Year Two Week Six

Week Six 

In this weeks Pattern cutting lesson I learnt how to sew button holes on the new machines. I like how this has turned out as it is more straightforward than my own machine as this does it automatically with the settings. I think for my white shirt I want to use bigger buttons as these small ones got lost in the white bib. I think this bib works well over the top of my white bodice as it isn’t big enough to distract you from the shape of the bib but is long enough to look proportional.

At home, I worked my on white shirt toile sewing the sleeves with the new patterns to allow for me volume. I learnt that for my final shirt I need to gather the sleeve caps more so they fit into the armhole without any puckering. The Marie sleeve would also benefit from me pulling the elastic tighter so it fits around so it can hold the puff shape. The shape was also not holding as well as it could, as for this toile I used a poly cotton which is heavier pulling the sleeve down slightly. I like how the sleeve looks with the slit as it makes you see in the sleeve and how it’s constructed. When sewing this next time I will sew the netting in one piece instead of cutting it in half as I think this will better show the structure and will look neater and more intentional. Once I had done this I cut out my final fabrics and overlocked them so I was prepared for next week when I start making it finally.

This week we had life drawing, which I hadn’t done before. I found the process interesting as I don’t usually take time to draw fathering focusing on textiles. I liked experimented with poses as I usually only draw from the front angle on a two dimensional flat pose. Next session I would like to experiment with different media when drawing and now I am familiar with the proportions of the body I will try to keep the proportions right in each pose to make my drawings look more realistic. 

In textiles we produced cut and slash techniques. As this was a technique I was familiar with I wanted to create more developed techniques. I did this through sewing in different directions so when slashed the texture was all over. I also made sure the layers of fabric would ensure the top fabric would fray as I like how this looks when the thread is loose. 

For my portfolio this week I decided to work digitally to create my illustration for my colour dress as I wanted this to have sharp lines, I also need to draw small circles and emails and I thought this would be the best way to do this. I like the way that this has turned out as through the model I drew with the dress you can clearly tell the time I wanted this to be based on, the 60s though the style and hair.