I have been working full time for the whole of the easter holidays and it has really drained me of creativity because i have been sooo tired. I'm begining to worry about not getting all my sketchbook work done by the deadline.
I'm really going to have to work so hard to get it all done in time.
I've got to my fed up with uni stage now where i have little to no motivation and i would just rather curl up and sleep for a week. I'm really struggling to do more designs like the one i am making aswell because i am just not getting any goood ideas for them. This unit is really not looking good and i am feeling very disheartened. I am really hoping that my toile fits sarah and doesnt need much adjusting because i really need to start feeling good about this project again
Monday, 12 April 2010
Second day of toile making
Last night i finished making my toile but the top didnt seem to match up correctly so today i went into uni to put it on the stand and try and figure it out. i think i have managed to make it work but again i'm not going to know until sarah puts it on.
i really hope it fits her otherwise i might cry.
i really hope it fits her otherwise i might cry.
Pattern Making attempt 2
YAY! they like the design and the new fabric!!
So today i have been making my pattern which has been quite challenging because my brain doesnt seem to want to function at the moment. I have managed to get my pattern made and have started making my skirt (i'm making a skirt and top now) its annoying though because Sarah, my model has gone home so i cant get her to try it on and make sure it fits so i am just praying that when she does go to try it on it all fits.
So today i have been making my pattern which has been quite challenging because my brain doesnt seem to want to function at the moment. I have managed to get my pattern made and have started making my skirt (i'm making a skirt and top now) its annoying though because Sarah, my model has gone home so i cant get her to try it on and make sure it fits so i am just praying that when she does go to try it on it all fits.
Fabric sourcing with Hazel
Today, Wednesday 24th May, me and Hazel went fabric sourcing in Fabricland becuase none of the fabrics i had sourced already were really suitable for what i am making now.
Annoyingly but also luckily i found some really nice fabric that was pretty much perfect for what i was doing but the colours of it are completely different to my original colour pallete so now i'm going to have to try and sneak some designs with that fabric into my sketchbook.
Now that i have the fabric sorted i'm feeling much more positive about what i am doing and can start making my toile. Just keeping my fingers crossed that the tutors will like the fabric too!
Annoyingly but also luckily i found some really nice fabric that was pretty much perfect for what i was doing but the colours of it are completely different to my original colour pallete so now i'm going to have to try and sneak some designs with that fabric into my sketchbook.
Now that i have the fabric sorted i'm feeling much more positive about what i am doing and can start making my toile. Just keeping my fingers crossed that the tutors will like the fabric too!
New beginings
Tuesday 23rd May.
Due to the disaster yesterday i have decided that i would much rather make something completely different because it would probably be easier and is hopefully more likely to work. So i went into uni and ran the idea past the tutors who had luckily been thinking the same thing. They gave me a few ideas about what i could do instead and i went away and started doing some designs. I showed Karen some of the designs i had done and thank god! she liked them! So tomoro and tonight i am going to do some more designing and maybe go looking for fabrics so that on thursday i can go in with a good idea of what i want to do, get it checked and hopefully start my toile
I'm feeling really deflated though so i'm a bit worried that i wont get much inspiration.
We also had our buying and merchandising deadline today which wasnt too bad. I got all my essay done last night so just had to print it off this morning. I really hope i do well at it because i am clearly not very good at the whole design and make side of it and have always been more interested in the business side of the fashion industry so i will be really upset if i dont do very well.
Due to the disaster yesterday i have decided that i would much rather make something completely different because it would probably be easier and is hopefully more likely to work. So i went into uni and ran the idea past the tutors who had luckily been thinking the same thing. They gave me a few ideas about what i could do instead and i went away and started doing some designs. I showed Karen some of the designs i had done and thank god! she liked them! So tomoro and tonight i am going to do some more designing and maybe go looking for fabrics so that on thursday i can go in with a good idea of what i want to do, get it checked and hopefully start my toile
I'm feeling really deflated though so i'm a bit worried that i wont get much inspiration.
We also had our buying and merchandising deadline today which wasnt too bad. I got all my essay done last night so just had to print it off this morning. I really hope i do well at it because i am clearly not very good at the whole design and make side of it and have always been more interested in the business side of the fashion industry so i will be really upset if i dont do very well.
Toile review
Monday 22nd May.
Well i'll be honest, my toile review went disasterously and i would rather not talk about it.
Well i'll be honest, my toile review went disasterously and i would rather not talk about it.
Tuesday, 9 March 2010
Toile making
Now that we have chosen what design we are going to make we need to make a toile.
For my bralet I used dressmakers tape to mark on the stand where i wanted the seams to go and what shape i wanted the bra cups to be, then using a similar fabric to what i will be using for the real thing i modeled on the stand to get each pattern piece. These were then digitised onto Modaris so that i could create my final pattern, adding seam allowances etc.
It took me quite a while to model it on the stand as there were five pieces to model and all were quite an awkward shape but once they were done i got a really good idea of how my bralet will look once its made.
Now that my pieces are on Modaris i have been able to adjust them so that all the notches match accurately and that all my seams are the same length. I have walked my pieces round to make sure that the seams will match when it comes to sewing them.
All I need to do to the bralet now is add seam allowances and its ready to print. I am pleased with how its come out but am worried that during my adjustments i have changed it too much and it will no longer look how i intend it to. I guess the only way i will find out is to print it off and make the toile.
For the knickers i found a basic 'pants' block to trace round, i made a rough toile of the pants and found that they were HUGE. I am going to have to digitise the pattern block into Modaris and reshape it to make it much smaller. Once this is done i will have a pattern for my knickers. This shouldn't take me long so with any luck i will start making my toile in our next practical session.
Fingers crossed it will all go to plan
For my bralet I used dressmakers tape to mark on the stand where i wanted the seams to go and what shape i wanted the bra cups to be, then using a similar fabric to what i will be using for the real thing i modeled on the stand to get each pattern piece. These were then digitised onto Modaris so that i could create my final pattern, adding seam allowances etc.
It took me quite a while to model it on the stand as there were five pieces to model and all were quite an awkward shape but once they were done i got a really good idea of how my bralet will look once its made.
Now that my pieces are on Modaris i have been able to adjust them so that all the notches match accurately and that all my seams are the same length. I have walked my pieces round to make sure that the seams will match when it comes to sewing them.
All I need to do to the bralet now is add seam allowances and its ready to print. I am pleased with how its come out but am worried that during my adjustments i have changed it too much and it will no longer look how i intend it to. I guess the only way i will find out is to print it off and make the toile.
For the knickers i found a basic 'pants' block to trace round, i made a rough toile of the pants and found that they were HUGE. I am going to have to digitise the pattern block into Modaris and reshape it to make it much smaller. Once this is done i will have a pattern for my knickers. This shouldn't take me long so with any luck i will start making my toile in our next practical session.
Fingers crossed it will all go to plan
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