Ruff

I spent my day making my ruff for my Queen of Hearts Character. One thing I have learnt throughout the project is that I often cut my self short with time. I think that something will be a quick job when it's definitely not. The ruff was no different. I'd convinced myself that the ruff will only take a couple of hours whereas the mask may take a lot longer but it was actually the opposite. 

Due to my chosen plastic fabric it was quite hard to pierce the fabric with the needle when hand sewing the ruff. I should have allowed more time as this resulted to my sewing not being overly neat.

I was however happy with my final result of the ruff and I thoroughly enjoyed learning how to create one from scratch. I look forward to making a different style ruff in the future!

Corset Assessment

My corset assessment was today where I handed in my final garment as well as the corset file. Nikki was pleased with my end result but did mention how it could be neater. I agree with her on this as I need to work on sewing neater. I hadn't made anything before I started this course and I was apprehensive about whether I would be able to keep up, so although it was a little untidy in places, I am pleased with my corset and I will work on the neatness of my sewing in the next project.

Final Week

The final week of term has arrived. I'm feeling like I have far too much to do, I don't think I am the only one feeling this way though.
In the most brutal way, I think this project is teaching me to manage my time much in a more affective way. I always leave everything to the last minute (my mum could write a book on the stress this causes her) and I am sure that this is the last time I will do that as I've learnt (again brutally) that I need to start my projects earlier.
I'm already looking forward to the next project knowing that I will tackle it with a better approach.

Swarovski Inspo

After drawing up my final ruff design I stumbled across this Swarovski book in the library. It is a beautiful book full of Swarovski couture images. I thought it was very similar to the style that I have gone for with my design, the red beads and the caging of the face.

Organza Circles

During the final patterns session before the assessment with Glenda, she showed us how to create organza circle ruffles. I thought they were absolutely gorgeous and something I would definitely like to use on future projects. At the beginning of the pattern sessions I feel like I had no idea what was going on around me. I was just following the step by step slides not understanding the practice. However now I have done some of my own research and annotated the instructions in my file I feel I have a far better understanding and view of how to create or manipulate patterns.