Welcome Back!

I've been quiet for a long time - I've explained and checked back often though. Work and sewing has kept me busy, but with everything going on I have wanted to come back and keep this blog up. I really enjoy blogging and how it motivates me. I'm looking at video design, I get to design, organise and work on projects to sew and research. I get to help share some information and ideas.

So, I want to say welcome back everyone, my schedules changed a bit 4/5 blogs a week is too much at the moment still.

Also, hello to new readers too. 

I'm happy to say I have made some big plans and some smaller ones too, I've also completed a few projects, while I've been gone. - Which I'll share the details later, but there's not a later I haven't mentioned before so there won't be many surprises. Other than bits I've brought  - yep! New Equipment! New Fabric! New Sewing Machine! 

I usually buy fabric but with new projects I needed to use the right tools to complete the finishes I wanted so research led to buying some things you guys might want to see. And I love buying new tools to try them out, as much as researching new techniques for me to try.

Getting things new or second hand is always good. And oddly exciting - but different to buying more fabrics. This also means I just have some pieces to just try out  & practice with. Doing all I can while I have a pay check coming in. This means a lot of traveling for me every week., but it's worth it. I get to sew in my own space, work and be home. I've also had the chance to got to markets and shops in my work area- and there's a lot more than in my local area. 

There's a plenty of fabrics unless I am after something specific but that's usual for most people. And I like to be picky if I have something in mind. The stalls are great for fabrics, and odd pieces, and there's two shops with equipment. - Though there's only one for sewing machine feet, a little sewing machine shop & repair. I'm afraid one of these days I'll leave with an over-locker or more sewing machines. I do want one!

Anyway - back to posts - I'll be doing a few polls if anyone's interested in changing things here. Thy'll be among my blog posts as I get back into a rhythm. My first few post will focus on a lot the new equipment I have, my trip to Bowes museum & an alteration pieces & new patterns!

Thanks for reading - I hope you all enjoy the things to come.

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Welcome Back!

G.O & C.W : Back!

I know I've been really quiet, but when I started my job I had to take some time - but oddly I've done so much sewing and drawing, but I've had to leave my blog behind for a while.
I was creating clothes, alterations, planned projects and my own photography on the weekends, with plans to document it all here. And I still want to.

I'm coming back. I am losing my job ~ for business reasons, and looking for more work. This will keep me busy, I want to share on here, a lot of what I do.

So I hope you like - full sized back packs - cloaks (going for belle's winter cloak, from Beauty and the Beast), lace paneled shear skirts and a some practices. I'm aiming for button holes. Something I need more practice on, and I could do so much more. Also going to try quilting for the first time. It seems more scaring than button holes.

I also have some patterns and lovely fabrics to share.

I am aiming to start posting by the end of July.

Thanks for reading, I hope to have more to share soon. x

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G.O & C.W : Back!

Posting again from Saturday!

Hi everyone I'll be posting from this weekend onward - I've had other things to focus on since leaving uni. I've had courses, C.Vs and job applications to complete. I've still not had much luck but I need to keep busy and this is a positive way to spend my time, and give myself some work.

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Posting again from Saturday!

My project of no name

My project for my final semester - is a project I have been doing for my final year, as I have continued my project over from my first semester. The research started over the summer in 2014 and  based on graffiti and the surrounding area (architecture and the 'canvas' used), only. I still have not named this project or the collection I am developing from it.

Geometric design has been something that's helped to build my designs, but I've tried to keep it bulky or sketchy in style to not have a fine artistic style to my work. Setting my work away from designs that only feature geometry in their work. So there is no minimalist style to the designs that make them look clean and neat. Something texture and graffiti paint isn't.

White became my palette choice after summer, to little the variety in my work and the help focus solely on the texture to develop my work. It became a feature instead. And in my final semester I have chosen to stick with it- only applying some amounts of grey or black due to the influence of materials and my theme of snow. Allowing for some experimenting with other materials not available in brilliant shades of white. 

The main issue I've faced is in sourcing white materials - due to the fact that I am avoiding most optic whites and cream shades so my work does not appear to look 'dirty' or mismatched. I have seen some of my work in natural light outside the studio and the differences can be seen very well because I am using white. Online sourcing is kind of scary and the studio is not stocked with many choices for those who are nit-picking. Though this has led to more experimentation on my part, and built on my development for colour matching and palette selection.

In a later post I'll cover my research points, issues and sketchbook to allow a more detailed view of the projects development. Also I will cover where this project is going. However my aim is to use this work to develop fashion wear for young women, 16+, for a mid-high end target audience. So higher than high-street fashion. This lets me create fabrics and see how they can be used for garments in my own collection. So design can be affected by use, rather than creating a collection selecting suitable fabric/s.

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My project of no name

G.O&C.W : Patterns (pictures later)

I have a onsie, a hood, , dress patterns, bags, and a shirt patterns.

I think I'll try cutting a dress pattern next to have a closer look at them. I want something fresh and suitable for autumn as well as summer, in case there's o time for anything else, before the next terms holiday.

Lately I have been making bottle cap pin cushions with stuffing and felt I had around.. Combined with embroidery, there is a lot of styles I can make.

Unlike the clothes I want to make, these pin cushions will go on my etsy and facebook pages.

And whilst I'm on Clothing trends for the summer I've found black and white is a trend, with a clashing trend of neon colours, with fewer patterned pieces this year, yet a lot colour blocking.

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G.O&C.W : Patterns (pictures later)

G.O: Quirky and waiting on wonderland

 

Here is some more of my photography as yet another preview (no repeats) . Again I won't be increasing size until I can properly watermark them. The theme is waiting, so I've combined the cute above, but I've also combined the ideas of queues being left behind and waiting for something to happen.

 

And below after waiting for the cracks to show - a relationship coming to the end, and it looks like it won't end well. The last post showed a different view and here there are two very different angles, I prefer the 1st view, it looks less like a modelling clay film.

 

 

 

 

 

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G.O: Quirky and waiting on wonderland

CW: Two things - Fixing clothes and making hoods and capes?

Changing Wardrobes :


Firstly fixing clothes, I am visiting my mam, and she seems to of had a problem with some clothes, they are tearing and losing buttons. So with my needles and threads I am stepping up, well I the only one in the house who has 3 different sets of threads. Though I should add my mam is fully capable if it wasn't the time and care needed to fix them. She's gone back to work today and has my half brother to take care off (he's still very young).

So I have a jumper with buttons to fix, a pair of trousers have lost their stitching on the zipper, as well as a skirt and a dress that both have tears in the front. I need to take up the outskirts to the correct lengths (above the tears) and then proceed with taking up the lining skirts, to match in length.

Without a sewing machine - this is not daunting for me I did this last year with a vintage Chinese style dress. I am just hoping my mam is pleased with the results; that is a little daunting.



Secondly, I'd like to hear some opinions on fleece capes and hoods I could make, I've got a bright red and a powder soft blue- I probably won't mix the colours because the red will make the blue look very washed out, but who would be interested in buying something like that this autumn/winter?

The capes can be hooded or not, and the hoods, can be plain or themed to, will snap fastenings or Velcro on the front to fasten them against the elements. So the can be customised to each audience and customers. If it goes well I can buy more fabrics and keep on going.


Should I make children's or adults though?
                  As it is leftover fabrics and I do not plan on keeping any back. Please leave me your thoughts and ideas.

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CW: Two things - Fixing clothes and making hoods and capes?

Its been a week

..................... Well its been a little while and what have I done. Alot but not at the same, I havent done anything to my etsy and forgot to pay my rent (not good), failed to enter a competition my teacher wanted the whole 3 years of students to enter ( - as a result I couldn't get there attention for long enough to complete everything, I now have info to enter next year though), did a lot of printing and dying fabric, and I've found someone interested in my CV! I might be getting a placement.
This is really exciting I can't wait to see what I could do and see what I can really offer someone who works in the industry.

As I'm helping to organise a Youth market within a year, I have to write an article for pubilicity, something that as a result of the local maazine not getting in touch, I have very little tie, deadline wise. I am not happy with them and could have had 5 days more to do it! I thought being a magazine emails wold be checked daily. But now its down to me, wish me luck I'm gonna try to finish it today.

In relation to this blog I have prepared a few items to post, projects, and have failed to photogrph my daily clothes selection, even though I went out the other day. I also have no where to photograph these photographs either, no where nice in my home or close by. I best get thinking really.

I really didn't realise it had been a week, but I guess its quite easy to do since Ive stayed back a lot this week.

Its gonna get difficult since I have facebook, etsy blogger and now want twitter something I have never used before.

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Its been a week