Firstly, I recommend that you use two fabrics of the same weight, ideally, the same fabric in different colours - to use different weights is going to make life hard as they won't sit very well with each other, unless you want to back the lighter fabric onto to a heavier fabric to even them up.
Secondly: assuming they're the same weight, you're best to either cut the band to fit the pieces - tricky, as it needs to be on the same grain and cut in a curve to match the panels - or cut a strip on the bias and use a slimmer band. A big band like you have on the bias isn't going to work very well.
Personally, I would find two fabrics the same, plain and printed and ditch the band on the bottom as it's going to be hard to do without a pattern. I can help you draft a pattern if you like, or show you how to adapt an existing one.
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Date: 2011-10-01 01:18 pm (UTC)Secondly: assuming they're the same weight, you're best to either cut the band to fit the pieces - tricky, as it needs to be on the same grain and cut in a curve to match the panels - or cut a strip on the bias and use a slimmer band. A big band like you have on the bias isn't going to work very well.
Personally, I would find two fabrics the same, plain and printed and ditch the band on the bottom as it's going to be hard to do without a pattern. I can help you draft a pattern if you like, or show you how to adapt an existing one.