as flash.

If you have a waistcoat with bias fronts - how is the back of it done?

Anne the Pleater :ootd: