DAYLIGHT!

So initially i thought to blog once a month, but a few people advised me to do more of it...well here it is......

Its the first week of our tailoring classes. By tailoring i mean outerwear(suits and jackets) not the nigerian perception of a tailor(sew me my up and down lol)just joking ooo.

We have been warned that tailoring really is challenging, it takes a lot in terms of the construction work, structure,cut blah blah

Had my first modelling class in tailoring today. The first pic was a demonstration by my modelling tutor, a basic simple jacket

I decided to take it a step/steps further, so heres my first ever modelled jacket yayy!!

So now we're focusing on tailoring-womenswear, but i have been wanting to get my hands on menswear for sometime now........

However, i have had doubts in my mind, cos doing that i would be stepping out of my comfort zone. Questions come to mind like:

1. drawing men? too used to drawing the female figure (love my curves).

2.The male silhouette? or do they have more than one?(rectangle/upside down triangle)

3. working on a different contoured body?

Okay so we've been warned tailoring is hard hard work, i really want to step out of my comfort zone but are all these excuses? Been reading this book, its called "Gods Leading Lady, out of the shadow and into the light"(dont really read books that much but been trying).

There's this bit called "Cues and Excuses", i read it today. Lord could you be talking to me?

So i'll leave it till tomorrow and hear what the(school people) say lol.

Daylight i need u, your will be done...................

SPRINGING FORTH

THANK YOU LORD !!!

So another presentation was coming up and i had to capture as many images as possible which i did and saved on my computer.

We were given the task to design and make formal day dresses preferably for a bank interview but none of us stuck to the rules we bent it a little. They probably gave us the bank interview as a guideline.

I dont know why "WHAT TO WEAR TO A FRIEND'S WEDDING" first came to mind, it seemed convenient enough, it is a formal event and it usually takes place during the daytime (duh)! lol!so...that was my guideline...

So i started my research and started working on the sketchbook, my design tutor thought it was looking a bit too evening-like. So i went back to drawing board again.

Next thing that came to mind was what colors to go for, i didnt want pastel colors because they tend to look too bridesmaid -like. Lets let the bridemaids do that.

I was after something shocking, so i went for electric colors, very vibrant reflective.

Started looking for fabric swatches, found some lovely jewel colours purple and green but they would automatically turn the designs to eveningwear so that was already a no no.

The hunting carried on till ALAS! found exactly what i was after, the only problem was it was slippery fabric which would make it difficult to sew arrghh! BUT I WAS UP FOR THE CHALLENGE!

The time came when i had to print out my images. My goodness my notebook(laptop) crashed and i didnt back up my files. I stored loads overtime and i could hardly retrive them. So i had to start again.

The moaning began, LORD WHY ME!!! WHY!!! lol, My research then took a U-turn which worked out for the better at the end to my surprise.

I started redesigning as i had to create something totally WEARABLE. It was time for garment production, tried to be easy going with manufacture as i had to control slightly slippery farbic which seemed to have gone pretty alright as Claudine( pattern cutting tutor) said the stitching was good phewww).

The evening before the presentation i was doing last minute stuff at school, thats when everything started going wrong, the freaking needle broke in my zip twice, then the zip wouldnt stitch, then i wacked my leg accidentally at the tables steel leg which still hurts till today, accidentally snipped past my seam allowance, at that point sweat and tears poored out. It really was frustrating. AGAIN, LORD WHY ME, WHY!!!!

I truly appreciate machinist, ahhhh it is serious work forget, they have to be the most patient people on the planet no jokes! I am not going to take my machinists for granted when i start off by Gods grace. Honestly it takes a lot!

We got a new design tutor and she was like do your mood board last, which i found odd but anyways this was how it went down

The beginning of the mood board

Wanted to give a 3D vibe so i went for a very reflective background and made a bow with some sample fabric

The examiners thought the mood board should have been churned a bit more which i totally agreed with but they agreed that it was very 3D so i was : - )

Jackie recommended that i actually make one dress as i still had a lot more designing work to do but i was so determined to do more than one and still catch up with the design work.

D-Day came, sunny spells all day yayy! This was how the day went

My dearest Natalie modelled for me!

I modelled for me made the clothes in my measurement

So i couldnt help but add a little element of blossom, tried to give an allusion of the cap sleeve as a petal

The sketchbook....

Heres the good news the external examiner thought the drawings reflected what was manufactured and the proportion was she liked again!!

Jackie thought i should have put more research into my sketchbook, i dont understand what she wants me to do travel the whole world and snap pictures(well there are a few places of interest, BUT REALLY).

Lets see what my mates got up to.........

AND HERE'S THE REST OF THE CAST...............

Thats Sho in the middle he's from Japan, you should see him on a less stressed out day with his trucker hat,shades on top of it, his biker jeans and cowboy boots. He looks like he could star on an episode of ugly betty dressed like that, always picture him and his entourage walking into mode.

The pic above are monique's designs shes not in the pic by the way, She's from Thailand

Then thats Zee in the middle she's originally from Malyasia but she lives in New York!

(Goodness, this sounds like a beauty pagent)

Thats Nat looking all SPACEY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

So we reversed and i modelled for Nat

Lastly Ayumi in the lighter shade of blue interned in Japan for 2 years then she decided to study fashion here, well heres her work, I HATE HER(only joking, shes too darn good at everything)!

Shes always like it takes time, practice bla bla bla. Ever so friendly, we're always sandwhiched on the tube together on our way home damn rush hour!

So thats all Folks was pretty busy so i couldnt snap everybody's work! lol But here's some of the fantastic people i school with......

Elena: has a degree from Saint Martins in ART and DESIGN, now studying fashion design and technology, her construction work is immaculate!

Iromi: Sri-lankan..studied interior design..now fashion design and technology..she's so tiny!

Anna: also has a degree in ART and Design, now studying fashion, she's going to be famous(i know it)! she's not in my year though, but she's cool and she's leaving us! (group awww people)!

My laptop crashed and all my files are wiped out(everything), out with the old and in with the new eh?

So i overheard two of my tutors say how well a lot of us have developed which was very encouraging, Spring is a season of growth, renewal. We see how the flowers bloom from nothing to something. Isn't that yet alone so wonderful. God truly is immense.

So i recieved constructive criticism, advice which i took on board,However, Maria(draping tutor) said i was able to work with difficult to sew fabric, now i can work with almost any other fabric...I was well chuffed!!!!!! However i am not the worlds greatest sewer lol

Have a great week, hope u spring forth this week and God does something new for you.

Loads of love, Blossom By Mi-Le....... x x x