Reese Westmaas- Week 8

I have finished my zero waste dress and decided to include it in my collection. I want to make a belt for it so it can be worn cinched in. I also have patterned, created a mock up and finished my second ensemble. I made a bubble dress lined with soft cotton jersey. I have added a belt to conceal some unsavory stitching around the waist that cannot be fixed as I spent 10 hours trying to stitch it down by hand and machine with it refusing to cooperate. Additionally I added detachable beads to the center front that can clip onto the belt as well. 

I have been working on fixing some stitching mistakes on my 1st ensemble and adding fabric bug buttons to conceal the stitching from the magnets 

Grace Anderson - Week 9

 This week I continued work on my second ensemble and a subtraction-cutting project for my sustainable class. I have almost completed my second ensemble and am currently deciding on a closure to finish the look. My subtraction-cutting project was an exciting challenge as it is an experimental form of pattern-making and was definitely out of my comfort league. The project involves sewing fabric together into a tube, cutting out circles, and sewing the layers together to create a draped dress with minimal fabric waste. I was very happy and surprised with how my dress turned out, I found it very challenging to release control of the pattern-making process but found that I was able to create something unique that I would have never come up with using traditional design and pattern-making techniques. 

Inzayne Creations Week 8

 Week 8

This week I finished the dress I started last week. This garment was a lot of hand sewing and embroidery but I really like the outcome! 

I also worked on some hand embroidery for some other appliqués that will be used on some other garments for my collection. My goal is to use the ones (below) as knee patches for my first ensemble (the black jumpsuit). I also went through and added my tags into all my garments!
Now onto my next ensemble. The subtraction cutting project for my sustainable fashion class. We'll see if I like the outcome enough to put that dress into my collection. 

Grace Anderson - Week 8

 This week I began on my third capstone ensemble, a black and red asymmetrical suit. The shell is made of wool, and the lining will be made of a panel of a silk Japanese kimono. I am planning on binding the seams with ribbon and creating facings to finish the edges of the jacket. This project has been extremely time-consuming but I am happy with how the suit is looking so far. 

Grace Anderson - Week 7

 This week I worked on finishing my cape and dress as well as finishing my zero waste dress. I successfully completed both projects and was able to install my cape and hood at the GRAM where it will be on display until January 12. I am very happy with how both projects came out and am looking forward to starting my next capstone ensemble next week. 

Inzayne Creations Week 7

 Week 7

For this week I finished making my zero waste ensemble that is also going into my capstone. The total yardage used for the full ensemble is six yards. I really enjoyed putting in all the metal hardware pieces and now I can see myself slightly changing the direction of the rest of my ensembles to include similar metal hardware pieces. 

I also drafted and made the base to my dress of the ensemble shown below. I changed the yellow plaid fabric to red. I think instead of the makeup wipe appliqué on the chest I will hand embroider some red faces to tie this dress in with the rest of my collection. Instead of a jacket I am thinking of doing a shear underskirt because I really love the boxy sillhoutee of the dress. 

Reese Westmaas- Week 7

I have been finishing my Alexander McQueen inspired dress by hand sewing on the buttons and button straps. I did not think to sew the button straps in between the lining and fabric so I had unfinished ends and button straps on-top of the fabric instead of sewn under. I decided to sew on bead caps over the button straps to hide them. As well, when I tried the dress onto the mannequin it was far too short so I added feathers to the bottom to add some length. I also began my zero waste project and created a mockup of a faux wrap baby doll dress

Inzayne Creations Week 6

 WEEK 6

I finished my zero waste pants this week! Im modeling them in the picture above, they might not be too flattering on me because I made them for someone who is 6'2" and a 3XL, however I still think they look pretty good on me. 

For the patterning of the pants I experimented with very geometric shapes. The only curve I drafted into this pattern is the crotch curve, those shapes I ended up just using for the back pockets with a raw serged finish. To add length to the pants and the shirt I used grommets and very large curved safety pins. I really like the look the safety pins give to these garments. 

The top has adjustable sleeves with inner drawstrings to give it a more interesting silhouette. I only drafted one arm on my muslin because I really enjoy the look of it and felt as if I didn't need to add the other one. My goal with this top is to use some of the extra straps from the pants pattern to add some straps with metal hardware to make both garments feel cohesive with one another.

The image above shows what the pants pattern laid out on the fabric looks like. I also have an image of me putting in the grommets as well as I close up of the serged edges that I used throughout my garments. Both the pants and the top use 36" by 3 yards measurements making the total amount of yardage to be 6 yards.

My goal is to have the top done by Thursday so I can start my next ensemble. 

Grace Anderson - Week 6

 This week, I am finishing my cape and dress ensemble and starting on a zero-waste pattern, as well as the pattern for ensemble two of my capstone collection. I finished laser embossing onto my cape fabric and have begun construction on the cape and dress. I plan to do a dress with pockets for my zero-waste garment that will be made of a woven fabric. 

Reese Westmaas-Week 6

This week I have been constructing my Alexander McQueen inspired dress. I have had a couple issues with the fit of the dress as at first the center front was too long and then it became too short. The dress does not fit the size 8 dress form but it will likely fit the much smaller mannequin it will be displayed on. After constructing the satin tube dress I have added the mesh screening as straps and around the bust. I am beading the straps too and plan to add buttons with button loops on the center front. 

Inzayne Creations Week 5

 WEEK 5

This week was very productive! I finished my innovative dress for the Alexander McQueen exhibit. 

I was able to go into the FlexLab and use a vector file from Adobe Illustrator of my red face drawing. They used the vector file to laser cut out the faces from acrylic sheets. Once they were done getting cut out, I had to push out all the negative spaces and pick away all the protective paper layers revealing my face beads. I then strung them on embroidery floss along with multiple other glass beads, attaching them right under the belt part of the dress in varied lengths and sizes.

For this project I also used leather for the first time ever. I used a fairly cheap "lesser" quality leather and blanket stitched all the raw edges with red embroidery thread. I also installed metal grommets and thick hardware clasps for the straps. I really like how the leather pieces turned out! 

I have to thank my helper, Toe Toe, for helping me cut out all the yards and yards of circle skirts for this dress. I can't wait to install my dress in the GRAM on October the 17th!

Reese Westmaas- Week 5

 I have been working on a muslin mockup up for the Innovative Studies class. This project is inspired by Alexander McQueen and will be displayed at the GRAM during the McQueen exhibition. I want my dress to be a short princess seam tube dress made from non stretch satin. To make the pattern I used a slopper and modified it. For the innovative aspect I will be attaching ruched metal mesh around the bust and beaded straps.