Pattern Layouts

Original pattern layout 

Today I have been working on how would be best to fit the back panel into the 140cm wide fabric, when the pattern is 147cm.

These are a few ideas:

Putting a seam in the CB

Putting a seam into the CB

Putting two seams where the darts are

I spoke to Graham in tutorial and he suggested that we just take a section out of the back panel down the middle. This seems like such an obvious thing to do! I hadn't thought of doing this as it will take fabric out of the hem width but it will only need to be 18cm at the most, which, in the grand scheme of things isn't that much. I suppose with time and practice these kinds of solutions will come more obviously!