Sunday 3 April 2011

Final Major Project: Garment Creation

This toile pair of palazzo trousers are made from a knitted patterened fabric with a heavy weight cotton drill waistband. The final pair will be made using a cream/ivory coloured lightweight chiffon with a lace covered cotton drill waistband. The gathers allow the fabric to fall beautifully and create the flattering silhouette I wanted. I did cut the waist band on the bias, which has made the fabric twist, but other than that I am very pleased with how they have turned out.

This toile is made from callico as it is similar to the fabric I will be using for the final garment. The two centre front panels, cups and centre back panels will be made using a printed stiff cotton fabric of my own design, and the front and back side panels will be a dusky pink silk dupion. This dress was fairly simple to construct. I used bra cups as a guide line for where to place the cups on my dress. The hem is cut by hand to create the shape in my original designs, then the paper pattern is altered to match.