Okay, first word to anybody trying to become a fashion designer without going to school to do so. My dears, my poor poor dears please listen to me very carefully, this is not Chanel's era, we all need to do things differently now, you must learn everything you need to know as a fashion designer before you attempt to wing it on partial knowledge, okay? This is what just happened to me, I contacted a clothing company and they were interested in my designs and wanted to acquire the specs for my garment designs, I don't yet have pattern making skill though and had actually forgotten about the technical aspects of fashion illustrations (the flat 'technical' line drawings used by the pattern makers) and so, there is no practical way to for the company to do business with me in the way that this business is run now. And that's okay, because although I've been dis-illusioned and dis-appointed I was aiming to learn all I had to know as a fashion designer any way. So I haven't of course been knocked off my path. I haven't and you shouldn't be either. Just keep going and focus on the next step in front of you and not how long the journey is.
Anyway though, I've joined the fashion industry network and I've been making a few friends along the way. There are also some products that I know are going to help me out in my path and here's a list of which wonderful things they are: The Lutterloh Pattern Making System, Islander Sewing's Industrial sewing training DVDs and 'Il Figurino Di Moda' Fashion Design Techniques Book and the Portfolio Presentation for Fashion Design book (I've just ordered this last one) So I'm digging in my heals like usual and continuing to find my way.
I wish you all a wonderful day,
Ayisha (Emma)
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Sunday, June 29, 2014
Friday, June 20, 2014
Where's My Project Runway Archive
Shoot, you know a few months back I went onto the Project Runway Canada site and discovered that, COOL, they had the entire archive of project runway Canada episodes, that was wonderful because I managed to miss all of them. Well, a few weeks ago I went back on the site and discovered that they got rid of the archive. What was that done for? Ouch, please if anyone knows where I could watch the old episodes without having to suffer through commercials and what not, let me know. There is nothing more enjoyable than watching educational programming on one of your favorite subjects, fashion design.
As a reality show, it brings home the sometimes uncomfortable, downright frightening competitive reality of the fashion industry and I think that was really indispensable to any aspiring fashion designer to watch as it brings you face to face with the challenges of the business of fashion before you actually take the plunge. It was fun to watch too. I wish so much that they'd bring it back. I think I'm going to go back to the site now to see if anything has changed, or maybe I missed something, here's the link in case you're interested http://runway.globaltv.com/default.aspx or am I just so absent minded that there were only 12 episodes to the show and only one season? It doesn't feel good to be so out of touch with fashion television.
As a reality show, it brings home the sometimes uncomfortable, downright frightening competitive reality of the fashion industry and I think that was really indispensable to any aspiring fashion designer to watch as it brings you face to face with the challenges of the business of fashion before you actually take the plunge. It was fun to watch too. I wish so much that they'd bring it back. I think I'm going to go back to the site now to see if anything has changed, or maybe I missed something, here's the link in case you're interested http://runway.globaltv.com/default.aspx or am I just so absent minded that there were only 12 episodes to the show and only one season? It doesn't feel good to be so out of touch with fashion television.
Tuesday, June 3, 2014
Fashion Designer Vivienne Westwood's Summer 2010 Collection
Okay, I'm holding on to my dream of being a fashion designer one day in the future (before I'm 50 that is) but at the moment I'm forced to put it on the back burner for a while, yet again. So instead of putting my interest in fashion on the back burner too, because that's stressful you know? I'm going to make this blog about fashion things that strike my fancy and arrest my attention. One such thing recently has been Vivienne Westwood's Summer Collection. In a phrase, her collection strikes me as a kind of nightmarish fantasy of apocalyptic day dreams.
It's confusing at first and disturbing throughout but, yes her collection is thought provoking and I must say I usually appreciate anything that makes me wonder.
Among her pieces are garments that at first sight regardless of the model's 'match flame' hair and ghostly makeup are almost pretty takes on historical costumes and modernized garments. Then when you look a little closer there's awkwardly matched color or textile types or you realize the cut or an accent on it is an "improper" "anti-aesthetic" item that simply feels wrong.
However, retrospect thinking about what a lot of people (such as myself) perceive as beautiful is often reflective of ideals about human virtue or what we feel or wish the world could be like.
In contrast, Vivienne Westwood's fashion deconstruction, seems to oddly reflect the precarious character of humanness. Our aspirations to be something beautiful and peaceful while at the same time existing as a blindly destructive force corrupting that which is around us and ourselves. This approach to fashion, resulting in a collection that has a kind of confident haunting sadness and doom about it. At the end of this I wonder if between the two perspectives of
- one, the beauty of hope, ideals, and positive potentials and nature, etc etc
- and two, the perhaps more presently "realistic" art of fashion deconstruction
...does Vivienne Westwood's "art" hold more validity than the pursuit of traditional beauty as an art style that should be pursued?
As I think about this quote by Napoleon Hill, "What your mind focuses upon, your mind brings into existence.", I'll say this, if words are the building blocks of thought and a picture (and any other visual medium) speaks a thousand words than I feel that it's crucial that we focus on the creation of beauty as it reflects health, balance, human virtue, hope and the possibility of a positive future and not the glamorization of post apocalyptic matches brought to life even if it is art. You can check out what I'm talking about at fashion watch tv . com here's the link to Vivienne Westwood's summer 2010 collection
Till the next Fashion Item catches my thoughts, stay tuned for more and thanks for reading my post.
Have a wonderful day,
Ayisha
It's confusing at first and disturbing throughout but, yes her collection is thought provoking and I must say I usually appreciate anything that makes me wonder.
Among her pieces are garments that at first sight regardless of the model's 'match flame' hair and ghostly makeup are almost pretty takes on historical costumes and modernized garments. Then when you look a little closer there's awkwardly matched color or textile types or you realize the cut or an accent on it is an "improper" "anti-aesthetic" item that simply feels wrong.
However, retrospect thinking about what a lot of people (such as myself) perceive as beautiful is often reflective of ideals about human virtue or what we feel or wish the world could be like.
In contrast, Vivienne Westwood's fashion deconstruction, seems to oddly reflect the precarious character of humanness. Our aspirations to be something beautiful and peaceful while at the same time existing as a blindly destructive force corrupting that which is around us and ourselves. This approach to fashion, resulting in a collection that has a kind of confident haunting sadness and doom about it. At the end of this I wonder if between the two perspectives of
- one, the beauty of hope, ideals, and positive potentials and nature, etc etc
- and two, the perhaps more presently "realistic" art of fashion deconstruction
...does Vivienne Westwood's "art" hold more validity than the pursuit of traditional beauty as an art style that should be pursued?
As I think about this quote by Napoleon Hill, "What your mind focuses upon, your mind brings into existence.", I'll say this, if words are the building blocks of thought and a picture (and any other visual medium) speaks a thousand words than I feel that it's crucial that we focus on the creation of beauty as it reflects health, balance, human virtue, hope and the possibility of a positive future and not the glamorization of post apocalyptic matches brought to life even if it is art. You can check out what I'm talking about at fashion watch tv . com here's the link to Vivienne Westwood's summer 2010 collection
Till the next Fashion Item catches my thoughts, stay tuned for more and thanks for reading my post.
Have a wonderful day,
Ayisha
Monday, June 2, 2014
New Resources To Help You With Your Online Fashion Degrees
Over the past few days I've come across 3 great new information resources for those of us Fashionistas that are looking to become fashion designers on a DIY basis or through traditional college or by getting a few online fashion degrees. (I'll provide the links to each of these sites after I tell you a bit about them)
First, I came across a wonderful explanation behind the precarious copyright laws regarding the protection of Fashion Designs, it's good for any fashion designer to familiarize yourself with these laws, your designs are not protected for your own good, if they were, your work could prove to be your legal undoing, a liability.
However pretty much direct copying is still a frowned upon disgrace, some designers have won battles with each other over this. Thank God, but it's a good thing too because we should all strive to be more creative.
For the greatest amount of protection of your work, document your fashion design process. You can do this by keeping your sketch book of the evolution and inspiration of your ideas, keep the mood board. Collect all your material created during the fashion design process, put it in an envelope and mail it to yourself, and never open it. That's one way, it's all about the creation date, another way I should think, is to post your work online, on a blog, on an online portfolio, person website, the internet is an archive of dated material.
I've done this with my own work already so I guess I've successfully protected myself in a way. Now all I have to do is get my work on the store shelves, well that's another story.
Second site I've stumbled upon was Top Fashion Designers, this webpage is a listing of all the top name fashion designers, not only can you check out their latest collections but you can also get a brief over view of each designers biography. I've enjoyed reading quite a few of them already, they're highlighted facts about their background, how they got started, just a very interesting information resource.
