Week 9 Fairytale

 I have finally finished my second ensemble. I spent the whole week hand sewing a rolled hem on the sleeves and everything has turned out how I wanted it!

BORISCHI - week 9

 Week 9 - Touch Up

Finishing touches are in the works, as well as illustrations and flats. It’s been a crunch to do this in such a short time but I guess that’s show biz… 

- Mali Jean

Week 9

 This week I have been working on the small details of my design. I wanted to bring in some embroidered flowers that will be on my next ensemble as a tie in to my collection. I have also been working on a bias edge for the neckline and armholes that are both sewn by hand to give a little more control on this light knit fabric. 

I also decided to put a trim along the bodice seams to cover the raw edges but to also enhance the corset designed seams. 

The flowers are handmade from satin ribbon, sheer ribbon, and metallic thread. 

Week 8

 I have been working on the construction of the under layer body con dress. In taking in the side seams of both the front and the back I have made a seamless and fitted garment that I had imagined for this design. I plan to finish this off with clear straps and a double layer to hide any raw edges. 

Next, was working on the top layer dress. I decided to do a bias binding around the neckline and the armholes to cover raw edges with a hand done seam that gave me more control on this type of knit fabric. 

After this I was finally able to move on to the three layered skirt part of the dress. I have been working on some hand embroidery on the waistband of the skirt to really give it a unique design, which I hope to show next week. 

Week 7

 This week I am moving from my mock up design and transferring the finished design to my final fabric. 

I began working on the under knit dress. I was having some trouble with creating a seamless and tight underdress. Moving forward I plan to tighten this more to create a type of body con dress. 

This is the front of the garment. I started working on the corset design which will end up being the top dress over the body con knit garment. 

Week Eight - Ophelia

 At week 8 the bodysuit is coming together for my second ensemble. I’m not 100% sure if I’ll have space to do a lace up look in the back, so I’ll have to get an opinion from the class on Tuesday. I have grommets and red  ribbon, and I’m hoping to use the red ribbon on the back of the bodysuit in some way. I’m also not sure if I want to use snaps or hook and eyes to close the crotch area. I’ll have to use a closure at the crotch. Because of the nature of the fabric, it won’t fit over the butt of the pants form. I have plenty of fabric from Greece for the skirt and I’m excited to start gathering it. 

Week 8 Fairytale

 I’ve been working all week on finishing the big things on the velvet dress. After lots of seam ripping and adjusting patterns, I only have to hand sew the hem of the sleeves now. Super excited to start the next ensemble.