Thursday, 17 December 2009

Tuesday 15th December

Today we had a talk about CV's. At first i thought it was going to be pointless however it really wasn't. I learnt a lot in that one session and now should amend my CV, change is needed. Today I also used my spare time to complete my shirt...this was a big weight off my mind although i am not happy with the hem and want to redo it.

Wednesday 16th December

Private study day which i spent doing things to my pattern cutting book so that i meet my deadline.

Thursday 17th December

I HAVE FINISHEDDDDDDDDDDD!!!!! yay! i met the deadline early and have finished everything. i re did my hem because i wasn't fully happy with it and i completed everything in my patter cutting book, such a huge weight off my mind! Crimbooo here we comeeee!!! :D:D:D

Monday, 14 December 2009

Wednesday 9th December

Today was our Illustrator deadline! It was such a good feeling to hand in my work and take some weight of my mind!

Thursday 10th/Friday 11th December

We cut out and started making the shirt within this time! This didn't go very well for me as from the start when i sewed up the darts wrong which made me do most of it wrong and i had to go back so far that i fell behind by a lot! I now have to catch up and finish my shirt when i can

Monday 14th December

Had my briefing today. our new project is about manifesto! At first i didn't understand but after our group tutorials it was much clearer. I still don't know what theme i am going to choose but from experience i have started doing a project and felt i could have done better if at the beginning i just explored more possibilities, so knowing this that is what i am going to do and hopefully i will create a project i will enjoy making and love the outcome of! Very excited to start a project we construct a garment with.

Tuesday, 8 December 2009

Thursday 26th November

Today we did pattern cutting with collars, this was good practice as it is something we are going to need o know about in the future if designing garments. however, because it was our last demonstration jody was asking us questions as we went and we struggled to remember the answers, this makes me nervous for our shirt project next week!

Friday 27th November

Today was a private study day and i spent my day doing more work towards my culture project! It was a well needed day!

Monday 30th November

Today we presented our projects to the class. This didn't go very well and although i had finished my project most people hadn't. Karen wasn't very happy with our presentations or marking although i think we did fine considering we have never done it, or been told how to do either of the things before! I will improve my next project!

Wednesday 2nd December

Today we continued in our illustrator lesson to design our logo and garments to go with it! this was beneficial and gave me a chance to learn new things on illustrator. like how to make swatches.

Thursday 3rd December

Today we had pattern cutting and we had a little test. This was to create a shirt pattern by ourselves without and demonstrations! It wasn't as hard as i first thought it was going to be however, there were parts of it that confused me. I think the pattern is correct though and i am happy with the outcome of the day, i feel more confident to create the pattern for my own design now.

Friday 4th December

Today in construction we finished off our shorts, this was more complex than i first thought but i managed to keep up and complete it before the end of the day. We also learnt how to do a curved seam, this wasn't as hard as i thought and i managed to do it just before the end of the day so i don't have to struggle to do any work on the machines on my own.

Monday 7th December

Today we went to London. This was for inspiration for our project. I saw some amazing things in the exhibition we went to first and i later went to a photography exhibition and then to the V&A to see the Fashion part. The best part of the day for me was to watch the live photo shoot. This was amazing as i have an interest in photography anyway and am interested to do something including this interest later in life! Although we missed Jedward as they were running late! A very good day overall!

Tuesday 8th December

Today we have our debate! I am all ready with my facts ready to fight for Eco-Fashion! i feel it is going to be good! The facts that i found when researching for out debate were shocking, such as 250 million children between the ages of 5-14 years are involved in child labour! Facts like this make me consider my role as a consumer in the fashion world!