If you're attending an online fashion design school or you have to do a paper on a famous fashion designer, this is the place to go to find out which one you want to write about. As for all of us non-student, DIY people, read up on these designers, you never know where you're going to get your heads up about the next move you should make and that's besides the great collections they've got up.
Third site I found called Couture Candy, would be great in helping your creative wheels turn in the fashion design process. It's a special store that sells very high end, designer label, avant garde street wear, I love the site it's got some great garments to look at, I could get lost browsing this fashion store/gallery for hours looking for the next idea to work with. Not steal mind you, but mutate, add too, and other wise use as a jumping board for my own semi-original garment collection.
So far as the buying is concerned, the prices are high of course, but they aren't too bad at all if you've got the money.
Watch Johanna Blakley talk about Copyright Law in fashion:
Copyright Law In the Fashion Industry
The one stop site for quick biography highlights of all the best designers:
Top Fashion Designers
And here's that great fashion store I found:
Couture Candy
You can find more info and resources at:
Budget Online Fashion Design Schools and Resources
First, I came across a wonderful explanation behind the precarious copyright laws regarding the protection of Fashion Designs, it's good for any fashion designer to familiarize yourself with these laws, your designs are not protected for your own good, if they were, your work could prove to be your legal undoing, a liability.
However pretty much direct copying is still a frowned upon disgrace, some designers have won battles with each other over this. Thank God, but it's a good thing too because we should all strive to be more creative.
For the greatest amount of protection of your work, document your fashion design process. You can do this by keeping your sketch book of the evolution and inspiration of your ideas, keep the mood board. Collect all your material created during the fashion design process, put it in an envelope and mail it to yourself, and never open it. That's one way, it's all about the creation date, another way I should think, is to post your work online, on a blog, on an online portfolio, person website, the internet is an archive of dated material.
I've done this with my own work already so I guess I've successfully protected myself in a way. Now all I have to do is get my work on the store shelves, well that's another story.
Second site I've stumbled upon was Top Fashion Designers, this webpage is a listing of all the top name fashion designers, not only can you check out their latest collections but you can also get a brief over view of each designers biography. I've enjoyed reading quite a few of them already, they're highlighted facts about their background, how they got started, just a very interesting information resource.
If you're attending an online fashion design school or you have to do a paper on a famous fashion designer, this is the place to go to find out which one you want to write about. As for all of us non-student, DIY people, read up on these designers, you never know where you're going to get your heads up about the next move you should make and that's besides the great collections they've got up.
Third site I found called Couture Candy, would be great in helping your creative wheels turn in the fashion design process. It's a special store that sells very high end, designer label, avant garde street wear, I love the site it's got some great garments to look at, I could get lost browsing this fashion store/gallery for hours looking for the next idea to work with. Not steal mind you, but mutate, add too, and other wise use as a jumping board for my own semi-original garment collection.
So far as the buying is concerned, the prices are high of course, but they aren't too bad at all if you've got the money.
Watch Johanna Blakley talk about Copyright Law in fashion:
Copyright Law In the Fashion Industry
The one stop site for quick biography highlights of all the best designers:
Top Fashion Designers
And here's that great fashion store I found:
Couture Candy
You can find more info and resources at:
Budget Online Fashion Design Schools and Resources
Monday, May 5, 2014
I Love Oscar De La Renta's New Collection
Oscar De La Renta's S/S 2011 collection is so beautiful, I just love the cut and look of these garments. He's got an incredible way of capturing the romantic, glamorous, elegance of the 40s and 50s and yet producing a collection that's so wearable now. I'm in love with that. He's provided a way to indulge in the classics without being 'dated' as old fashioned.
And I love this pin stripped look, I actually thought it was gray at first, but it isn't although it would look marvelous in a lovely solid, not too dark and not too light tone of gray. I would love to wear this outfit.
Here's the link to the pictures from the rest of his beautiful collection
http://fashionshowphotos.net/2011/2011-ss-new-york/oscar-de-la-renta-ss-2011/
Enjoy!
Budget Online Fashion Design Schools and Resources
Sunday, May 4, 2014
The Lutterloh Fashion Patternmaking System
I've just got my fashion patternmaking system by Lutterloh. I'm so excited because this is the beginning of eventually moving from freelance writing to real fashion industry work.
I'm going to first put together my own one women discount fashion patternmaking service for up and coming/student fashion designers and home sewers looking for custom patterns in exchange for photos of the finished designs on the intended wearer and patternmaking credit. This will be used to build my portfolio and resume. Then when I've got enough experience that way, I'll begin creating my own design samples, adding them to my portfolio and then shopping it around to get work as a designer at either a fashion house, clothing manufacturer or for my own line of clothes.
I've just got to find out where to get a roll of some decent patternmaking paper or a couple hundred yards of good paper on a roll, hmm, I'll look into my local newspapers, maybe see if the craft shops got anything or maybe a roll of butcher paper. I'll be looking for something between 36" to 50" inches in width I should think. Michael's will be my first quarry. Thank you Lord for this awesome opportunity and thank you Grandma, for making it possible.
Budget Online Fashion Design Schools and Resources
I'm going to first put together my own one women discount fashion patternmaking service for up and coming/student fashion designers and home sewers looking for custom patterns in exchange for photos of the finished designs on the intended wearer and patternmaking credit. This will be used to build my portfolio and resume. Then when I've got enough experience that way, I'll begin creating my own design samples, adding them to my portfolio and then shopping it around to get work as a designer at either a fashion house, clothing manufacturer or for my own line of clothes.
I've just got to find out where to get a roll of some decent patternmaking paper or a couple hundred yards of good paper on a roll, hmm, I'll look into my local newspapers, maybe see if the craft shops got anything or maybe a roll of butcher paper. I'll be looking for something between 36" to 50" inches in width I should think. Michael's will be my first quarry. Thank you Lord for this awesome opportunity and thank you Grandma, for making it possible.
Budget Online Fashion Design Schools and Resources
Thursday, May 1, 2014
Well, Time To Try Out My Fashion Industry Wings
I'm a little scared, about working with my first client but I'm currently looking for a designer to work with so I can work as a pattern maker, then, after a couple years with that kind of work, hopefully with more than one client, I'm planning to start my own line of fashion or get a job as a fashion designer. Got to be flexible because you never know where the greater opportunity lies.
So here is my ad, let me know what you think:
I'm a beginner pattern maker looking to partner up with a freelance, entrepreneur or student fashion designer to offer my pattern making services so I can further develop my skills while gaining experience in the field of fashion pattern making.
For anybody willing to give me a chance I'll do the first five garment patterns for free.
What I have in mind is to develop paper patterns for my partner/client (you) and mail them out to (you) in return for these services I want to get credit for the pattern drafting of the design (not the actual design itself). Along with a signed designer's sketch or illustration of the intended garment and an 'after production' photo of the garment on the intended wearer or dress form.
I'd also prefer that if professional photos can't be provided that they be taken in good (complimentary) lighting against a plain background.
After I've fulfilled my 5 free garment pattern commitment, my fee for each garment piece, depending on the complexity will be between $10 - $30 for at least 6 months.
If anybody is interested in my offer please email me at stylistwithacause@gmail.com
I'll be looking forward to hearing from you,
thanks and have a wonderful day
Ayisha1978
The Eco-Friendly Fashion Designer's Resource Page
Budget Online Fashion Design Schools and Resources
So here is my ad, let me know what you think:
I'm a beginner pattern maker looking to partner up with a freelance, entrepreneur or student fashion designer to offer my pattern making services so I can further develop my skills while gaining experience in the field of fashion pattern making.
For anybody willing to give me a chance I'll do the first five garment patterns for free.
What I have in mind is to develop paper patterns for my partner/client (you) and mail them out to (you) in return for these services I want to get credit for the pattern drafting of the design (not the actual design itself). Along with a signed designer's sketch or illustration of the intended garment and an 'after production' photo of the garment on the intended wearer or dress form.
I'd also prefer that if professional photos can't be provided that they be taken in good (complimentary) lighting against a plain background.
After I've fulfilled my 5 free garment pattern commitment, my fee for each garment piece, depending on the complexity will be between $10 - $30 for at least 6 months.
