Print Ideas

For my botanical print I have been looking at the Lady Slipper Orchid and how I can incorporate that into a print maybe inlcuidng the cells and dna of the plant.

Final Textiles

These are my two final textile elements that I am going to incorporate into my final design. The first one, I have dyed lace and hand stitched into it. I wanted to show the utter chaos of her life yet show the soft feminine side of her nature and the times.

The second, is my favourite I used heat muslin to achieve this. I took inspiration from the love letters I had looked at, looking at the shapes. I then developed this into a surface pattern using machine embroidery. At first it tended to look abit too 'pretty' and I felt like it wasn't showing the pain of her situation as a Mistress. So i left it to hang off the chiffon and I am going to use it on the train of the skirt. Making it look as if her skirt got caught in the door fleeing from the Kings bed chamber.

I am pleased with my results, but yet again I have chose a very time consuming technique!

Full of Cold and Already Waiting for the Post

I'm all full of cold and feeling generally bluh. So instead of doing some sketchbook as planned i decided to tackle my issue of coming up with new surface pattern ideas. So I have ordered some more fabric samples. Go me! And have been trawling through eBay bidding on some unusual things to incorporate into samples and hopefully maybe come with some good ones that could be developed into finals.

Now the waiting game begins and watching the postman. Just hope some of my ideas work. Fingers crossed.

Final Garment

So here are a few details that are in my final garment for the catastrophe project. I am very pleased with it. It is the first time I have used as stretch it was very interesting especially when using the tyvex on it but I think it was worth it. I used the fruit nets in the end and not the bottle tops as I thought it was a bit too much other wise. I am really pleased with the cape it is just how imagined it. I had a little trouble with the zip but I'm hoping i can fix it apart from that i am very pleased. Fair to say an improvement since my hair garment.

My patterns may finally be completed ...

Today i think I can finally say my patterns may be completed for the catastrophe project, and can now start making it which is my favourite part.

To be honest I have not really enjoyed this brief and have just felt a little confused throughout as to what I am meant to be doing and want I want to be doing. I have struggled through and worked hard at it and now just hoping it turns out well.

So my final scenario was what would happen if a 9/11 attack happened simultaneously throughout the world. I have tried to make my final garment practical by looking at rock climbers wear but i also wanted to include hope and the memories of the people that would have been lost as I was inspired by the patriotism showed after the actual 9/11 attack.

I am making a sort of cape which would act as a wind break but also mirrors the shapes created at the collapse. I was intending to use a textile sample on it using fruit nets and ex spandex but it was bothering me that it just didn't seem to work together. So i have now decided to use ring pulls of cans to create a surface pattern and also resemble chain mail. After a lot of playing around with different combinations on how I could do this I think I am going to create and interesting neckline. However I have put a lot of effort into developing the fruit nets and I really liked them so I may try to incorporate them somewhere else in my garment.

And thats is what has happened today.

Its still a working progress so I'll try to keep updated and hope it is ready for the the very fast approaching 17th of MAY!!