£10 business

journal for £10 business, i have decided to call it happliy ever after (accessories), with the concept of fairy tales and living happily ever after with your new unquie happily ever after accessorie. images from joural so far....

rever and melton collar

learnt how to roll a rever by hand, stitching in diagonal lines to naturally roll the rever when it hangs on the body... and also how to attatch melton to the undercollar of a jacket, quite difficlut, but looked great when done, very professional. images of innovative collar, made mine really big, and also melton sample and rever, really enjoyed the session this week

heroes and heroines exhibition

went to the heroes and heroines exhibition at the Leeds museum, for research into historic costume and also to look at the tailoring pieces, did alot of sketches.... was really interesting to look at the old corsets they wore all those years ago, and also how everything was made so beautifully and by hand, most of the time, everything has alot of detail. images from sketch book, of visit to the exhibition

shoulder pad

made a shoulder pad by hand, was quite easy, really enjoyed making it, we also had to design an innovative shoulder pad, so i decided to extend mine and exagerated it and also make a bigger one to put on the hip. like lady gaga in my ressearch, but not so extravant ! images of shoulder pad making one and also my own design.

sleeve

had to design an innovative sleeve... images of my design... also showing how to fit a head roll and set in a basic sleeve/innovative.

west yorkshire playhouse

went on a trip to the west yorkshire play house, looking at tailored garments histroic and also from not that long along, possibly up to the 50's... really good morning enjoyed trying on different clothes and sketching them, so really interesting garment, leg of mutton sleeve, really complicated patterns went back to uni, to learn how to set a basic sleeve with a head roll images from sketch book and setting a sleeve

tailoring research

research into tailoring, looking at gaga's shoulder's and collars vivenne westwood images of my research...

enterprise seminar's

had first Enterprise seminar today, got to set up a £10 business and launch it selling products i have made or designed... think I'm going to make handmade accessories that are made from household junk. start of my journal- researching handmade accessories..

Tailoring module starts

new brief for tailoring practises, finally get to sew and make things, wooo! i really like the sound of this module, its more practical and think i will enjoy... learning basic tailoring techniques and also to design a tailored jacket sample at the end, and also to produce a technical package. started making samples of different hems and seams, didn't know there was so many... also experimented doing different buttons holes, also handed in shop report on Vivienne Westwood.

deadline

deadline day, did my presentation, but was nervous and didnt think it went to well, but feedback was good, just was a little to casual, but rest of feedback on work went well on my work, just needed my trendbook, to flow a little bit better.

design work and flats

finished design work and flats and put together my trend book, really pleased with my work, deadline tomorrow ! 9am ! glad its finished now, ready to start next module, want to make something.... images of finished work.