If anybody is interested in my offer please email me at stylistwithacause@gmail.com
I'll be looking forward to hearing from you,
thanks and have a wonderful day
Ayisha1978
The Eco-Friendly Fashion Designer's Resource Page
Budget Online Fashion Design Schools and Resources
Wednesday, April 9, 2014
Slow Progress, But That's How Things Are
Okay, so I've gotten into fashion pattern making now, I'm still doing freelance writing on the side because I'm not getting paid yet for my drafting gigs. If you teach yourself and you've got no experience and credentials, that's reality, you've got to do work for free to prove yourself. If you're dedicated it's not a real problem, but you still need to make money to live, especially important if you've got 2 kids and 4 cats, they don't stop needing stuff, so I'm choked. But, ONWARD! You know what Benjamin Franklin said? "Up with ye sluggard, there's time enough for rest when you're dead." I just love that, don't you? Goes hand in hand with my "Just do it!" motto I live by.
Wish I could keep up with my blog like I want too, nothing much has happened so far really, well, that's not quite true, I've managed to:
- land a few non-paying clients (everybody likes free labor don't they?" one in Illinois, a girl in Florida and another one right here in Vancouver, all by using the fashion industry network and craigslist, hmm, didn't think to use kijiji though, I'll do that too
- come across this awesome site for designers to upload their fashions, get exposure and even get their garment made and sold (and earn a profit from it, too cool huh? the site url is: http://www.garmz.com/ great team, great quality site, you got to love them and check it out
and I've come to realize that I better get Connie Amaden Crawford's book "pattern making made easy" so I can further professionalize my work, the lutterloh pattern making system has some nice "blocks" you can work from, but they're pretty poor on marking and labeling so I need another resource as well, I'm thinking Connie's book should do it. Maybe I should have done that first, but I'm starting to shun procrastination big time and wanted to get started. Face your fears, let nothing stop you, when you jump out the plane you've got to hit the ground running!
Anyway, wish me luck, I want all of you to succeed in your dreams, let's make a happy, eco-friendly world!
Eco Friendly Fashion Designers Resources page
Budget Online Fashion Design Schools and Resources
Wish I could keep up with my blog like I want too, nothing much has happened so far really, well, that's not quite true, I've managed to:
- land a few non-paying clients (everybody likes free labor don't they?" one in Illinois, a girl in Florida and another one right here in Vancouver, all by using the fashion industry network and craigslist, hmm, didn't think to use kijiji though, I'll do that too
- come across this awesome site for designers to upload their fashions, get exposure and even get their garment made and sold (and earn a profit from it, too cool huh? the site url is: http://www.garmz.com/ great team, great quality site, you got to love them and check it out
and I've come to realize that I better get Connie Amaden Crawford's book "pattern making made easy" so I can further professionalize my work, the lutterloh pattern making system has some nice "blocks" you can work from, but they're pretty poor on marking and labeling so I need another resource as well, I'm thinking Connie's book should do it. Maybe I should have done that first, but I'm starting to shun procrastination big time and wanted to get started. Face your fears, let nothing stop you, when you jump out the plane you've got to hit the ground running!
Anyway, wish me luck, I want all of you to succeed in your dreams, let's make a happy, eco-friendly world!
Eco Friendly Fashion Designers Resources page
Budget Online Fashion Design Schools and Resources
Saturday, February 1, 2014
The Time Doctor, Setting Priorities And Patternmaking Practice
Okay, so there's only so much time you can squeeze out of a busy schedule. However, remember that you make time for the things that are important for you, we don't always like to face up to that. However, setting priorities and especially with something technical like patternmaking and making a commitment to laying one brick at a time, will allow you to reach your goals.
I'm already a quarter of the way through my patternmaking book and it's thanks to a great little program called TimeDoctor. It's free and what it does is help you stay focused on you're real priorities, not all your distractions. You'll be able to keep track of how you spend time on the computer and different tasks you list in you current schedule that way you have a little reminder and a way to get a bit self conscious about letting yourself swerve from the things you're supposed to do.
Well, I use it for sticking to my article work and when I've got milestones for article work completed that's when I'll use any bit of extra time to get busy with my patternmaking. Every little bit helps.
And a wonderful thing happened a few weeks ago, when I was working on developing the panels for the princess panels for the torso blocks, I discovered how to create the pattern for one of my own designs. This was a pivotal moment for me similar to how it felt when I first realized the secret to making successful cream puff dough. Or how to save your computer on your own from a virus. The knowledge of how to create something from scratch is very empowering and it definitely has increased my resolve to complete my study of Connie Amaden Crawford's "Patternmaking made easy".
I'm already a quarter of the way through my patternmaking book and it's thanks to a great little program called TimeDoctor. It's free and what it does is help you stay focused on you're real priorities, not all your distractions. You'll be able to keep track of how you spend time on the computer and different tasks you list in you current schedule that way you have a little reminder and a way to get a bit self conscious about letting yourself swerve from the things you're supposed to do.
Well, I use it for sticking to my article work and when I've got milestones for article work completed that's when I'll use any bit of extra time to get busy with my patternmaking. Every little bit helps.
And a wonderful thing happened a few weeks ago, when I was working on developing the panels for the princess panels for the torso blocks, I discovered how to create the pattern for one of my own designs. This was a pivotal moment for me similar to how it felt when I first realized the secret to making successful cream puff dough. Or how to save your computer on your own from a virus. The knowledge of how to create something from scratch is very empowering and it definitely has increased my resolve to complete my study of Connie Amaden Crawford's "Patternmaking made easy".
Tuesday, January 28, 2014
Don't Be Afraid Of Challenges
Okay, if you're like me you may be doing both a job you don't like and working toward learning how/doing one you love. For me this means being a freelance writer for hire while really wanting to pursue/indulge and dive into a fashion career. Somedays, I can't work on patternmaking, it's true because deadlines, articles need to be done at certain times. Being a ghost writer too, means that you're letting more than one person down if you don't complete your deadlines. Your direct client and their client, no a good thing.
So when you need to make the money with the job you don't care for, you need to face up to the fact that this is about daily/weekly priority fluctuations. You've got to be patient and avoid being reckless with your time. Think about your time priorities, if you've got an extra tight deadline to meet (4 articles need to be done by the day after tomorrow for example) then get those out of the way before working on your heart's desire (patternmaking practice). However, when you have a breather in the form of no current projects or a distant deadline, don't go slack. DON'T PROCRASTINATE!
If working on patternmaking or anything else that you really want to do that takes time and effort, don't steal time away from your dreams by taking it easy. Get up and fight for what you love and get busy working on it. The little problem that keeps us from doing that is wanting our undesirable work to be easier right? Like, if we just relax and take some time off doing nothing, than the 'other work' won't be so depressing and stressful right?
If this is happening to you, put your foot down with yourself and remind yourself that if you work on what you love anyway it's the only right way to invest in yourself and your dreams. Even if by doing so you keep your not-so-fun work on a constant fairly tight deadline, at the end of the day, you still know that you're working toward your goal, you're getting somewhere. It's like what they say in the fitness industry, "no pain, no gain".
If you'd like to find out more about the fashion industry, schools, work, inspiration or anything else related to fashion visit my site at:
Budget Online Fashion Design Schools and Resources
If you're a designer or home sewer and you'd like to find some cool eco-friendly fabrics and more check out my resource page at:
The Eco-Friendly Fashion Designer's Resource Page
So when you need to make the money with the job you don't care for, you need to face up to the fact that this is about daily/weekly priority fluctuations. You've got to be patient and avoid being reckless with your time. Think about your time priorities, if you've got an extra tight deadline to meet (4 articles need to be done by the day after tomorrow for example) then get those out of the way before working on your heart's desire (patternmaking practice). However, when you have a breather in the form of no current projects or a distant deadline, don't go slack. DON'T PROCRASTINATE!
If working on patternmaking or anything else that you really want to do that takes time and effort, don't steal time away from your dreams by taking it easy. Get up and fight for what you love and get busy working on it. The little problem that keeps us from doing that is wanting our undesirable work to be easier right? Like, if we just relax and take some time off doing nothing, than the 'other work' won't be so depressing and stressful right?
If this is happening to you, put your foot down with yourself and remind yourself that if you work on what you love anyway it's the only right way to invest in yourself and your dreams. Even if by doing so you keep your not-so-fun work on a constant fairly tight deadline, at the end of the day, you still know that you're working toward your goal, you're getting somewhere. It's like what they say in the fitness industry, "no pain, no gain".
If you'd like to find out more about the fashion industry, schools, work, inspiration or anything else related to fashion visit my site at:
Budget Online Fashion Design Schools and Resources
If you're a designer or home sewer and you'd like to find some cool eco-friendly fabrics and more check out my resource page at:
The Eco-Friendly Fashion Designer's Resource Page
Sunday, January 5, 2014
Chapter 12 Kimonos and Raglans or Chapter 13 Sleeve Drafts pattern making practice?
