work experience Day three

I given the responsibility of staffing the front desk while Sandy dropped of things at their Chester shop. I was then given the task to make flowers that where going on one of the prom dresses.



This is what the prom dress will look like when it is finished.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

work experience Day two

I unpicked clothes that were going to be altered and helped take up a pair of curtains.

 



 

 

Heart Pattern Dress

I made this dress last week. I bought the Simplicity pattern 1755 and chose a dark blue fabric and a fabric with a heart pattern to make the dress with. I am pleased with how it turned out and think that it will make a great dress for the summer. 



Work Experience - Day One

I am doing my work experience at a shop called A Stich In Time. This is located in Helsby but they also have one in Chester, next to Abahkan. They do alterations and they also make garments from scratch. I am there for the whole week.

 

Today I observed and asked questions. I worked with Sue who does the pattern cutting. I watched Sue pattern the skirt for a prom dress, which will have a fitting tomorrow.  





 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 



Tom Beddard "Fabergé Fractals"

A Scotland based artist called Tom Beddard has produced a number of amazing geometric shapes which he calls Fabergé Fractals. His creations are beautiful with their intricate designs brilliant colours. He uses a formulaic method to create these.

Beddard explains: "The 3D fractals are generated by iterative formulas whereby the output of one iteration forms the input for the next. The formulas effectively fold, scale, rotate or flip space. They are truly fractal in the fact that more and more detail can be revealed the closer to the surface you travel.

"The fascinating aspect is where combinations of parameters can combine to create structural 'resonances' of extraordinary detail and beauty—sometimes naturally organic and other times perfectly geometric. But then like a chaotic system it can completely disappear with the smallest perturbation."

Couture Illustration

My illustration is aimed at a couture target market. I think it meets the couture standard because the figure is posed in an elegant way and the illustration is very detailed and intricate. The shading and texture I have created with the media has made it look 3D. I have made the dress the main focus. I am pleased with the outcome it looks good and meets my target market.

Manufacture of Final Garment

 Now that I have finished my toile, I have started to manufacture my final dress. I constructed every thing the same, as I did for my toile apart from I inserted concealed zips. I left the waist facing of and the neck piece unfinished because I will do this after I have fitted it to a model. I also left the hem of the skirt because I think it looks nice as a raw edge.

When I was cutting the pattern for the skirt out of the fabric I came across a problem. The fabric, which is leather, creased when folded and it couldn't be ironed. To problem solve this I used tailors chalk to draw the pattern out on the wrong side of the fabric. 

I can't put the origami or the leaves on the dress until it has been fitted to a model but I did construct them ready for when I can sew them on.