SO what am I doing?

I feel as if I have a million things to do and say but I really don't! Im really unsure where to start as well so Im going to narrow it down and make a list...

1. New brief
Finally is my answer to that even though I did enjoy the textiles brief and I took a lot from it I feel that textiles isn't my strong point. But any how the new brief is exciting and its the final two of this year (wooooooooo!) so this means it involves making the final garment which I am super looking forward to.  Up to now we have only carried out a few tasks which were breaking down the brief, putting together a time management plan for the brief, a task list and critical path which is basically a list of everything you need to do in order with deadline dates by the side. Whilst doing that we also added to the side how each task fits with the fashion design cycle. And the first task of the brief is to research into contemporary and historical fashion designers and looking at there concepts for there collection and taking inspiration off them for my own work and research.

2. Samples and materials
Theres are two parts to this like everything I seem to be doing, so part one I have got my fabric for my shirt dress which I cant wait to cut out the pattern for! I chose to use denim for this dress as its pretty diverse to the other fabric I have used, but (theres always a but) I haven't just chose one piece of denim, ooh no thats far too simple... I have got two different shades to use. I have it all planned out in my head so fingers crossed I can pull it off. Part two, I have got to start collecting fabric samples for my final garment. I have started putting together a little note book with them in as I collected some when we went to London, so now Im on the hunt for some swatches. 

3. Work experience
This week I have got some work experience a head of me which I am really looking forward too! Its with a costume designer based in Manchester and we are going to be sourcing outfits for a Tv show that we will be filming at the BBC next week! So when I get all the info and goss I will inform you all! I am super excited and I hope it gives me a real good insight to the job role and the industry. 

Thats all I think, well what I can think of at the moment but yer I have a pretty busy/ non-stop couple of weeks a head of me which Im looking forward to! So I will report back ASAP haha

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p.s sorry for the ramble

Inspiration on the stand- 1

Whilst putting together my second thread which happens to be envy I got onto lower class housing in the Victoria Era. I found this image that I found inspiring because of the look of the texture of the walls, this inspired me to create a design on the stand. It needed to convey texture and have a raw look.

I used knots to convey the different sizes

I then focused on looking at different angles on figure

I then went on to add some rope into the design to add in a more raw texture and feel to it

From doing this it made me think of deconstruction which also links into architecture when looking at architectural drawings of building.

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UPDATE

So I have come to realise I haven't updated you all with my work progress for a while! So here you are...

Up to know I think that my college work is improving everytime we get a new brief, which is what I enjoy most and watching how my work changes. I also like the excitment I get from trying out knew ideas and developing ideas further. This weekend the UK has been covered in head to toe in snow, yes I couldnt resist going sledging but its just been a pain and not allowed me to go to places I have wanted to be! But I suppose theres been worse care scenarios and I should really stop complaining and just get on with it as I have lots of things to look forward to, such as some trips, event and of course London Fashion Week with college! I just cant wait.

Here is some of my textile samples I have been creating as part of my textile design brief.....

 Knitting

with rope

with wool- the grey was my 1st every sample of knitting so please excuse the wholes haha

Printing

Lino

 Lace

Sashiko 

 Manipulating fabric

 Origami and Elastic bands

Hand embroidery

Recycled materials

Heres a sneak peak at my shape development work for my first seven deadly sins thread... can you guess which sin it is?

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Patter cutting- 4

Inserting the zip

At first I found this a bit tricky because it just wasn't going right but then I realised that the fabric I was using was a bit slippery which meant I needed to put some more tension on to the fabric when attaching the zip in order for it to be placed correctly. This made me realise my fabric choice wasn't quite right for my first dress.

If I was inserting my zip correctly on a easy fabric you wouldn't be able to see the over locking but as the fabric was slippery the only way to get it straight was to place it like I have done.

Attaching the shoulders

I found this task simple as all I needed to do was over lock the four shoulder pieces separately and leave a 1 cm seam allowance to create an open seam.

Attaching the sleeves

Next was this tricky task that took me a while to get my head around!!(I think this was because I wasnt feeling a 100% myself and its probably very simple haha). As we need ease on the sleeve to allow you to move your arms we needed to create gathering and to do this we had to stitch two lines 0.5 cm away from each other at the top of the sleeve pattern- making sure NO back tacking is taking place and leaving lots of access thread!! This is to allow you to pull the thread to create a gathering effect.

I placed my sleeve on the manikin to make sure it fell correctly before I pinned it to my garment ready to stitch in the middle of the two 0.5cm stitches. This is are still a work in progress....

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