Yesterday I posted a sneak peak of my photoshoot and the fun that we had on the shoot, and now I’ve got the photos back I’m so excited to post them!
So no more waiting, here they are! ..
Tag: boyswear
Two down one to go!
The past week has been all about the making and manufacture of my textile garment, and after hours of weaving and hours or embroidery my shorts and t-shirt are done! The process of my shorts was to bondaweb felt onto the cotton drill in the pattern I created on one of final samples and embroid on top of it which was created with a pattern inspired by research in my sketchbook.The process of my t-shirt was reverse applique which consisted of weaving a layer to go underneath the jersey, embroidering shapes on the jersey and then cutting the middle out to reveal the weave.
Overall I’m really pleased with the outcome of these two garments, and they compliment each other perfectly, can’t wait to finish the dress!
And so it begins..
For the next few days it’s all about weave, manufacture, embroidery and more manufacture! Yes. it’s time for the final garments to be made and the countdown has begun. Today the final weave for my appliqued t-shirt has begun and I have made a steady process. I find weaving so therapeutic, I can just sit there in my own little world and just weave weave weave. By the time I know it I’ve nearly finished the board! Now it’s time to start weaving my felt for the dress!
Final decisions..
After designing another set of designs, linking to draping photos and more research development, Jenny and I narrowed down the 40 designs to a final line up of 8, which is one of our assessment components. All in which had to compliment each other and vary slightly in style and size. The final 8 that we chose are by far my favourite designs and I’m happy with that decision, and now can’t wait to see my final 2 made!
Here are the final 8, ranging from oversized t-shirt dresses to playsuits and raglan t-shirts and shorts.
Toiles Toiles Toiles..
As I mentioned in one of my previous blogs the past few days has been all about toiling! Getting the right shape, style and fit. And after 2 whole days of pattern cutting and manufacturing they are complete and am very pleased with them. So today we had a small toile review with Jenny, in which we pinned my final samples onto the toiles to see how they would look and if they complimented each other. Overall I’m very satisfied with the chosen designs and textiles techniques and can’t wait to start making to see the final outcomes.
Now it’s time to finalise my designs and start the making process!
Draping time..
After my design selection yesterday I gathered all my final 8 samples and started draping them on a mannequin to get some more inspiration for my next 20 designs. To start with all I could see in my head was just my A3 samples but after some playing around I achieved a few drapes I loved and could really see them in designs and garments. So here are a few of my ideas.
Even more samples!
Previously I posted images of my final samples, and last week I managed to finish the final 3, two being made with felt with free-hand embroidery on and the other one being reverse applique with weave underneath. All these three samples are a different colour palette, matching a weave I had done in my sketchbook based on Hundertwasser, all contrasting my first colour palette. Personally I much prefer this colour palette as it’s more gender neutral and not so ‘in your face’ bright. So hopefully after I finish toiling I can pin them on and see what they will look like on my garments.
Which one will it be? ..
Today at uni was all about deciding which design was going to be the final garment. Thinking about shape, size, style and composition Jenny and I decided on a couple. My shapes throughout my first 20 designs are simple but with interesting textiles techniques to compliment the simple shapes. We decided I would toile a t-shirt and pair of shorts for the boy and oversized t-shirt dress for the girl. My textiles technique would be felt appliqued onto cotton drill for the shorts and cotton for the dress with illustrated style embroidery. The boys t-shirt would use reverse applique with weave underneath, all the colours complimenting each other.
Here are the designs that I have chosen..
Now it’s time to starting toiling these designs!
Smooth sailing ahead..
Onwards and upwards!
The past week of this project has been all about focusing on final samples, and figuring out various compositions for them. To kick start this off I sketched out and 4 composition ideas for each individual sample so I knew exactly what I wanted to do and where. Each sample would represent a certain aspect in my sketchbook linking to my embroidery, weave etc. For my weaving samples I used a range of materials which include jersey yarn, wool yarn, PVC, plastic and felt.
So far so good, so here are a few photos of my progress of 5 completed samples.
Now it’s time to get cracking with 3 more final samples which will include weaving felt and embroidery, so fingers crossed everything will go plan!
Onwards and upwards!
Don’t be scared..
The past two days have been all about creating designs from my fashion collages, after doing two projects on kidswear my templates have been successful but this project I wanted to create a slight weirdness to them and make them unique and almost scary. This represents my love hate relationship towards children. Yes, sounds peculiar considering I’m going to head into the kidswear industry at some point and am currently doing projects surrounded by them, but I absolutely love designing clothes for them, I’m just not overly keen on children themselves. Bar from my adorable little nephew. And maybe a few others..
Anyway after creating this template I designed from the fashion collages I created and here are a few of the 20 that I achieved.
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