HAND IN!!

So my final deadline is just around the corner which means its panic  time and final evaluation time. In all honesty I think this final evaluation has been by far the easiest to write because I have really enjoyed every aspect of putting my FMP together, at times I may have said I hated it when I failed putting my zip in or was supposed to be printing pictures for my toile diary but looking back I feel it has really taught me a lot about myself and myself as a designer. 

I feel a strength of mine throughout this last brief has been the way I have manipulated the fabrics I have used in a number of different ways and to how I like them. I have used the marbling technique on some of my garments and I feel this aspect conveys a stronger visionary appeal to the audience. A weakness within this brief has been logging in my toile diary, as I feel I have pushed it to the side and put it off when I should have done it as I went along. When I go onto further studies at university I need to improve on managing my stress levels. I need to find strategies to keep them to a minimum, in order for me to get my work done to a high standard by taking breaks from my work and not doing too much at once, as it effects my outcomes. Within my work I have pushed myself with my designs and drawing ability, which I think is a big step for me as a designer, as in first year I did not like the drawing side of design. Looking back over the last year I have worked my hardest to achieve my goals, which I have by getting into the university of choice.

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//Manufacture plan- Box pleat trousers//

1.    Lay out correct pattern pieces and cut out fabric and interfacing

2.    Mark the wrong side of the fabric and notches are in place

3.    Overlock each pattern piece

4.    Stitch the front and back sides together following a 1cm seam allowance (On the left leg leave a 10cm gap at the top of the trouser)

5.    Stitch the inside of the leg and press open

6.    Press open the seams

7.    Repeat the steps above for the opposite leg

8.    Attach the middle of the legs together making sure the inside leg seams match in the middle

9.    Iron on the interfacing to waist band

10.                  Attach eyelets to the C.F of the waist band

11.                  Attach the waistband to the outside of the trousers, leaving a gap at the left side seam (to insert zip)

12.                  Fold the opposite side under by 1cm and topstitch on the right side of the fabric

13.                  Bias bind the zip

14.                  Insert closed ended invisible zip to the left side

15.                  Bias bind the hem of the trousers

16.                  Fold the hem up 5 cm and press

17.                  Hand stitch in place

TOILE - SKIRT

Using the white ready pleated fabric was a bit of a nightmare but it worked!! Thank god!!

I am really happy with the dyed fabric I have created and how it stands out next to the grey and white, I think this has to be one of my favourite garments from my collection. 

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BRAIN FABRIC

A while ago I posted about dying some fabric for my final collection and the time has come for me to actually go a head and do it!

The colour I used was a lot brighter than I originally planned but I feel it worked out for the best for me as it conveys the colours I wanted and gives a stronger look. It was ever so easy to do and I would defiantly use the marbling technique again (my mum might say different as I did make a little bit of a mess), I wasn't too fussed on the design that printed onto my fabric as I just needed a ruff texture to be conveyed but I feel that if you had an effect in mind it would work amazingly well! Mixing the colours would look good as well.

I used a giant tub that I found lying about in the garage and filled it up with 4ltrs of cold water, added 12 tea spoons (its 3 tea spoons per ltr) of the powder and left it for at least 4-5 hours.. it does only say 2 hours but I needed to pop to the shops and the longer the better as it needs to dissolve almost until its gone!! Then I just went a head and added droplets of my dye and dipped my fabric in and it was done, some bits of my fabric I dyed twice just because I wanted it to layer up and have different layers of printed patterns but when using this technique your left with the design in your own hands so its all just trail and error really.

Over all I am happy with my fabric outcome and need to get manufacturing now!

oxo