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I've noted that in striped or patterned cloth, when made into a jacket, the darts on the jacket body often prevent the pattern from aligning over the pocket flaps. Has anyone had ( or do, for the tailors) the flaps themselves darted to preserve the pattern alignment? A patch pocket would seem to exacerbate the problem. Has anyone had these darted as well? Is there a reason why this wouldn't work?

With most cloth's you can, and should cut the darts so the pocket flap will still match.

It's not too hard to do.

Picture showing the dart matching on a jacket I am making.