Sophie’s Fashion Blog

 Liberty London This weekend I visited London and went to Liberty to research and take photos of the products. I started by looking at there rugs which featured lots of interesting designs, one of my favorite being rugs featuring Chinese dragons. After I went over to the where the wallpaper samples where, these where all very similar in style and had multiple design of the same patter just in different colour ways which where really interesting to look at and which ones I thought complimented each design. Looking at the William Morris patterns was helpful as I thought about other styles I could draw in and how you don't have to draw in the correct colours you see things in, for example William Morris produces things in unnatural colours for example flower in a bronze colour and red leaves. When I was there I also looked at other ways pattern can be used in products; bedding- duvet, pillows, throws, quilts, cushions. They also covered place matts, cutlery holders and table clothes. ...

  Week Two This week we started off in Pattern Cutting and Construction by learning about different types of seams. I learnt how to make a French seam and a Flat Fell seam which was really useful as I had never made these before or even heard that terminology before. We also had an induction to the Industrial press which I learnt gets you very hot quickly. I also, for the first time, used the overlocking machine which i think is very useful to quickly stop material fraying as the machine is very efficient, even if I was a bit apprehensive to use at first. Later on in the week, we learnt how to make a Double turn hem and a Pin/roll hem which was tricky trying to keep the curved edges neat and to catch all the fabric whilst stitching the edge. At home I also tried to identify different types of seams and hems.                                               In photogr...

Week One: Fashion and Textiles This week was my first week as a fashion and textile student doing a Btec and I really enjoyed it. To start with we learnt all the health and safety requirements and induction for the new course. I enjoyed meeting my new teacher and classmates even though I was a bit nervous to start with, everyone was really welcoming.  During the week I have worked on mark making using many different media’s including acrylic paint, graphite, oil pastel and ink. A new media I used was bleach it was really interesting to see how it interacted with the ink. I also for the first time drew with oil pastels and I really enjoyed it and how buttery it was, luckily I had a few tips from YouTube to help me navigate it- will definitely be using these again in my work. In first photography lesson ever, I learnt about different lights and their purposes, we also went in the dark room in preparation for up-and-coming projects.  At the weekend I visited the malting for ...