Ninth Week - Fashion Show

This week I just finished the finishing details on my outfits, and then I did a moodboard, final fashion illustrations and lay plans, which aren't quite finished yet. I still have more to do, but I can do this next week at college. On Wednesday was our fashion show, I came into college at 9:30am and stayed in Ashford till about 9pm, it was a long day. In between college and the show, I had to wonder around town for a few hours with all my stuff, which isn't easy when you have lots. I painted my nails while sitting on a bench, every nail in a different pastel colour. My models arrived at 3:30, which was good as we didn't get into the building till about that time. Then we went through a practice run, which was good as last year my models didn't get one, which makes them more nervous. Then I did all my models make-up and hair, and luckily the outfits fitted them all right as I wasn't sure before, because I didn't get to do a fitting as they were at Uni.

Once we were all dressed, we went outside for a group photo and individual photos. It was a long wait till the show, and my sister got a bad migraine, luckily Alice had pain killers, but I don't think they worked very well, well not till after the show. I think the show was successful, after all my friends/models got changed we came out to get a drink and socialise (I did make business cards to give out, but no one was around to do that) but by that time there was no drinks left and people were leaving, which wasn't very good, I think it would of been better to have more of an after party.

Eighth Week

This week I finished printing my merry-go-around skirt and added the scalloped top with the pom-pom trim, I'm not sure now if doing a zig zag stitch to put the fabric on is the best idea, as it hasn't all court, and I need to think if I should go over this again or leave it. I also sewed interfacing on to my lining and main fabric of my corset, to make it more stiff and then sewed that and attached it the skirt. I had another problem with the skirt being bigger then the corset and also one side being longer then the other that it didn't meet up, I had help from the tutor in working out how it can join together and what fastening to put on it. I haven't quite finished it yet and brought it home to add eyelets and boning. I also went on photoshop to edit my biscuit print ready to print out, I had help from tutor in working out how to lay the A3 pieces of paper on pattern paper so they all linked together, being that it was a circle skirt it was a challenge, not the easiest skirt to print on, I decided to have my circle skirt cut in four section then sewn together after printing as this would be the easiest way to do it. I digital printed these on by using the heat press, which was really hot after being on for such a long time. It's not perfect as you can see the lines where the pieces of paper overlapped or the white gaps in between, which I tried not to have, I tried my best in getting it right, which is what really matters. I haven't yet made a waistband but have the weekend and next week to get it done. I'm happy that I have two outfits nearly finished, just have under a week now to crack down and finish everything ready for the fashion show next Wednesday. It's very annoying that I got a cold this week (Tuesday night) as it's distracting me from doing my best and when I came home on the Wednesday I felt awful, had the worse headache ever and went to bed for about 5pm. I hope it clears soon as I want to be healthy and clear headed for next week. Today I'm thinking about styling for the catwalk and photo-shoot and will do some work in my sketchbook. I hope to do some making also and next week I really need to finish my layplans, costings and step by steps, as I don't want to get behind on my technical file.

Seventh week

This week I stared making, I started by cutting out my fabric and then I first made my cloak, I asked the tutor how I could have the ears standing up and had to adapt my pattern to allow for a slit to be on the hood, so a headband with rabbit ears could poke through. I then realised after making it that I should allowed a section of fabric to come out for the buttons, but by not realising it I manipulated the extra fabric to fit in with the hood. I have yet not finished sewing the buttons on and have taken it home so I can do it there. I was happy with how the cape turned out it looks beautifully with the lining. I also asked to have a screen coated, so could start screen printing, the first screen turned out very bad with lots of the emulsion running of the screen, so on the Wednesday when I remembered to take my drawing in, I had another screen coated and this time it turned out much better, not perfect as there was some pin hole marks on the screen, but I tried to cover this with masking tape. I started to print the horses on the skirt, I couldn't do all five horses in a go, as I had not positioned them accurately so they would go around in a circle, but I managed to do three at a time, apart from the two ends where I just did one horse, because of the angle. Some of the horses have marks missing, as it didn't print quite right, but hopefully this wont be noticeable when wearing the skirt. This was time consuming, so I didn't get it finish that day. The weekend I did lots of sketchbook work, analysing my visual studies, samples and illustrations. I also started thinking about props for the photo-shoot and location, and did some pages in my book about it. I also made one bag, by upcyling a stuffed unicorn toy and adding lining, a zip and straps.