Week Seventeen.
Week Seventeen.
Over the weekend before my pattern cutting lesson I managed to sew my tops pin-tucks, pleats sewd the shoulder seams. I also managed to sew the facing to the top. In the lesson I started to add the zip, learning that I have to fully sew the facing to the top before adding the zip to the top. I learnt this after I had sewn one side so this wasn't a massive issue as I could still pass it through the shoulder gap. Once I had done this I managed to twist the zip when I was lining it up to sew it, this meant I had to unpick and resew the zip. I didn't mind doing this as it made me understand the way it should go better so in the future this hopefully wont happen again. Overall, I think my zip has turned out neatly as you can see the zip tape making it invisible.
To finish off my top, I made bias binding this was useful to do as I have only properly- other than a sample- made it twice so it made me think throw how I should do it. I found to sew it to my top simple but when the two ends met difficult as I wasn't too sure how to finish it off, I tried a few times to make it neater than the last and i think my final binding worked well as the connect doesn't stand out too much especially as it its black bias against a back panel.
Before handing my colour top in I made sure to cut all my threads and I learnt that I could further cut around the armholes seam to make the fabric lay even flatter, releasing tension.
In the lesson this week I added the zip and hemmed my dress. As I did this previously the day before on my color top i didn't need to look at notes to sew this, I'm proud of this as it means my skills are developing and I have successfully learnt how to do this as it has turned out very neat. When sewing that seam together, once changing the concealed foot to a normal zip foot, I wasn't happy with the result so I redid it a few times so that the sewing was neat and the edges of the fabric lines up. This mad me learn to try and finish sewing the zip tape at the same point so when you pull it out of the way it will became easier to avoid stitching over. When hemming my fabric two of the panels where slightly shorter, this may be because two of the panels slightly shortened when I panted them. To amend this I just made sure to stitch the hem at the same point making the 1.scm seam allowance from the shortest side so it would measure correctly. I decided to decide where to put my applique whilst my garment was on the mannequin so I could see the placement when the dress is hung, so the shape would become clearer. Once i had done this I hand stitched on my applique on whilst it was on the maniquin.
In Photography this week whilst others where shooting I researched ways to make a tabloid or broadsheet newspaper to display my photographs on and I worked on my digital display of my work for my deadline this Friday.
In Stretch this week I further experimented with sustainability in textiles researching artist I like, this made me learn different materials I could work with, for example, old unusable balloons, packaging, old straws, and flora found on the floor. I made a weave using old cereal boxes and newspapers to experiment with different materials and textures. I like how this worked and how it was more rigid then my other weave. I think it would be good to mix this materials and add more to increase colour in my weaves.
In CAD this week we continued using InDesign to create promotional flyers for Kew Gardens, thinking about different design aspects and linking colour in our flyers.
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