Shape Up 2

Part 2 of the project was to pick one design , alter it and make it all in white.
The shape and texture of the garments were important.
After making it I then really wanted to do a photoshoot with the pieces.

Shape Up

Shape Up was a very interesting project where we had to design two completely different collections from the same source of inspiration. My source of inspiration was from chandeliers.
My first collection was Crystal Clear. These are the boards for it:

Falling Fancies- Boards

First Impressions

This was our first project of second year. Based on Rococo stucco and coving I began to design my collection. I paid a visit to my grand-uncle's coving and plasterwork store. Pleating and draping are the main techniques used in the collection inspired by the shapes of the plasterwork.

These our my boards for the project.

wow busy bee!

Ok so during the past few weeks I have been working a lot a lot a lot in the restaurant and havent had too much time for my rojects which really stresses me out! Buuuuuut I am about quarter way through remaking the sandra backlund piece above! I loved this piece as it has so many techniques involved to create a beautiful simple garment! I'm making it in a similar colour but it has more of a ruby feel to it! I had to get extra long knitting needles made for me to make it but hopefully it will be worth it when its finished! I havent decided what I want to do with fabric yet! I need to consider certain things in my choice but hopefully I'll have a few more things done by the end of the Summer!

hello crochet crowd!

Hi there! well over the past fortnight I have been teaching myself crochet from an amazing needlework book I have! I didnt make a garment or object but I did practice by making swatches upon swatches! now the hook I used was very small to the crochet I did was very intricate buuuuuuuuut I have 13 crochet hooks of all different sizes in the post to me at the moment so hopefully i'll get to make a piece before the summer is out! I did like doing crochet I have to admit and for a knit lover I thought that might be the case so I'm happy it is! I have also been practising drawing different figures and will hopefully do more over the next fortnight along with my knitting practise in which I hope to make the hat I designed during ranking and also remake a SANDRA BACKLUND PIECE!!!!!!!!!!!! AAAAAAAAAAAAAH I'm so excited I hope time is on my side! :-D! and on another note I would like you all to welcome my brand new mannequin into the world of fashion! I will try to put up more pictures next time Im on my blog looks very dull!
Bubye!

Knitting machine!

Okay, I missed my last update again! I know I'm terrible! My knitting machine fortnight was a bit strange it was hard for me to work the machine going on the instructions I had but towards the end of the first week I had the basics ok and in the second week I tried to work two colours which I found out is extremely hard when you only have one aerial! So a replacement is needed badly! I didnt make anything on the knitting machine yet but I do plan on going back to it and making a garment or something simple before the summer ends! Wow the holidays are actually flying by! Crochet fortnight is half over! Talk soon!

Patterns!!

Heya again! Well I was thinking today, why don't I show you what I already have made from patterns I bought and adapted! Bear in mind these were made for me and family and friends and are very basic!

Ok so the first one was the first dress I made, a pair of shorts and top were made before these but I cant find them to put them up and I dont think they were very appropriate anyway!:-) I made this simple dress when I was 15 and still love it to this day, it is so comfortable and easy to wear and a good dress to learn from as it contains 4 darts and a zip and hem!!

This skirt is a wrap skirt with four buttons to secure it, it was my first time executing flat pleats and trying out my buttonhole function on the machine for an actual garment when I was 16 I think!

I adapted the above skirt pattern to make a skirt for my two year old sister from the excess fabric! I adjusted the pattern to fit her height and put elastic in the back to make it more comfortable and appropriate for a young child. I also added cute little pig and flower buttons and used the zigzag stitch to decorate the skirt for a young little girl!

This dress was a big step up from the previous as it was the first lined garment I made and also contained boning and a LOT of gathering! it looks a bit like a sweet wrapper which I love and the duchesse satin fabric was so easy to use it was a blessing! The gathered belt and pink bow are attatched as part of the dress and are included in the fabric that had to go behind the zip so it wasnt an easy zip to put in but still works to the day!:-)

This dress was one I made for my debutante ball! I wanted a dress that emphasised the cut and make of the dress rather than a mad patterned one or one ovcerloaded with diamontes! While the skirt was easy to make joining four sections of material and gathering them for both lining and satin and hemming them, the top was a little more difficult as the from the inner bust there goes a strap which extends to the outer shoulder and directly attatches to the waist at the back, where as the outside of the bust extends a strap that meets at the back of the neck and from this material at the back of the neck two additional straps join to the waist of the dress also! It sounds a lot more complicated than it was to make but I was happy with the way it turned out so I was happy on the day.......and the day after I shortened it to wear it all the time ;-)!

This black dress was an  adaptation from the above red dress pattern lacking a few of the straps and alot simpler but just like my friend wanted it! the customer was delighted so so was I! :-)

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Sorry about the quality of some of the photos, a lot of these clothes dont fit me anymore:-( so I was unable to retake photos of them on the body!