Another patterm making weekend, study/practice that is. I just completed chapter 11 dealing with drafting collars and hoods. Chapter 12 of Connie Amadon Crawford's Pattern Making Made Easy is dealing with Kimono and Raglan block construction, however, the next Chapter (13) is dealing with sleeve blocks, which I need to draft the Kimono and Raglan blocks, so I've decided to do Chapter 13 (the sleeve chapter) first. Looks like there's a really neat new way to draft sleeves too. The tecnique is based on a arm size measurement table, love those kind of guidelines. I also love learning all these different processes to drafting patterns. I remember thinking that patternmaking was some kind of illusive, magical art, which maybe a cute, sometimes inspiring way to look at things, but it can become a little daunting when you actually try to develop patternmaking skills without having proper instructions to follow and that's not really a good thing. Thanks to Connie's book I see pattern making as an adventure in practical geometry, based on clothing the human figure, all math, curves and a welcome comfortable logic. Lots of nice rules to follow to help you along too, taking the guess work out of the picture and of course laying the foundation for experimental changes and alterations.
I thought I was going to be able to just buy my dress form in a few weeks or less, well, I'm not going to be able to do that, however, I've started saving a little of all the money I make off my writting gigs :) to put toward my dressform. I can't wait to have the beautiful thing in my home. I'll have to mark it on my own but that's okay, I even like the idea (I might even decorate it, hehehe). What I've done is just started leaving 20 - 30 dollars what ever is a bit more than my usual $100 + writing project (usually a whole batch of article re-writes) and I am pretty close to what I need, just got to make sure I've got enough for shipping and handling for my dressform as well. I'm thinking I may be able to buy it at the end of the month which ain't really bad at all.
I want to make something clear to all you readers out there that may be wondering "but if she's already making patterns without a dressform, why is she buying one anyway?" Well, just let me square up about the situation, I have sewn and made my own clothes for quite a few years (since I was 13 or so) however you can imagine how errored those patterns were :(, I couldn't help it though, I just had to do it right? Well same thing here, my familiarity with basic pattern shapes helped me draft a bodice without a dressform, done just well enough as an educational tool to continue developing the rest of the blocks in the book. But these blocks are a bit distorted, and I don't like that. So, to get my patterns drafted perfectly, I obviously need what they all say, that lovely dressform. Working on the book ahead of time has just cut down my preparation time to be able to create ready to use patterns. When I'm done with this practice, I'll make the 24 or so basic blocks over again from dressform bodice draft and I'll be good to go. Just thinking about this is very exciting :) Any way, I got to throw some bread pudding in the oven and get started with my sleeve drafting practice. .
If you'd like to read more about fashion, information on the industry and online schools check out my site at:
Budget Online Fashion Design Schools and Resources
If you're a designer or home sewer and you'd like to find some cool eco-friendly fabrics and more check out my resource page at:
The Eco-Friendly Fashion Designer's Resource Page
I thought I was going to be able to just buy my dress form in a few weeks or less, well, I'm not going to be able to do that, however, I've started saving a little of all the money I make off my writting gigs :) to put toward my dressform. I can't wait to have the beautiful thing in my home. I'll have to mark it on my own but that's okay, I even like the idea (I might even decorate it, hehehe). What I've done is just started leaving 20 - 30 dollars what ever is a bit more than my usual $100 + writing project (usually a whole batch of article re-writes) and I am pretty close to what I need, just got to make sure I've got enough for shipping and handling for my dressform as well. I'm thinking I may be able to buy it at the end of the month which ain't really bad at all.
I want to make something clear to all you readers out there that may be wondering "but if she's already making patterns without a dressform, why is she buying one anyway?" Well, just let me square up about the situation, I have sewn and made my own clothes for quite a few years (since I was 13 or so) however you can imagine how errored those patterns were :(, I couldn't help it though, I just had to do it right? Well same thing here, my familiarity with basic pattern shapes helped me draft a bodice without a dressform, done just well enough as an educational tool to continue developing the rest of the blocks in the book. But these blocks are a bit distorted, and I don't like that. So, to get my patterns drafted perfectly, I obviously need what they all say, that lovely dressform. Working on the book ahead of time has just cut down my preparation time to be able to create ready to use patterns. When I'm done with this practice, I'll make the 24 or so basic blocks over again from dressform bodice draft and I'll be good to go. Just thinking about this is very exciting :) Any way, I got to throw some bread pudding in the oven and get started with my sleeve drafting practice. .
If you'd like to read more about fashion, information on the industry and online schools check out my site at:
Budget Online Fashion Design Schools and Resources
If you're a designer or home sewer and you'd like to find some cool eco-friendly fabrics and more check out my resource page at:
The Eco-Friendly Fashion Designer's Resource Page
Saturday, January 4, 2014
If You Know You're Passionate About Patternmaking Invest In Your Tools
I can't emphasize this more, if you know you've really wanted to get into fashion design and patternmaking, like if you've really wanted to since you were a kid, get the tools you need. It's not fair to your potential progress to deprive yourself of the things you'll need to make it. I know because that's what I've been doing to myself for years. This is one of the bad things about having too many interests, you don't always know which ones you really want to see through till the end, or rather, through to the actual pursuit of a career. Also if you're one of those people that find this inner voice making you feel like you're irresponsible if you spend money on a skill you enjoy developing and working on, don't listen to that voice, kick it in the bud right away and spend that money, wisely. I'll give you my example: it's taken me years to finally get Connie Amadan Crawford's book, Patternmaking Made Easy, then, instead of getting a dressform, french curve for sleeves, buttonhole marker and things like that, I put it all off saying to myself "I don't want to spend all this money, just incase I don't make it" Well, a very good thing has happened because of this though, I've had the opportunity to find out just how serious I am about acquiring my fashion design and patternmaking skills because for every problem I inevitably run into, I find myself willing to fight to over come it. That's pretty nice.
So here's my new problem, I temporarily skipped the Raglan and Kimino blocks over the weekend in exchange for doing the sleeve blocks first, only to find out that I can't really complete the sleeve block procedure because they don't match up to the incorectly drafted bodice blocks, on account of the fact that they weren't made from a dressform. I'm not going to let that stop me though. One nice thing about the sleeve chapter, is that I discovered that I was already quite familiar with the various sleeve drafting concepts, puffed cap, bishop sleeve, cuffs, leg'o mutton sleeve from previous sewing and researching experience :) very nice. However, I learned a beautiful way to draft a fitted sleeve from which these variations are made. I've got artists french curves that I used to shape the cap, didn't quite work out the way the book suggested though, and I was of course un-able to "walk" the sleeve into the bodice armholes to check for accuracy. So what do I get out of this imperfection? I'm still more familiar with the sleeve drafting process than I would have been.
Well, yesterday I was 'lucky' enough not to have any writing assignments to work on, so I didn't take it easy, I went back to check out the Raglan and Kimino Sleeve Chapter, see if I could do it. Turns out that I could, I finished working on the Kimino block as I found out that I didn't really need a sleeve block to complete it, and even though, I don't have an accurate shirt and shirt sleeve blocks to work with I'm going to wing it with the Raglan block anyway, either today or this weekend. That is, depending on my writing work load.
Now a little bit about career and interest confusion. Years ago, actually since I was a young child I felt driven to get into film and fashion, it was so engrained in my heart, so early, that I can't really remember which came first. It started like this: everytime I watched a movie I liked, Star Wars, Dark Crystal, Legend etc, I would think to myself "I want to make it go on". I would then imagine an ongoing story or scenario for what ever film. This interest/passion went right into my teen years where I started getting my father to take me to the downtown library so I could pick up every book I could get my hands on that was about filmmaking and screenwriting. I halted my homeschooling and purchased a typewriter with the gift of $50 given to me by my mother's dearest friend and started working on film screenplays and treatments. Well after about 15 years of perpetual discouragement from my father, constant noise and interuption from my younger siblings and too many responsibilties, family instability, getting married, becoming a parent and a family break up (between my parents) I lost my zeal for the dream. Of course it didn't help any not to have any friends or contacts to network with and films took on a new charactor, at least the ones that someone brought home from time to time. I didn't have time any more to watch movies any way.
