Week 3

 Week 3 - Hazel

During Week 3 I worked on developing a nearly zero waste pattern for my first ensemble. I choose an expensive vintage fabric imported from France so I wanted to use as much of the material as possible. I also knew with this print I would have to do some problem solving to assure every pattern piece would fit in the right section of the print to create a symmetrical design that also fits my models measurements. I took a picture of my fabric and drew my pattern on top digitally, then I was able to print it directly on a polyester fabric using the printers in the flex lab. Printing my pattern onto fabric allows me to speed up the cutting process and it means my mockup will closer resemble my final garment. 

Capstone Week 1

 

Mood board and illustrations for my capstone collection. This week I worked on solidifying my ideas and ensemble choices for my collection titled Neo Taxidi. Neo Taxidi is Greek for New Journey. 

Week 1 & 2

 

Week 1 & 2 - Hazel

During the first and second weeks I worked on finalizing and compiling all my development from last semester to be displayed on my Working Board in the classroom. This included combining all of my inspiration into one board, editing my illustrations digitally, organizing my technical flats and fine-tuning my Customer Profile and Collection Synopsis. I sketched a plan for how I want my working board to look, created the boards and worked on my calendar, mapping out the order of opperations for the rest of the semester.

Week 14

 Hello, Blog!

This is my last week of blogging it seems.

This past week, I finished up everything for my collection!! I will be photographing it tomorrow and getting that all turned in! 

I was also able to get EVERYTHING else for both sustainability, and Couture completed and turned in...

That means three down and one to go! 

Time to finish up Garments for Action and Function. I don't have too much more to go. I just have to sew the sleeves to the body of my Bodysuit for my visibility project, and finish my illustration for mobility! Then wow, I am done!

For the rest of my blog posts, I will be posting some of my work on the Escape site, so if you want to see my finalized work, head there!!

Thanks for reading,

Bella

Week 13

 Hello!

This past week was Thanksgiving... Wow we're really getting close to the end!!

For my collection, I have been working on all of the finishings! I'm SOOOO close to being done, 2 more hems and 1 zipper to do! Then I will photograph it all and turn it in!! So crazy.. I had my sister help me to take picture of some of the things that I made and got completely done, so that was pretty exciting to see my stuff on a body!

I also finished my whole Chanel look! I made my jacket and skirt obviously, and then I made a little halter top and a mask to go with it! It was so fun to make and I am happy it is done because I LOVE it, but I kind of want to start another one! I had a good time putting it together!

So by the next time I am blogging, I will hopefully be done with nearly all of my work! How exciting!!

Until then....

Week 12

 Hello, blog world! It's Bella, here to update you on what I did last week.

So, big news. I finished my Chanel Jacket!!!! Yay! I put it on and felt so G.L.A.M.O.R.O.U.S. I was feeling so excited about finishing that, that I also completed the skirt, and began to work on the matching halter and top that I have planned to go with it. 

As far as my collection, I did not make very many major changes. I brought them to (my last ever :() class and made plans for how I need to finish everything, so that I what I will be working on this week. I was able to get my banner printed for it though. So my plans are to finish up those finishing touches between this week and next, and to get some photographs to work with until I can safely work with a model and a photographer. I will be making masks for each look as well.

It's crazy the end is almost here, and I am feeling not super overwhelmed with my workload, so cheers to that!!

See you next week, hopefully I crank some work out!!

Week 11

 Hello!

This past week flew by!

To start this week off, I began with working on starting the sleeves for my Chanel Jacket, but I was running my grandma to her doctors appointments all monday, so I did not get as much done as I would have hoped.

Tuesday we were in class, and I was able to get some more work on my sleeves then, and when I got home! On Wednesday I had one sleeve done and ready to be set into the jacket! I did that, and decided to get some work down on my capstone!

For my capstone, I only had one garment left to get patterned and made... the jumpsuit! There were a lot of pieces for this one so I spent pretty much all the late end of Wednesday and day of Thursday doing that. I then decided I needed a break from my work table and got to work finishing up all my flats and my banner for my collection! 

Friday, I was refreshed and got to sewing. I got the pants part of the jumpsuit sewn in the shell fabrics, and all the rest of it cut out. There were so many pieces, I wanted to get more of it sewn, but all the fabric cutting got me overwhelmed! 

I decided to take a break from my jumpsuit and spent the rest of the weekend working on designing and making my Sustainable project. I wanted to do another zero waste and came up with a new top! 

This week I plan to finish my jumpsuit, put the other sleeve into my jacket and finish that up, and work on my visibility project for GAF!