I know God has put me where i am for a reason, how do i know? cos at times your faced with situations and your saved at the last minute or you see signs(be it wordings e.t.c) that answer questions which ponder your mind.
So about Blossom......................, its something that has followed me for years now, it started off by randomly drawing flowers, that was basically only what i was good at when it came to drawing when i was younger (cheese right)!.
As years passed on i began to wonder if this had any symbolic meaning to my life and i have finally realised recently that it does!
I knew i had a good feeling about this year not just for me but a whole lot of people.
I believe everyone goes through a stage in their life where they start to grow into something greater than what they expected and we are given that grace by GOD!
Reflect on it, if u think it hasn't happened to you, believe me you have no clue what GOD has in store for u!
So Blossom became evident to me after i graduated and started school again in september which i was very pleased about(theres a testimony in both stories, serious trips but wont go there today).
It was time to choose our themes(inspiration) for the first term of school, so there i was researching and researching, i knew what i wanted, putting bits and pieces together but i could'nt quite find a name for it until i was like snap randomly on my way home from school it was "BLOSSOM" yaayyy!(everytime i hear the word now im like yaayyy).
So school was going great, started discovering fun shapes and ideas that i can incorporate in the future.
Term 1 rocked, remembered the last day of school where we had our first ever presentation.
They were really strict about our project, NO SILK, CHIFFON(ANYTHING SLIPPERY), NO EVENING WEAR(we are only beginners bla bla bla), NO STRETCH, JUST A SKIRT AND BLOUSE(must have sleeves and a collar) so must of us stuck with cotton(mix),viscose e.t.c but the design work was crazy they wanted 20 tops and 20 skirts, after that 8 illustrations out of the 40 designs required so for your illustrations your drawings had to be FYAH!!!!!
Goodness! they were right, some babe decided to do her own thing, she opt for silk, the sewing was a nightmare(she agreed to that)!
Anyways the day went good apart from that, everyone seemed to do well! There was an external critic who assessed us . Everything was kool apart from the fact that they made me go in before my time slot(about 2 hours earlier imagine!, i hadn't finished my hem so i had to pin it
PARANOIA struck me cos i was so particular about my sleeves and hem(skirt), sewing the sleeve into armhole, matching pitch points blah blah blah. and she loved it, i was pretty shocked, she loved the way it was hanging(sleeve), she loved the amount of gather, the proportion, she loved the silhouette of the garments.
Especially the skirt(which was draped), the top(blouse) was pattern cut/drafted/made(which reminds me i need to learn how to cut whenever i go back to NIGERIA apparently its a different ball-game)!
baby bloom skirt :-)
My illustrations needed so much improvement i worked on it over the christmas holidays, practicing illustrations from magazines(poses, using a variety ofmixed media-materials) and getting proportion right(drawing wise).Goodness! they'll say the head is 1/8th of the human body, bla bla bla na wa oo
So i guess pratcising kinda of worked out! Here's why?
Here's a drawing i did that i saved a few years back and heres something i illustrated from a magazine to practice my drawing.(picss below)
Other than that i practised draping(stand), patterncutting(made a pattern for mom), design-illustration, sewing during the holiday as i was in London. Its a serious mission consistently practicing each important aspect well theres GOD!
So first term rocked, now i can get my hands on more complex patterns!
So this is a starting point, hmm if i say the beginning of a journey...hoping my ideas build up by Gods grace,thinking of exploring the botanical aspect next( hmm to see what happens next)!
I believe every designer has a story, in which they grow.So here my story begins. Watch me as iblossom into something i never imagined through the grace of God.
Take care people, have a fab weekend! x o x o