Where does the fashion come in? At the same time, from earliest memories of childhood to now, I've loved beautiful clothes, my mom would buy patterns from Woodwards department store where we would sit for hours looking at pattern books from Vogue, Butterick, McCalls and others. I could just die for how beautiful the illustrations were. I wanted to do everything I was looking at, the sewing, the cloths design, the illustrations. It was all so beautiful. These times make up some of my happiest memories. My mom would pick out some nice fabric too, back in the 80s they had some awesome prints, I'd have to see and touch as many as I could while my mom looked for the deals. And it didn't stop there, she would lay out all of these things on the living room floor and cut them out then sew them on her manual Singer sewing machine which she later handed down to me when I was about eleven years old. Every time I seen a dress or costume I liked in a cartoon, movie or comic book, I'd always dream about being able to make it myself. This turned into me eventually making my own patterns, they were terrible of course, but some of them were actually wearable and I did wear them, outside even when they were good enough. For years I made the mistake in thinking that if a person truly had a talent for something, they would be able to somehow just 'know' the skill without going to school (my parents were against formal education). I thought that a person wouldn't have to be taught and they would simply be able to develop the necessary skills on their own, lol. The problem with that, is it's true, however, it will take a very long time to do. And this time is unecessary thanks to books and schools. My father always taught that schools were for people who weren't really talented and didn't have an imagination, I laugh at that now as it's ridiculously unfair and so untrue.
Oh, oh, time is slipping here, I've got to attend to other things now, before my babies wake up. Blogger has taken away (only temporarily I hope) the spell checker, so I apologize for any typing errors.
If you'd like to read more about fashion, information on the industry and online schools check out my site at:
Budget Online Fashion Design Schools and Resources
If you're a designer or home sewer and you'd like to find some cool eco-friendly fabrics and more check out my resource page at:
The Eco-Friendly Fashion Designer's Resource Page
So here's my new problem, I temporarily skipped the Raglan and Kimino blocks over the weekend in exchange for doing the sleeve blocks first, only to find out that I can't really complete the sleeve block procedure because they don't match up to the incorectly drafted bodice blocks, on account of the fact that they weren't made from a dressform. I'm not going to let that stop me though. One nice thing about the sleeve chapter, is that I discovered that I was already quite familiar with the various sleeve drafting concepts, puffed cap, bishop sleeve, cuffs, leg'o mutton sleeve from previous sewing and researching experience :) very nice. However, I learned a beautiful way to draft a fitted sleeve from which these variations are made. I've got artists french curves that I used to shape the cap, didn't quite work out the way the book suggested though, and I was of course un-able to "walk" the sleeve into the bodice armholes to check for accuracy. So what do I get out of this imperfection? I'm still more familiar with the sleeve drafting process than I would have been.
Well, yesterday I was 'lucky' enough not to have any writing assignments to work on, so I didn't take it easy, I went back to check out the Raglan and Kimino Sleeve Chapter, see if I could do it. Turns out that I could, I finished working on the Kimino block as I found out that I didn't really need a sleeve block to complete it, and even though, I don't have an accurate shirt and shirt sleeve blocks to work with I'm going to wing it with the Raglan block anyway, either today or this weekend. That is, depending on my writing work load.
Now a little bit about career and interest confusion. Years ago, actually since I was a young child I felt driven to get into film and fashion, it was so engrained in my heart, so early, that I can't really remember which came first. It started like this: everytime I watched a movie I liked, Star Wars, Dark Crystal, Legend etc, I would think to myself "I want to make it go on". I would then imagine an ongoing story or scenario for what ever film. This interest/passion went right into my teen years where I started getting my father to take me to the downtown library so I could pick up every book I could get my hands on that was about filmmaking and screenwriting. I halted my homeschooling and purchased a typewriter with the gift of $50 given to me by my mother's dearest friend and started working on film screenplays and treatments. Well after about 15 years of perpetual discouragement from my father, constant noise and interuption from my younger siblings and too many responsibilties, family instability, getting married, becoming a parent and a family break up (between my parents) I lost my zeal for the dream. Of course it didn't help any not to have any friends or contacts to network with and films took on a new charactor, at least the ones that someone brought home from time to time. I didn't have time any more to watch movies any way.
Where does the fashion come in? At the same time, from earliest memories of childhood to now, I've loved beautiful clothes, my mom would buy patterns from Woodwards department store where we would sit for hours looking at pattern books from Vogue, Butterick, McCalls and others. I could just die for how beautiful the illustrations were. I wanted to do everything I was looking at, the sewing, the cloths design, the illustrations. It was all so beautiful. These times make up some of my happiest memories. My mom would pick out some nice fabric too, back in the 80s they had some awesome prints, I'd have to see and touch as many as I could while my mom looked for the deals. And it didn't stop there, she would lay out all of these things on the living room floor and cut them out then sew them on her manual Singer sewing machine which she later handed down to me when I was about eleven years old. Every time I seen a dress or costume I liked in a cartoon, movie or comic book, I'd always dream about being able to make it myself. This turned into me eventually making my own patterns, they were terrible of course, but some of them were actually wearable and I did wear them, outside even when they were good enough. For years I made the mistake in thinking that if a person truly had a talent for something, they would be able to somehow just 'know' the skill without going to school (my parents were against formal education). I thought that a person wouldn't have to be taught and they would simply be able to develop the necessary skills on their own, lol. The problem with that, is it's true, however, it will take a very long time to do. And this time is unecessary thanks to books and schools. My father always taught that schools were for people who weren't really talented and didn't have an imagination, I laugh at that now as it's ridiculously unfair and so untrue.
Oh, oh, time is slipping here, I've got to attend to other things now, before my babies wake up. Blogger has taken away (only temporarily I hope) the spell checker, so I apologize for any typing errors.
If you'd like to read more about fashion, information on the industry and online schools check out my site at:
Budget Online Fashion Design Schools and Resources
If you're a designer or home sewer and you'd like to find some cool eco-friendly fabrics and more check out my resource page at:
The Eco-Friendly Fashion Designer's Resource Page
Monday, December 2, 2013
Planning A Patternmaking Portfolio
It's Sunday so it might be the wrong day to fear / antisipate business going slow (I know I'm being impatient) but there's a great way to plan ahead on what to do with any spare free time I may have. Update my fashion squidoo pages (when they fix up the bugs on my lens), review my fashion industry books, but perhaps, more importantly I should work on putting together some content for my own online patternmaking portfolio.
I don't have any eco - friendly fabric, but I do have a stock of fabric from years ago and some other materials I purchased from thrift stores. So I should try to decide on what kind of designs to create that would demonstrate some serious patternmaking abilities. Then I'll have to figure out how to take some decent photos (with my cell phone? hahaha, I'll probably have a great new camera by then hopefully) to put on my portfolio pages.
The thing is here is that my sewing skills aren't that great, or atleast not as refined as I'd like them to be, so I'll have to get past that to provide some visual 'credentials' for my patternmaking skills. That shouldn't be too much trouble though, usually when I sew I'm in a rush, things rarely turn out perfect like that. I'll just take my time so I can get it right.
I want to make some complex garments and some simple garments. I think one garment should be a sort of empire waist baby doll slip with a keyhole detail at the centre front and slightly flared hemline. The next design should be a princess seam dress with puff cap sleeves and cut out detailing in the sleeve and side panel areas. I'm thinking this would need some kind of backing material or interfacing to stabilize and support the cut out areas neatly though. I should also do a pair of pants with frontier pockets and an asymetrical jacket. For the simpler designs I think I'll do a totally girly scalloped hem tulip skirt with fullness at the waisline and hips tapered to slim fit skirt width at the below the knee hemline. I'd also like to do an interesting color block fitted vest.
Yeah, I'll work on these whenever I don't have clients or much work and post these projects on the sewing mamas forum too. I'll plan ahead to take my time and make sure they turn out perfectly too. Right now then, I have to re-do my little figure templates and do my fashion illustrations for these designs first. When I can, I'll post the figure templates on my Squidoo lens too.
I don't have any eco - friendly fabric, but I do have a stock of fabric from years ago and some other materials I purchased from thrift stores. So I should try to decide on what kind of designs to create that would demonstrate some serious patternmaking abilities. Then I'll have to figure out how to take some decent photos (with my cell phone? hahaha, I'll probably have a great new camera by then hopefully) to put on my portfolio pages.
The thing is here is that my sewing skills aren't that great, or atleast not as refined as I'd like them to be, so I'll have to get past that to provide some visual 'credentials' for my patternmaking skills. That shouldn't be too much trouble though, usually when I sew I'm in a rush, things rarely turn out perfect like that. I'll just take my time so I can get it right.
