When you say you compensated for the lace fraying you brought it forward 1/4 inch, I'm not sure what you mean.
You cut away the fray and brought the whole piece forward?
In my opinion (if thats what you did) you didn't need to bring it any more forward.
In fact, to match up perfectly with your side hair, I would suggest moving it back 1/4 inch instead, from where its positioned according to those pictures.

To get 17 months from a piece is great going.
Congratulations all round!