Help!

Oh no! I bought my pattern today at the $1 McCall's sale, and it hit me that there are princess seams in the front and back. But here's my fabric draped on my dress form.

Long curvy lines that don't want to be thrown off by seams...I'm trying to hold it out for you.

So I'm thinking that I may try and pin the skirt pieces together to get one big piece, then it hits me that the bodice will be jacked up with seams too. So maybe I'll pin the pieces together and cut one big piece? The back looks fine...

Oh crap, there's no way the front is going to work with the bust shaping.

Any of you dressmakers have any advice for me? Add some darts to the bodice instead of the princess seams? What will that do to the boning? I figured I'd still cut the lining with seams to keep that part the same. Abandon this pattern-fabric pairing altogether and find another dress style? Watch reruns of Project Runway to see if I can learn draping really quick?

On a lighter note, the pattern is cute - it has this whole page about sketching your design and trying different fabrics and trims on your little paper doll.

And I picked this up for $1 too - remember this is the dress I wanted to buy from the show, but they changed it in the store and it was a ridiculous price, if I remember correctly...

And finally, my precious and gainfully employed oldest son. It took a long time, but he finally found a job - and he's happy! How awesome is it to have a happy teenager in the house?!

Yeah, I'm just stalling. Back upstairs to think about this dress... Yeah, I thought about it - am I making too big a deal out of adding seams and throwing the print off a little bit?