I want to make some complex garments and some simple garments. I think one garment should be a sort of empire waist baby doll slip with a keyhole detail at the centre front and slightly flared hemline. The next design should be a princess seam dress with puff cap sleeves and cut out detailing in the sleeve and side panel areas. I'm thinking this would need some kind of backing material or interfacing to stabilize and support the cut out areas neatly though. I should also do a pair of pants with frontier pockets and an asymetrical jacket. For the simpler designs I think I'll do a totally girly scalloped hem tulip skirt with fullness at the waisline and hips tapered to slim fit skirt width at the below the knee hemline. I'd also like to do an interesting color block fitted vest.
Yeah, I'll work on these whenever I don't have clients or much work and post these projects on the sewing mamas forum too. I'll plan ahead to take my time and make sure they turn out perfectly too. Right now then, I have to re-do my little figure templates and do my fashion illustrations for these designs first. When I can, I'll post the figure templates on my Squidoo lens too.
Wednesday, November 20, 2013
The Patternmaker's Update: It's Been A Crazy Week
Okay, so on our holiday weekend I'd planned to get my first portfolio piece completed, I was raring to go and then I sat at the sewing machine to figure out stitch length and thread tension that would work for this beautiful but thin and slippery fabric I want to sew the lemon tulip lingerie pattern out of and...
The little rubber wheel that creates the traction necessary for new bobbin thread to be wound around a bobbin had melted into a gross black goo around the wheel it was supposed to be on. And that wasn't all, there was a piece of broken plastic from the socket that held the top thread spool, so there was only one thing left to do. Open her up and see if I could fix the problem(s). I'd found a crayon in the machine as well as the clip of marker top, my daughter's doing for sure.
I've fixed a sewing machine I had before, several times, with success. And I also repaired a scroll saw, on my own, again with success. I took time and patients and all but I did it so I had no inhibitions about opening up this Brother sewing machine and seeing if I could get it up and running again. Well after all was said and done, with an attempt to fit the wheel with a quintupled rubberband and then when I decided it wouldn't work because it was getting shredded, I headed for the toy box in search of a little car. Have you ever seen them? Little hard black rubber wheels, they might have been just the thing I needed, I did find one, and I did fit 2 of the cars wheels on the bobbin mechanism, but when I tried to run the machine, they too began to melt. Yuck, you know? Okay, so maybe the Brother company has the right wheel...I'll just have to email them, I thought.
Then, the needle bar somehow got misaligned too, so that the needle completely missed the bobbin case. No luck at all trying to figure that one out. I did what I always do, compare adjacent pieces, look for what looks like it's fitted wrong, was there something sitting in the plastic case the wrong way? Nothing made any sense. Why did this time have to be a problem I couldn't fix?
WELL, my husband came to my rescue and told me he'd get a new on for me on Monday, which he did along with a new computer to replace this beat up HP laptop that's been giving me a hard time. He's been watching me work on these computer patterns and get article projects done and realized I'm dead serious about what I'm into so he's offered his loving support and got me a beautiful new Singer sewing machine and a cool new Acer computer.
So I've been setting up the computer with all the programs and things I use to work and getting a new client's pattern completed (I actually just sent it off a few minutes ago). It was my very first corset pattern for a designer in Saudi Arabia. I hope they keep me on as a client. It takes me a little longer to do work for a new client because I usually need to first prepare a brand new sloper for them from scratch, they don't give me one. I'm not sure why, I guess they don't know about it. I did hear that companies and designers are supposed to provide the patternmaker with the sloper in the size they want though.
Any while doing a bit of research this week also had me discover the reason behind the necessity of perfection in a patternmaker's work. Thought it was just a pickiness thing? Think again. A person familiar with home sewing could easily make this mistake (I did for a while and I am a perfectionist) but the thing about homesewers, as Kathleen Fasanella puts it, " homesewers expect too much from themselves" they're highly skilled, where as the people working in a factory are not and don't need to be. This is why the pattern has to be perfect, flawless without so much as a 1/32 of an inch mistake, yes I'm not kidding you, don't even allow yourself a 1/32 of an inch mistake.
Because, the people working the factory sewing machines only have a small part of the garment to sew and they may not be aware how everything else is supposed to fit together they also won't know if something is a little off. And the mistake will go from one person to the next, no one knowing how to fix the problem, with chances being that the one mistake will cause additional mistakes and you'll end up with imperfect garments. The horror. And everyone will know it was your fault, you are the one who made a mistake!
Any way, how do you solve/prevent this problem all together, simple, when you're working on the computer, (God bless these things) set your nudge distance to 0.031 (this is the 1/32" I was talking about) and work under a microscope, in CorelDraw 9 for example, this means zooming in till 1" is about 5" or 6" on the screen. Make sure all your points, lines and curves match up everywhere under this "microscope" and remind yourself that this attention to detail is what will set you apart from the rest.
And just for the sake of reference, should any of you be using CorelDraw 9 to draft patterns, like myself, when you've powerclipped something into a 'container' to be able to cut it up into separate, perfect panels, make sure your cutting path ( this can be a straight or shaped line) isn't closed. If it is a closed path for some reason the interior of this path gets rid of the pattern piece you're trying to slice through.
Okay, so now I've got another dress pattern to do for my client in New York and I have to watch the dvd that came with the Singer sewing machine so I can start sewing with it fairly quick. Maybe this weekend, I'm hoping, unless something else comes up. But my deadline is either by the end of this month of April, or at the very least the first week or two of May.
The little rubber wheel that creates the traction necessary for new bobbin thread to be wound around a bobbin had melted into a gross black goo around the wheel it was supposed to be on. And that wasn't all, there was a piece of broken plastic from the socket that held the top thread spool, so there was only one thing left to do. Open her up and see if I could fix the problem(s). I'd found a crayon in the machine as well as the clip of marker top, my daughter's doing for sure.
I've fixed a sewing machine I had before, several times, with success. And I also repaired a scroll saw, on my own, again with success. I took time and patients and all but I did it so I had no inhibitions about opening up this Brother sewing machine and seeing if I could get it up and running again. Well after all was said and done, with an attempt to fit the wheel with a quintupled rubberband and then when I decided it wouldn't work because it was getting shredded, I headed for the toy box in search of a little car. Have you ever seen them? Little hard black rubber wheels, they might have been just the thing I needed, I did find one, and I did fit 2 of the cars wheels on the bobbin mechanism, but when I tried to run the machine, they too began to melt. Yuck, you know? Okay, so maybe the Brother company has the right wheel...I'll just have to email them, I thought.
Then, the needle bar somehow got misaligned too, so that the needle completely missed the bobbin case. No luck at all trying to figure that one out. I did what I always do, compare adjacent pieces, look for what looks like it's fitted wrong, was there something sitting in the plastic case the wrong way? Nothing made any sense. Why did this time have to be a problem I couldn't fix?
WELL, my husband came to my rescue and told me he'd get a new on for me on Monday, which he did along with a new computer to replace this beat up HP laptop that's been giving me a hard time. He's been watching me work on these computer patterns and get article projects done and realized I'm dead serious about what I'm into so he's offered his loving support and got me a beautiful new Singer sewing machine and a cool new Acer computer.
So I've been setting up the computer with all the programs and things I use to work and getting a new client's pattern completed (I actually just sent it off a few minutes ago). It was my very first corset pattern for a designer in Saudi Arabia. I hope they keep me on as a client. It takes me a little longer to do work for a new client because I usually need to first prepare a brand new sloper for them from scratch, they don't give me one. I'm not sure why, I guess they don't know about it. I did hear that companies and designers are supposed to provide the patternmaker with the sloper in the size they want though.
Any while doing a bit of research this week also had me discover the reason behind the necessity of perfection in a patternmaker's work. Thought it was just a pickiness thing? Think again. A person familiar with home sewing could easily make this mistake (I did for a while and I am a perfectionist) but the thing about homesewers, as Kathleen Fasanella puts it, " homesewers expect too much from themselves" they're highly skilled, where as the people working in a factory are not and don't need to be. This is why the pattern has to be perfect, flawless without so much as a 1/32 of an inch mistake, yes I'm not kidding you, don't even allow yourself a 1/32 of an inch mistake.
Because, the people working the factory sewing machines only have a small part of the garment to sew and they may not be aware how everything else is supposed to fit together they also won't know if something is a little off. And the mistake will go from one person to the next, no one knowing how to fix the problem, with chances being that the one mistake will cause additional mistakes and you'll end up with imperfect garments. The horror. And everyone will know it was your fault, you are the one who made a mistake!
Any way, how do you solve/prevent this problem all together, simple, when you're working on the computer, (God bless these things) set your nudge distance to 0.031 (this is the 1/32" I was talking about) and work under a microscope, in CorelDraw 9 for example, this means zooming in till 1" is about 5" or 6" on the screen. Make sure all your points, lines and curves match up everywhere under this "microscope" and remind yourself that this attention to detail is what will set you apart from the rest.
