Sophie’s Fashion Blog

Week Fourteen.  This week in pattern cutting we created a pattern for a back yoke with an open front seam so we would be able to add a fastening as the neck hole was smaller. We made a pleat for the back panel to allow movement. I like how the back pleat look as it gives a neat detail whilst adding functionality. We cut out two back yokes, one to be a structural part of the bodice and one to hide the seams, I think that this went well as my seams are hidden and back is neat covering most of the original stitching.   We used the burrito method to sew seams together which further developed my understanding of how to do this technique. The only negative to this was as we where working small scale it was difficult to pull the bodice through the neckline as of the bunched-up fabric. I am happy with my toile as the made me know he pattern I made is correct. I also managed to finish this with time left before the lesson ended so I managed to write up my notes from this lesson in my...

Week Thirteen.  This week in Pattern Cutting we started to construct our bodices. We learnt how to make a French dart to make our bodices fit the body better and to make the bodice look more elegant.   I found creating this pattern a bit complicated because of the many steps you need to include, however, reflecting back on it now I have done it once the steps I would follow have become clearer. We learnt to use the corner of the table to fold the pattern, this was useful as it meant the pattern will be folded neatly so it lays nicer once its flat again on the table.   We learnt how to make a squared neck by lining the front and back together so its even. I’m glad we learnt how to do this as I like how a square neck looks, and I think it will be useful for my project considering the gift shop top is less formal similar to the square next.   Lastly, we learnt how to make a square dart, I like doing this as I found the steps straight forward and the look of a ...

  Blog Twelve. In Pattern cutting, this lesson, I finished off making my skirt. I added the zip with an invisible zip foot which went well. I'm proud of how my zip has turned out as you cant see it beneath the fabric of the skirt. After I used the normal zip foot to attach the skirt together, this was harder to do as you can't get as close to the seam, however, the seams still looks neat from the outside. At home all I had to do was attach the facing and undertsitched it,so i'm proud of my progress and completing my skirt in good time.  In my last lesson before the hand in I made sure all my work was presented well and I stuck in the final photos of my skirt that I had evaluated. I'm glad that I managed to hand in all my work on time.  In textiles this week I made sure that my work was ready to hand in for Friday. I did this by printing out and repeating my final designs and adding in my recent samples to help show my development in my sketchbook.  In my final lesson...

 Week Eleven. This week in pattern cutting I started out by finalising my skirt toile and making sure it fit the manikin. When I was happy with this I cut out my fabrics ensuring this was done to produce the least amount of fabric wastage.  At home after the lesson I started to construct my skirt, starting by overclocking it to ensure it doesn't fray. I managed to connect all my panels together, leaving the left as worn side so I could add in the zip. I am happy with my progress as I got a lot done and it will be manageable to fit this in within my time frame. I stopped making my skirt here this week so I had enough time to work on our textile side of the brief as well.  In textiles this week I explored how to use heat transfer paper, this will be useful so I can transfer my digitally arrange patterns onto fabric. I enjoyed doing this as i embroidered into them suing a machine and also made them into a quilt like sample. I also finished off transferring my transfer paint ...

 Week Ten.     In pattern cutting this week, we finalised our skirt designs that we had drawn at home. I think my skirt designs where successful because I have explored a range of skirt styles whilst still making sure they all relate to each other. I did this by making a start design and adjusting this about it, for example, the godet size, length or number of panels.    In our next lesson we started to make our pattern for our skirt, I decided to go with my design for a six gored panel skirt with four godets. I made this pattern by reflecting to previous bookwork to remind me of the steps. I think this went well as my pattern works. I know this because when we made our toiles for the skirt at home everything lined up and was correctly measured.     At home this week I made my toile for my skirt, this went well as I learnt my pattern w orks and I had no issues when sewing this together.     In textiles this week I started to work ...