Lutterloh is not working for me! DOH!

Well - I tried to sew together the pieces of the Lutterloh top I cut out and it just isn't working. The seams aren't going together well. The cut pieces did not match very well at all - a straight seam attached to a half diamond shape and then a straight bottom seam to an angled seam - but I persevered and thought - maybe when sewn they will ease into each other. I knew when I drew it that there could be issues. I have sewn princess seams before so knew that if correct - they sort themselves out. However the stitching on this is very puckered.

Right side princess seam

Bottom of a seam

I thought maybe it was the cheap fabric I was using as the test - or the tension on the machine - so I sewed a straight seam and it looked okay...

Sewing two straight sides together - not using Lutterloh

So I am going to give Lutterloh a rest and pick it back up when I have a bit more experience with sewing and patterns.

I still love the concept of Lutterloh but I think I bit off a bit too much for a beginner sewer.

Apologies to my members who joined hoping for a Lutteloh sew along - but I spent a frustrating day re-drawing - re-cutting etc - to no avail and I don't want to turn myself off Lutterloh for good. I am just having a break and going to sew pre-drafted patterns for a while so that I can go through a bit more learning first.

Lutterloh top - part II

I had some great responses to my query about drafting of my Lutterloh top from the members of Pattern Review website - and I thank them greatly.

I am going to have another go at it - however I still don't think it is going to come out like the pattern drawing.

I put some lines through the scaled drawing and they end up like I drafted it - diamond straight down one side and bottom line on an angle... This was without using my measurements but just straight lines on the drawing.

The 2 red lines are supposed to go through the side dots on the diamond. The left one does - the right one goes straight through the diamond middle. The green line is okay - it goes through the bottom diamond dot. The pink one however is supposed to go through the dot on the cuff

I then drew the 2 lines in question using the dots to go through and not the measurement lines

Seems that it doesn't line up - I would have assumed that the line for the dot in the right middle of the triangle should be an obtuse angle and on the right side of the paper and not an accute angle - so I will draft it once more and then cut and sew and see how it goes. I will trust the lines and not the picture.

Fingers crossed. I will update as I go.