On stand- City

Before doing this experiment I was completely lost with what to do and where to go! But I think the way these hocks are placed together really portrays the big city building that you find in NYC! When they are all placed lapped over together they remind me of fish fins... 

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Pattern cutting- 6

Topstitch around the skirt

Here I just did a stitch all the way around the skirt to give it a nice finish, it was a normal stitch as close to the edge as possible.

The facing

Firstly you have to attach interfacing to the facing pieces by cutting out the same sizes as your pattern pieces. Then iron them onto the wrong side of the fabric. Once thats complete a simple overlock of all the sides besides the top needs to be done 

When the previous step has been carried out on all 3 pieces need to be attached by a 1 cm seam allowance right down the corners

It should fold up like this and look like this open...

Press open the seams to create an open seam

The next time I do a facing for a garment I am going to put it together in a different way so that it is all levelled out correctly.

The next for the facing is having to attach both corners of the facing to the zips using a half zipper foot

You have to pin the facing to the garment just like attaching the skirt to the dress.

Finished facing

When I put the finished dress on the manikin I noticed that there was a fault with my zip and I think it was because of the manufacturing of my zip as the material wasnt the best to apply it to. To adjust this all I needed to do was unfold the facing a re stitch a bit more the zip under.

Completed facing

Adjusted zip

MY COMPLETED 60's STYLE DRESS

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Inspiration on the stand- 3

Some on Maison Martin Margielas deconstruction collection

In a couple of posts back I mentioned deconstruction and how looking at Victoria buildings and there texture inspired me onto deconstruction. I have also looked at Maison Martin Margiela's work to gather together some inspiration as his work is very over sized and used deconstruction. So today i decided to experiment, I got my hands on a plain white shirt (the same as the one above) and off I started unpicking it. once it was back its originally pattern pieces I began to mess about and place it on the stand creating different shapes and different garments, I really enjoy doing this task as you didst know what to expect or have any idea what the outcome would be like. I would like to continue experimenting with this method. 

My favourite

I like the way the material drapes on this one

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