It's over

Ok ok it's been forever since the show and I ignored this blog after a while, but I got really busy.

I'm planning on Starting a new blog, tomorrow perhaps. So I decided I should finish this one first.

Here are pictures from the fashion show!

Big Update

Sorry, I've been busy and forgot to stay on top of this ha ha.

So I had my first fittings on dressforms for my first 2 dresses. They both fit the dressform pretty well, just a little tight on them. For both of them I'm doing a re-drape for my chiffon pieces because they don't look the way I want them to.

I've fit them both on models as well this past week, and I have a few fit adjustments to make.

The third dress is done for first fitting requirements, that will be done next Thursday, but I wanted to get before going home for reading week. It fits the dressform I'm using pretty well. It fit perfectly until I put the facing in it and now it's a little tight. Other than that little issue, the dress is looking really good. And the colour is amazing. yay!

During this reading week I am going to work on thread marking the pieces for my 4th dress and getting them ready to sew for when I get back. And I am also working on my inter layer piece for my bubble/domed skirts with crinoline and boning.

Well I think that's all I have to say for now. Tootles

first fitting tomorrow

My first dress is together based on 1st fitting requirements. It's not looking quite the way I want it to right now. The straps and draped piece didn't turn out the way I wanted them too, so in fittings tomorrow I'll have to figure out what I can do to fix it.

Started getting the second dress together today. I have the bodice all together, the straps made and the darts put in the skirt pieces. Tomorrow I should be able to get it all together in the time I have in class.

the end.

Dress #1 is starting to take form :D

I've got a good start on dress #1 for sewing it. I have the main structured bodice together, and the skirt together, and they are now attached. The right side seam is all sewn up and the left is still open because that's the side that I need to put the zipper.

When I had the skirt made but separate from the bodice, I stuck the boning in the right side seam to see if it will make the dome shape I'm looking for, and it looks AWESOME. To make the casing for the boning, the side seam of the skirt had to be a french sea. A french seam is when you sew the fabric together with wrong sides together at 1/4", then flip the garment around that seam to make it right sides together, then sew 1/4"again, this makes a little casing for you to slide the boning into.

Now, here is my dilemma, I have a lapped zipper in my left side seam, and the zipper has to go into the skirt part of the dress because no one would be able to get it on otherwise. Soo it's a matter of figuring out how to make the same seam be a french seam, and still be able to do a lapped zipper :\


Other than the closure, what I have left to do is my facings and my chiffon straps and chiffon draped piece. I am quite excited. I'm probably going to be spending all day Saturday at the sewing lab getting it done and cutting out fabric for my second dress.

woo!

Let's get going!

I started sewing my first dress yesterday! And I am officially done pattern making for all of my dresses now.

Tonight after dinner I think I will go back to the school and continue sewing my first dress. I'm very excited about it, but nervous at the same time.

Last week my class talked to the photographer that will be doing our class magazine. Each of us will have our first outfits in the magazine and it's going to be bundled with Flare magazine. Today we found out we have the funds for a $10 000 distribution with them, which means our magazine will be going national!

We still need money for photographers and catering, but getting our names out there with Flare was a little more important, and we're still hopeful we can get funds for the rest of the stuff we need.

Today I printed off my line sheet for the judges at the show and my line book that will be set out at the show for people to look at. Cost me about $18.

I guess thats all I really have to say right now, I'm sure there will be a post in the near future talking about how sewing went tonight.

Tootles.

small update

Short post today because I'm really busy....

I now have patterns for 4 out of the 5 dresses done. And tomorrow I am going over to the school to start cutting out the pieces for Prototype#1 and I will begin sewing on the 9th. And on the 8th I will be working on the pattern for the 5th dress.

I did pre-sampling for 3 and 4 and now I'm working on 5. One of my samples was a bridal hem on chiffon, that was not fun, I must say.

Anyway, that's all I have time to say right now. Thanks for reading :) 

Patternmaking and Pre-sampling

I have my master pattern done for my 1st prototype, and the traced off pieces for it will be done by Thursday. I will probably work on that tonight. I met with my professor during yesterdays class to go over the master pattern and she approved it and said I can continue on.

I am done my masters for my 2nd prototype, and I'm working on my third, they will be checked next week.

I spoke to my sewing professor today about my pre-sampling for my 3rd and 4th prototypes, I'm doing another lapped zipper, a chiffon with thread elastic sample, chiffon bridal hem, front bodice, chiffon overlay gathered band, a hong kong hem, and a strap sample.