June 20, 2013

Up close and personal!!!

Using CAD I created a close up view of my cut out skirt spec drawing!!!



I was really happy with this and I thought it looked really effective! 

Do you like?

XOXO

TIME TO SHINE!!!!!!!!!!

IT'S SHOW TIME!!!!!!!!!!

I've finished all my garments and they're ready to show!!!

OUTFIT ONE!!!

SHIRT!!!


I love my shirt and I can't explain how proud I was of it!

SKIRT!!!


Although this took me HOURS and HOURS and I resented it so much when I was sewing the cut outs I still loved it when it was finished! IT was worth all the time and effort and the stabbing of the pins ALL the time!!!

OUTFIT TWO!!!

CROP TOP!!!


This turned out better than I had imagined although the ribbon was a pain to sew and get right!

SHORTS!!!


My shorts actually turned out a lot better than the toile and the scallops really worked once I'd faced them and top stitched!

OUTFIT THREE!!!

DRESS!!!


I love my dress and I thought although it was simple it was effective and made my collection look 50's like I wanted it to.
Plus it fit me and I can't wait to wear it!!! YAY!!!

OUTFIT FOUR!!!

PLAYSUIT!!!


This was the biggest pain in the neck EVER!!!
I'm so glad it fit and looked fab on the catwalk as I stressed over it SO much!

I was really, really, really happy with my collection and I thought all my models looked great!
The collection really came together and I was SO proud! 

ALL MY HARD WORK PAID OFF!!!

XOXO




Sprucing it up a bit!

So for the catwalk show I thought I'd spruce up my collection by adding a few accessories.

I had a horrible bag covered in gold beads and I really dislike gold!
So I ripped them all off and trust me it wasn't easy!
My Mum bought me some cute ribbon and we sewed it on the bag in rows.
The ribbon matched the colours of the spots on my dress that you will see VERY soon!!!

You can't see it very well but the ribbons are blue, lilac and pink!

For my first two outfits I made 50's style bow headbands.
I created two leaf shapes one a centimetre smaller than the other and bagged them out!
I then placed two together and pinched them in the middle. I tacked them and tied them to the headbands with a piece of ribbon.

I did a blue and a red!
I used the same pattern for both so they matched!

What do you think?

Do you like?

XOXO


Letting you in on my secret!

So I've finished all my toiles and I'm all ready for my final fabrics! How exciting?!

I thought I'd let you in on how to make my favourite garment as I'm that chuffed for finishing my toiles!!!


MY SHIRT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Ignore my friend Hanna!!!

Draw around blocks
Trace off sleeve and shorten to elbow length
Trace off front, pivot the block to eliminate top dart and draw new lines
Draw in new dart under the arm for shape
Do NOT draw in the bottom dart because I want it to be shapeless
Draw in button stand 1.5cm either side of the centre front
Add another 3cm and then another 3cm (BUTTONS WILL BE SMALL!!!)
Trace off back.
Draw box pleat on centre back (CB) by measuring the width (3cm) See diagram?
Take the top (back) dart out by taking it off the arm scye.
Just rub off the bottom dart so it is baggy/floaty/shapeless
Extend ALL hems by 6cm so I can turn it up by 3cm twice – BETTER FINISH- looks less cheap.

This is all my pattern pieces on top of the calico.

COLLAR (Draw upside down)

Measure front and back necklines (not button stand/box pleat)
Draw a line 8+11cm long
Create a 90 degree angle with 10cm. (insert diagram)
Draw curve up by 1cm (insert diagram)
Make top collar line parallel to the bottom. Curve all so it is all 10cm from the bottom line (insert diagram)
Extend top corner out to a point
Point is rather huge but I will sample it and make smaller when I fit it to the toile
(Shorten sleeve)
(Make sure my hems turn up properly)
Model on stand, take off seam allowance (SA, ) cut off point as it is too big. Make smaller and more square like.
Make amendments on my pattern

I cut out the original collar and it was a little too pointy.

... So I cut the corner off and made it more rectangular.

TOILING (cut out of calico)

Sew in front darts.
Sew button stand on front of shirt
Fold 3cm (at notches) and fold the same again
Sew VERY close to the edge, like a topstitch

Front darts and button stand.

Sewing the box pleat
Sew down the CB about 10cm and then fold the top of my box pleat, iron and sew the top down

Box pleat.

Sewing the sleeves in:
Pin the sleeve, pin the centre, shoulder, pin the two sides.
Fit the sleeve into the shoulder curve (even out and pin) Sew with the sleeve on top, making sure not to forget notches and folds
Re-sew the snapped threads

Pinning and evening out the bulk of the sleeve. 

Sew the back to the front on the shoulders, right side to right side

All sides sewn together and down the sleeve.

COLLAR

Bag out collar
Sew onto shirt, right to wrong sides
(It wasn’t quite right! I unpicked the collar.)
Bag out half of the button stand to clean up the edge
Pin one edge halfway (CF) and the other side
Pin CB shirt to the CB collar. Spread out the fabric (evenly) between the pins
Turn over and turn up the other side of the collar to cover the stitches
Sew TWO rows of stitching (slightly messy/uneven style) – this will be contrasting to my fabric and I will do all seams like this (all visible seams!)

Collar all sewn on, with two rows of stitching for added effect.

Mark where buttons go (only 6 buttons) 3cm apart

Side and the sleeve.

Back view.

Close up of the neck and the collar. 

COMPLETED!!!

What do you think?
Do we like?

Isn't HannaBanana beautiful? ;) 

XOXO



Updated sensation...

NEW SPEC DRAWINGS!!!!
EDITED AND UPDATED!!!!

OUTFIT ONE!!!





OUTFIT TWO!!!




OUTFIT THREE!!!


OUTFIT FOUR!!!


What do you think?
Look better?
I'm actually really happy with the way they have turned out, they look so much better now I've gone back and looked at them and re-worked them!

XOXO



June 17, 2013

Ralph Pink

So during my CAD lessons I followed tutorials from designer Ralph Pink.
He does lots of 'CAD' like tutorials and tutorials on manufacture and construction. 

I followed his tutorial on creating a bodice block to fit me perfectly...
It ook a LOT of time and wasn't the easiest video to follow but I conquered it and here's how it turned out... 


I'm not entirely sure why or how the front dart disappeared but other then that I was very proud of the outcome and couldn't believe I'd finally finished it! 

What do you think?

Have you ever tried Ralph Pink's tutorials?

Here's the link so you can give it a go...


XOXO