And just for the sake of reference, should any of you be using CorelDraw 9 to draft patterns, like myself, when you've powerclipped something into a 'container' to be able to cut it up into separate, perfect panels, make sure your cutting path ( this can be a straight or shaped line) isn't closed. If it is a closed path for some reason the interior of this path gets rid of the pattern piece you're trying to slice through.
Okay, so now I've got another dress pattern to do for my client in New York and I have to watch the dvd that came with the Singer sewing machine so I can start sewing with it fairly quick. Maybe this weekend, I'm hoping, unless something else comes up. But my deadline is either by the end of this month of April, or at the very least the first week or two of May.
If you'd like to read more about fashion, information on the industry and online schools check out my site at:
If you're a designer or home sewer and you'd like to find some cool eco-friendly fabrics and more check out my resource page at:
Wednesday, November 6, 2013
My Lemon Tulip Skirt Only Needs A Button Or Two Now
I just managed to finish my lemon tulip skirt portion of my portfolio piece today, I had to blind slip stitch the waistband to the wrong side of the skirt and then tack the hen facing to the inside of the skirt edge with the same blind slip stitch. I have to say, after seeing how it looks, I think I change my mind about wanting a fine hand rolled hem instead. I really like the way this turned out. Take a look below...
I love the way it curves gently outward from the waist then tapers to a narrow opening at the hemline...just like a tulip. So lovely. Now, I remember hearing on Fashion File, years ago, they were talking about one of John Galliano Couture collections for Dior had such fine craftsmanship, but that it was done with such a fine hand "...the clothes didn't look beat up". I was afraid that once I tacked down the facing to the inside of the skirt that it be weighted down and look overworked instead of looking like...a tulip, but it turned out great. Thank God.
I just have decide on what kind of closure type I'm going to use. In a Threads Magazine article, I read that any kind of closure on lingerie should act as additional embellishment and treated like jewelry. Okay, I've got to look for the right buttons then and make sure I've got 4 altogether, two for the skirt and two for the bodice piece.
When I'm finished with this portfolio piece though, I mean the entire look, not just this skirt, I'm going to put up another Patternmaking ad and include my portfolio link, I think I'll redo the url for that thing too, it's not great for Google pick up with the words it's using now. I think I'm going to offer my old deal again too, 4 patterns at $35 EUR each get the 5th one free.
On another note now though, I've put together a Pinterest board in dedication to my mom who has passed away. I haven't been able to think about much else lately, it troubles me that not enough people got to know just how wonderful and loving my mom was. She had an extremely well rounded range of interests and concerns for many things, the kind of things that mattered. I miss her very much and wanted to share what I could about her character. Here is the link to the Pinterest I made for her: http://pinterest.com/ayisha1978/all-about-mom/ and the photo of her that I'm going to use as the cover.
If you'd like to read more about fashion, information on the industry and online schools check out my site at:
If you're a designer or home sewer and you'd like to find some cool eco-friendly fabrics and more check out my resource page at:
Sunday, November 3, 2013
What Buttons To Use On My Lemon Tulip Skirt And Other Considerations
Okay, I'm faced with the decision of which buttons to use on my design. I don't have that many and don't want to buy anything that isn't eco friendly. So here are the following options I've got to choose from coming out of my old button can...
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| I love these buttons, and there wouldn't actually be a decision to make if I had two more smaller versions of these buttons, but I only have two and one large crystal flower button. |
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| I like these marble, crystal buttons but they're a bit heavy for the fabric and don't quite suite the design or the fabric color. |
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| These metal ball buttons are a little quirky for the design, but there's something about the combination I like a lot, can't quite put my finger on it |
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| These buttons match and all, but they don't add any character to the design and all though they're the right size and weight, I don't care for them too much. After all is said and done, I think I'm going to actually finish the bodice portion of the lemon tulip look before I decide which buttons to use. I've got to decide how I'm going to go about trimming down the ease for the bodice bands, however, and then transfer the changes to the digital pattern. I'm going to make the digital changes later, as for the actual fabric pieces with the interfacing sewn in and things, hmm. I don't actually want to cut into that. If I sew a seam down the center I guess that could fix the problem but there'd be a bulk issue and a new seam. Or, I could figure the amount to take off the sides, cut off the necessary amount, while making sure to include seam allowance. That way I could preserve the center notch. This means I'll be taking off 5/8" off each side seam of the bodice bands. After that I'll have to stay stitch the double sided tulip sleeves after taking in 6/8" from the under arm seam I'll have to create. If I sew this pattern up again, it won't have that seam though. I'll be putting in the gathering stitches too and prepare to sew the sleeves into a french seam. Can't wait to see how the french seam is going to work with the double sided tulip sleeve. I hope the shape and curve of the sleeve will turn out the way I wanted too. As for the interior closures for the design, I'm going to leave it to a couple pairs of hooks and eyes since they'll be out of sight. Any comments and suggestions about the buttons I should use are welcome, thanks. If you'd like to read more about fashion, information on the industry and online schools check out my site at: If you're a designer or home sewer and you'd like to find some cool eco-friendly fabrics and more check out my resource page at: |
Sunday, October 27, 2013
Only The Buttons Left To Do On My Lemon Tulip Pattern
Okay, I've got to fess up, this post is a week late as I did all this work last weekend and simply wasn't able to write a post for the life of me due to housework. It's a shame, but here are the photos of my finished look. My only complaints about the finished design, is that I think I should have made the waist and midriff band half the width (I just had to say that), I wish there was at least an extra 1/2" of ease in the waistband and the sleeves, although every bit as beautiful as I wanted them to be, should have been a bit shorter by at least 2". I'll be sure to put in all these tweaks when I re-work the pattern.
It might have to wait till next weekend though because I've got a pile of dishes sitting in the kitchen (note, I didn't restrict it to 'sink' eeeck!) and unfortunately my article writing suffered this week so I've got to make that up too.
I've got another confession to make as well, out of all the "how to" fashion books I've read, pattern making, sewing secrets, couture sewing, designer details, pattern grading and even various book on the fashion industry but .... after all is said and done, I realized last week that I've never actually read a book on Fashion Design. Isn't that crazy? I've got to get another book on pattern making, either dealing with women's suites, specialty patternmaking or patternmaking for lingerie, but my next book purchase will have to also include a book on Fashion Design, as in the design process that goes into collection development. I've already got a list of books I'm going to be picking from.
I'll have to choose between a book that focuses on the process itself from the perspective of a fashion school professor or another that focuses on the history of fashion design and the process. (I'm a sucker for history so this is a tough choice). Soon as I get my web cam up and running, or get a real camera, I'll start making book reviews of all the cool books I've been reading, or rather have read on fashion and patternmaking.
Any way, I didn't eat anything yet since early this morning either so I better get busy with my non-fashion work for now :(
Other than that, there are only the buttons left to put in and those are going to be the metal ball buttons. I still liked them after I had the garments sewn up, they're a little quirky for the design, I know, but I like them, it fits anyway. I'm not so sure about the lingerie part though actually, lol, after watching a few Tinkerbell movies, great 3D movies there, I think my design is more of a fairy costume, so funny. I'll have to do some serious lingerie another time, Oh hold it, I had an idea for a piece a few months back, I should work it out for my portfolio...! Awesome idea there. I think I want to do my jacket design anyway though. Now to decide which one I'm going to work on first.
It might have to wait till next weekend though because I've got a pile of dishes sitting in the kitchen (note, I didn't restrict it to 'sink' eeeck!) and unfortunately my article writing suffered this week so I've got to make that up too.
I've got another confession to make as well, out of all the "how to" fashion books I've read, pattern making, sewing secrets, couture sewing, designer details, pattern grading and even various book on the fashion industry but .... after all is said and done, I realized last week that I've never actually read a book on Fashion Design. Isn't that crazy? I've got to get another book on pattern making, either dealing with women's suites, specialty patternmaking or patternmaking for lingerie, but my next book purchase will have to also include a book on Fashion Design, as in the design process that goes into collection development. I've already got a list of books I'm going to be picking from.
I'll have to choose between a book that focuses on the process itself from the perspective of a fashion school professor or another that focuses on the history of fashion design and the process. (I'm a sucker for history so this is a tough choice). Soon as I get my web cam up and running, or get a real camera, I'll start making book reviews of all the cool books I've been reading, or rather have read on fashion and patternmaking.
