Thursday 16 December 2010

Final Garment


After sewing the lining to the main body of the dress and general fraying of the fabric, my garment became too tight for the size 12 mannequin just above the waist. The following photographs are taken on a size 10 mannequin, which was slightly too small around the bust, however I am very pleased with my final piece. The garment is almost identical to my sketch and I feel it has been created in a professional way with a high quality, clean finish.
 

Tuesday 14 December 2010

Snow inspired sketch


Just a random illustration from my sketchbook especially for the snow

Building up the layers

After wrestling with the net and stitching eight extra layers of gathered net in short widths to lift the longer layers around the middle of the dress, managed to create a silhouette that resembled my original design.

 

The weight of the organza caused the net layers to drop and distort the silhouette so that the bottom layers are hidden.



 















To lift the net and organza I again stitched short, gathered lengths of net in between each piece to lift layers. Finally I trimmed the fabric to create my desired silhouette.



The delicate nature of the fabric I have used, the amount of handling needed during construction and the unfinished edges did mean that the thinnest layers became over frayed and did need to be replaced.

Wednesday 1 December 2010

Spacing of the net layers


I am really pleased that my dress is beginning to come together. This photograph is when the layers of net are 2cm apart. I have now altered them to be 3cm apart which makes each layer stand out more instead of drooping down. Unfortunately, due to the tundra outside college, I was not able to get as much done as I wanted to today! Fingers crossed for a full day tomorrow!