Turned in the first look for my collection today! I spent almost all day, every day in the sewing lab this past week. I patterned my look, made a test, re-patterned my look, made another test...not to mention, I re-patterned my slopers before I did anything with my first look. For those who don't know, a sloper is the foundational pattern that is fitted to the form. I have always thought of it as exactly the 2-dimensional paper version of the 3-dimensional dress form that we work with. I can use this as a foundation for my designs by adjusting features of the slopers to create my looks.
I finally created the final edition of my look and I am really happy with how it turned out! It seems as though this collection is a living, breathing thing because it seems to evolve as I work with it. I adjusted the length of my dress in this look and added some trim to the top for functionality.
To keep you on the edge of your seat, here's a peak at the hand painting that I did on my dress! As you know, the initial idea for Self-Portraiture originated after seeing the Van Gogh Museum in Amsterdam. I wanted to channel his distinct mark-making into this abstract print I painted.
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