Balmain Presentation...

Pattern Cutting and Construction...

In previous pattern cutting lessons I have gotten quite frustrated and therefore have not found it that enjoyable however last week we were making sleeves and different facings and I found it really interesting but LONG and HARD! I feel that I am getting better at pattern cutting and understanding it more clearly and how to use the pattern master. I nnow need to finish off the darts that I missed.

On friday we started to make our A-line skirts. In the morning we were laying out patterns down and cutting out the material using cotton drill which for some reason took us all morning. Then in the afternoon we looked at interfacings which I found really interesting as I hadn't looked at all the different ones before. We then finally began to sew the skirts together which I didnt realise would be so stressful I have now discovered I hate invisible zips and I never want to use one again. I really struggled with this and got far too stressed over it!! Not good.

Illustrator...clock

This is what I made in illustrator today, I found it fairly easy to do and I am now clearly an illustrator pro... or not.

Illustrator...

When I first used illustrator I found it quite difficult but I really enjoyed doing this and Jamie explained it really easily and step by step and I am loving the outcome.

Communicating Visions in Black and White...

Today was really quite a fun day. I really enjoyed making the outfit. At first i didn't really know where to go with it and what to do but i knew i wanted to do quite extravagant shoulders and so I just went from there. I also wanted to do it kind of in the style of Gareth Pugh as I really like his work and so i decided to base the shoulders on an armadillo with the many layers. I then went onto the arms and as i was working with lauren and she had done weaving on the back I decided to weave the arms so our creations worked well together. I now must do the research side of this project in order to create my sketchbook.

Modelling on the stand...

Last Thursday we modelled on the stand. At first I really enjoyed doing it as it was going quite well. First we had to put the modelling tape on the stand which was pretty simple apart from the armhole which was a tad fiddly but went okay. Then the calico came out. First we had to place it on the stand so it was laying straight on the centre front but then when we were cutting the neck so it curved properly and I cut a bit too far and it basically went downhill from here. We then had to fold darts into the calico which I also did wrong as I didn't match it up with the seams on the stand. After this everything else on the stand went pretty smoothly however as soon as I took it off the stand and had to measure it and draw the darts in properly and add labels I realised how badly I had actually done it which is fairly frustrating but I had a good time doing it.

Photoshop Moodboard...

This is my beautiful moodboard that i made on the computer which i think is pretty horrendous but what can you do. I did not enjoy making it as i am not a huge fan of photoshop and i never have been but there's my creation.

Punk Moodboard...

I was really looking forward to this day as i am a huge fan of making moods boards and i did really enjoy making it but it didn't take me very long to do and so for the rest of the day i didn't really have anything to do. But i do like how the mood board turned out. We also had the library induction which was really helpful to find books and things and also to see if a book you want is actually in the library. Brilliant!

Pattern Cutting...

Today we learnt how to do pattern cutting which i thought would be quite complicated and difficult to understand but i felt that i did it quite well. When using the pattern master doing the curve of the armhole was really frustrating as you had to keep moving it around, annoying. It was tricky and quite fiddly when it can to the darts as it has to be really precise you also have to make sure that the sides are all the same length and everything matches up but thats pretty standard with any pattern.

First week at AUCB...

The first proper week at the uni has definitely been a good one. This week we looked at each other’s summer projects which I was slightly apprehensive about as I felt that mine wasn’t very good. We also learnt how to use the industrial sewing machines and over lockers which scare the heel out of me. They're so fast! But I think it went pretty well and I had fun with the spinning chairs and knee press. Ha. Today we learnt pattern cutting which I found really interesting and fun as I have never done it before and its more simple than I thought it would be. There are also some lovely people on my course and freshers week was ace.

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