Yes I never follow a pattern and didn't when creating the skirt , I used 5 fabrics and just lay them out before I sew the together to make sure there isn't too much of 1 print in the same area! However It doesn't always work and the skirt has never looked funny so I'm sure it will look good as long as you have about 5 fabrics in the pattern! If you look at the layout of the pattern I kinda "zigzagged" them in the layout! That could help too!