Weekly Diary (28/ /13)

This week i focused my efforts on sampling from my designs to refine my final garment designs in order to come up with a more developed final collection and final garment .I was really happy with the result because the visual effects of the smocking and the umbre dying came out just as i imagined it in my minds eye .I will definitely use take these sleeves forward into my final fashion collection. However i would make the square aztec pattern smaller so it gives a more mature and interact visual effect .

 Sleeve and bodice sample
techniques ;

1. Wax batiq
2. Smocking 
3. Natural dyes
4. umbre 
5. pleating 

I used pleates like this because i saw in my research that many American Indians used bone ribbing on the chest of their garment . To recreate this into a fashion garment i used the pleates in the same way . I think that the ribbs on their chest were to prove strength and leadership so i wanted to include it in my designs . i will be also taking this forward in my final fashion collection .

 Bodice sample ;
Techniques;

1. Cutting back 
2. Applique 
3. pleating 
4. Natural dyes

I draped this skirt so that it looked a lot the female American Indian ponchos from my research , which have excess fabric hanging from the side seams .I will take this forward into my collection because it does look quite authentic to in my opinion and when i asked a peer (Hilal) he said that he really like it and that it looks really authentic as well .

 Skirt and bodice sample
Techiques;

1. Draping
2. pleating 
3. Cutting back

 This is the pattern cutting i had to do in order to make my scaled down triangular seam skirt.

Jacket Dress Half Toile

This is a toile of my final design . I wanted to make this my final design because i am really fond of this shape .I have created this final design by mixing two of my best designs together . It is a jacket dress because originally i wanted to make garments which would be layered up like the American Indian garments.But because of time management i decided to design a Jacket which seems to have a dress underneath . I did this by using a thin calico for the collar segment of the dress and then using a heavy duty calico for the rest of the dress .

Techniques i am going to use on this toile ;

1. Pattern cutting
2. Cutting Back 
3. Fabric Fusion 
4. Natural Dyes
5. Umbre 
6. Biro And Chalk Drawing 
7. Wax Batiq 
8. Triangular seam pattern cutting (Skirt of the dress.)

I didn't like the result of this triangular seam cutting , because it was too difficult to refine on a small toile , however if i was going to use it on my final garment . I would cut the pattern with a bigger seam allowance to make room for mis-fitting seams and mistakes .

 Miniture Skirt Sample with triangle pattern seams
Techniques

1. Pattern Cutting 

This is my favorite sleeve because the cutting back acts like a whole new layer . It contributes to my idea of layering up fabric very well . I am definitely going to take this sleeve design forward into my final collection because it has alot of lovely techniques which add to the visual interest . However i will decrease the scale of the wax batik American Indian patterns so that it doesn't seem unrefined or look childish /. 

 sleeve one ;
Techniques ;

1. Wax Batiq 
2. Natural Dye
3. Umbre
4. Cutting Back 
5. Fabric Fusion
6. Pattern Cutting

Sleeve 2

Techniques ;

1. Wax Batiq
2. Umbre
3. Smocking