Sewing Sample's

So again this year we have had to sew samples for our pattern cutting brief!
This year we've learnt some new techniques, I will keep updating this post when I sew new samples.
 



Pointed Seams. These were quite easy to sew and came out well.

Curved seams, these were also easy to ensure the seams were smooth I cut notches to help the fabric curve.

Bias binding(left, right) these were quite easy to sew as I have done them before however the satin bias was quite slippy. Jean seam(centre) this was simple to sew as I have done this in the previous year.
 

Concealed Zip, I learnt a new way to finish the end of a concealed zip and found it a lot simpler to sew it this way however the top threads came a bit loose.

Inserting a circle, I found this quite fidily as it was quite difficult to fit the circle in.

Jean seam

Bias binding on a curved seam, I found these quite easy to sew however it was it bit tricky tyring to keep the fabric and the binding straight.

Thanks for reading!!

Jenny xxx

I love LolliSweets!!

LilliSweets is an amazing Etsy shop I descovered a fiew months ago, its sells DIY accessory supplies, DIY decoden packs, colorful cabochons, hand-crafted cell phone charms, and many other amazing things for amazing prices!!

 

A while ago I purchased a DIY deco den pack when I got my new phone, The package came exactly on time and the quality of the rhinestones and othere components is amazing! much better than the 99p garden centre ones I bought for my compact case. Well worth the money!!

 

Ill deffiately be going back next time I get a new phone or find something I want to bling!

Here are some items im in love with!

 

 

 

 

 

 

(All images from LolliSweets I was not sponsored or payed to do this post, I bought the deco kit with my own money)

 

As soon as I finish my phone case I will do a post on that!

 

Thanks for reading!! What do you think of LolliSweets??

 

Jenny xxx

 

Folding papers

 

Lately we've been researching into the golden ratio and one of our tasks was to pick a shape from triangles, squares or circles (I chose squares) and then cut out different size of your shape using the golden ratio and then create shapes on the mannequin.

 

 

At first I was a bit clueless as to how to start and sort of just began pinning paper in any which way, I then decided to make some fortune tellers and pin them on the shoulder.

 

I then decided to make some water Lilly's making them smaller as I pinned them further down

 

Here is were I decided to stop I felt like I couldn't add anything else otherwise it would be over crowded.

 

 

 

Thanks for reading! what do you think of my outcome??

 

Jenny xxx

Working On the Stand

 Today at college in the afternoon we started working on the stand in pairs, today I worked with my good friend Jess.
I think the aim of this was to create what ever shapes we wanted and to get us used to working with fabric again, and to show us how designers would create patters using draping.

We started just by folding pinning things in places(there was no real plan) here are some of the shapes that we came up with.

 Here we made one piece of fabric look like a two piece or a dress by folding it at the waist we also added pleats on one shoulder and pinned the sides back to create the look of sleeves.

 

This is one thing we were told to do and that is to fit the fabric to the bodice using darts, this would then be made into a fitted bodice pattern.

 

 here we adjusted the fabric to create a one sleeved look and added two folds one coming up from the hip and the other coming down from the shoulder.

 in this sample we draped the fabric from the neck and I got Jess to hold our the edges to create more dimension.

 



 

 

 In this sample we pulled the fabric through the elastic on the mannequin and then folded it back over adding pleats to the waist

 

 here we created a pleated one shoulder and added diagonal pleats from each side.

 in this sample we pinned the fabric straight across the chest and pinned one corner of the fabric to the opposite side of the chest and added folds on the sides.

 

 

 

This is the strange oyster shape Jess came up with which would probably be impossible to turn into a pattern! to do this we pinned 1/4 of the way down of the fabric to the shoulder and scrunched and pinned until we were happy with the shape.

 

 

 (of course because its me we had to  make some bows!) to do this i unpinned some of the previous shape and folded each end over to create a puffy bow shape and then dragged the remaining fabric over the centre to create a bow.

 

 

 

To do this one we first folded the fabric like you would a fan and then pulled it through the fabric and pinned the sides up. We then carried on working with this adjusting the shape each time.

 



here we pinned the edges to the back to flatten the sides.

 

here we scrunched one side of the fabric pinning as we went along.

 

 

Thanks for reading! which is your favourite shape??

 

Jenny xxx

My Three Favourite Fashion Bloggers



 I'm now back at college and already have a million things to do and this is one of them, I had to pick my 3 favourite bloggers which was kind of difficult considering the number of blogs I follow!

 

In the end I chose the 3 following bloggers.

 

 I SPY DIY is one of the first blogs I followed and is of course a DIY blog. The blog is owned by Jenni Radosevich, she works at a fashion magazine in Manhattan. I love reading her blog to find inspiration or just for a fun read, her blog is very bright and attractive and all of her DIY's are very original and she puts her own twist on things she makes instead of just repeating what hundreds of other people have done, which is why I love her blog so much. 

 

 

XiaXue is another blogger that I frequently read, She is a Singaporean full time blogger and presenter(I guess you could say) she has her own show on Clicknetwork.tv called Xiaxue's guide to life.

Her blog is actually a life style blog however she does have some fashion post. Her writing style is very opinionated and comical shes not afraid to say what she thinks and look how she wants to look which is why she is very inspiring (I also love her hair, clothing and make up style!) her blog also has alot of blog advertorials and is great for reviews on asian products and brands!

 

 

 

 

The final blogger in my top 3 is Ashley Dy her blog is called Candy Kawaii Lover(I love her blog name!) she is a Japanese street style photographer and style blogger.

Her style isn't very specific however shes not afraid to mix it up, I love her pictures as they are usually set in front of a beautiful background.

Its also nice to see a change from stereo typical extravagant Japanese fashionistas, she still has that kind of style yet its quite toned down compared to Harajuku and Hime styles.



 

 

Thanks for reading!! Who are your favourite bloggers??

 

Jenny xxx


 

Minty Obsessions

 

Before summer started I found this dress on Cute Japanese Fashion but for £11 and postage I decided it would be cheaper to make one.

 

All together I think this cost me around £7 to make baring in mind I skimped on fabric and made it slightly more fitted.

 

This took me a while to make as it was mostly experimental and guesstimating, I also used french seams as I used sheer fabrics.

 

This is how the dress turned out, in the middle of this project I was really worried however after I finished I really liked the outcome. I think I look kind of strange in these pictures, maybe its because I'm waring 0 make-up.

 

These are the nails I painted to match my dress, I'm in love with coloured french tips at the moment and one of my friends actually thought I had them done at a nail salon!

 

Thanks for reading! what do you think of my dress and my nails??

 

Jenny xxx