Any way, I didn't eat anything yet since early this morning either so I better get busy with my non-fashion work for now :(
If you'd like to read more about fashion, information on the industry and online schools check out my site at: If you're a designer or home sewer and you'd like to find some cool eco-friendly fabrics and more check out my resource page at: |
Thursday, October 24, 2013
Surviving As A Self Taught Pattern Maker
Oh man, patternmaking work is dry right now. What happened? Could this be a crashed economy thing happening? Could this lack of work be simply because I don't have a great portfolio right now, or could it just be because there's just so little money going around that designers that are just starting out can't afford to go forward themselves till things get a little better? I hate wondering about that, bad economy or not though, I've got to keep going with my patternmaking work, otherwise I'll never get anywhere with it. I hope the economy improves, not only is it scary for work to be so hard to get, but it also sad that so many people, all over the world are having it so bad right now, it's frightening too.
I'm not one to live by my fears, but the thought has crossed my mind more then once, that maybe I'm doing all this for nothing because if the world gets to be a tougher place, people aren't going to be too worried about designer clothes, kind of like what happened in France during German occupation, the Germans felt like French use of fabric and resources was a big waste so they stopped pretty much all fashion production, design and all. In fact, if it weren't for Arabs and their passion for dressing their princesses in the finest, couture as we know it would have been dead long ago. Because it was after German occupation that the Arabs successfully revived the industry through demand. Interesting story there. So who knows what could happen in the coming years. We could see a temporary 'death' of fashion and when the world completes this stage it's going through, a new perspective and approach will take place in regards to fashion. The "industry" is probably going to become completely redefined. And the green movement will most likely play a major role in all of it.
I'm not just going to wait though, I've got a game plan, I'll always work on my patternmaking and fashion design, no matter what, even if there isn't any, or much money in it, however, I've taken an animal care specialist course and will review it again if I need to get a job once both my kids are in school (that is if my patternmaking doesn't start bringing in more money by then). And on an even more practical note, if I do get work as a vet assistant, I'll also take a course in Pharmaceutical assistant and a TEFL course (teaching English As A Foreign Language) so I'll be able to make money anywhere.
That's all about 2 years away though, for now I'm just going to keep up what I'm doing here, struggling to not let my article work drown out my time as patternmaker and designer for the sake of living expenses. I'm going to try and get a few books that will hopefully further my fashion related endeavors, the first of which pretty much are number in the order I think I'll try to get them in:
1. Fashion Design Course: Principles, Practice, and Techniques: the Practical Guide for Aspiring Fashion Designers by Faerm, Steven
2. Fashion 101: a Crash Course in Clothing by Stalder, Erika And Krietzman, Arie
3. The Fashion Designer's Directory of Shape and Style: Over 600 Mix-and-Match Elements for Creative Clothing Design (Barron's Educational) by Simon Travers-Spencer, Zarida Zaman
4. Pattern Cutting for Lingerie, Beachwear and Leisurewear by Ann Haggar (very important for some close fitting garments and special occasion wear, not just undergarments)
5. The Entrepreneur's Guide to Sewn Product Manufacturing by Kathleen Fasanella, Andree Conrad
6. Pattern Cutting for Women's Tailored Jackets by Winifred Aldrich
Hope to be ordering some of them soon if I can, I'll cross my fingers. As for what I've been doing lately outside of writing and family busy-ness, I've recently opened up my FaceBook Page "Fashion Patternmaking And Design" were I'll be offering
- my digital patternmaking services to anyone looking for a patternmaker (if you're interest just visit my page or email me at stylistwithacause@gmail.com)
- basic block patterns in different standard sizes (Butterick's sizes that is) for designers and home sewers looking for something to start designing their own clothes with
- and the patterns for my own designs as I get the time to develop them
I've also opened a basic pattern block drafting gig on Fiverr, for anyone who needs a particular size basic block pattern, here's the link: I will draft a basic digital bodice or skirt pattern block in the size you require for $5
And from now on each of my blog posts will end with all 4 of these links below:
If you're interested in my digital pattern making service (at $35 per garment pattern) contact me at stylistwithacause@gmail.com or on my FaceBook page "Fashion Patternmaking And Design"
If you would just like to order basic pattern blocks for bodice, torso, coat/jacket or skirt you can place an order for the size and kind you need here at my fiverr gig where I will draft a basic digital bodice or skirt pattern block in the size you require for $5
Want more information on the industry and online schools? Check out my site at:
Budget Online Fashion Design Schools and Resources
I'm not one to live by my fears, but the thought has crossed my mind more then once, that maybe I'm doing all this for nothing because if the world gets to be a tougher place, people aren't going to be too worried about designer clothes, kind of like what happened in France during German occupation, the Germans felt like French use of fabric and resources was a big waste so they stopped pretty much all fashion production, design and all. In fact, if it weren't for Arabs and their passion for dressing their princesses in the finest, couture as we know it would have been dead long ago. Because it was after German occupation that the Arabs successfully revived the industry through demand. Interesting story there. So who knows what could happen in the coming years. We could see a temporary 'death' of fashion and when the world completes this stage it's going through, a new perspective and approach will take place in regards to fashion. The "industry" is probably going to become completely redefined. And the green movement will most likely play a major role in all of it.
I'm not just going to wait though, I've got a game plan, I'll always work on my patternmaking and fashion design, no matter what, even if there isn't any, or much money in it, however, I've taken an animal care specialist course and will review it again if I need to get a job once both my kids are in school (that is if my patternmaking doesn't start bringing in more money by then). And on an even more practical note, if I do get work as a vet assistant, I'll also take a course in Pharmaceutical assistant and a TEFL course (teaching English As A Foreign Language) so I'll be able to make money anywhere.
That's all about 2 years away though, for now I'm just going to keep up what I'm doing here, struggling to not let my article work drown out my time as patternmaker and designer for the sake of living expenses. I'm going to try and get a few books that will hopefully further my fashion related endeavors, the first of which pretty much are number in the order I think I'll try to get them in:
1. Fashion Design Course: Principles, Practice, and Techniques: the Practical Guide for Aspiring Fashion Designers by Faerm, Steven
2. Fashion 101: a Crash Course in Clothing by Stalder, Erika And Krietzman, Arie
3. The Fashion Designer's Directory of Shape and Style: Over 600 Mix-and-Match Elements for Creative Clothing Design (Barron's Educational) by Simon Travers-Spencer, Zarida Zaman
4. Pattern Cutting for Lingerie, Beachwear and Leisurewear by Ann Haggar (very important for some close fitting garments and special occasion wear, not just undergarments)
5. The Entrepreneur's Guide to Sewn Product Manufacturing by Kathleen Fasanella, Andree Conrad
6. Pattern Cutting for Women's Tailored Jackets by Winifred Aldrich
Hope to be ordering some of them soon if I can, I'll cross my fingers. As for what I've been doing lately outside of writing and family busy-ness, I've recently opened up my FaceBook Page "Fashion Patternmaking And Design" were I'll be offering
- my digital patternmaking services to anyone looking for a patternmaker (if you're interest just visit my page or email me at stylistwithacause@gmail.com)
- basic block patterns in different standard sizes (Butterick's sizes that is) for designers and home sewers looking for something to start designing their own clothes with
- and the patterns for my own designs as I get the time to develop them
I've also opened a basic pattern block drafting gig on Fiverr, for anyone who needs a particular size basic block pattern, here's the link: I will draft a basic digital bodice or skirt pattern block in the size you require for $5
And from now on each of my blog posts will end with all 4 of these links below:
If you're interested in my digital pattern making service (at $35 per garment pattern) contact me at stylistwithacause@gmail.com or on my FaceBook page "Fashion Patternmaking And Design"
If you would just like to order basic pattern blocks for bodice, torso, coat/jacket or skirt you can place an order for the size and kind you need here at my fiverr gig where I will draft a basic digital bodice or skirt pattern block in the size you require for $5
Want more information on the industry and online schools? Check out my site at:
Budget Online Fashion Design Schools and Resources
Want to find some cool eco-friendly fabrics and more check out my resource page at:
Sunday, October 13, 2013
Got My Fashion Design Book And Started My Pattern Revision
It's only Wednesday but a lot has happened this week to allow me to now actually have more time to work on my patternmaking and play with my kids more, what a blessing. See I got a sinus infection about a week ago, and it was just getting worse, till I looked up some herbs for it, the three I started taking are cat's claw, burdock and St John's Wort.
And what do you know? Although it's been slow in treating my sinus infection, it's brought my depression down to some positive side effects. I can now quickly get my articles done in the morning, with them only taking about 45 minutes a piece rather then 2 and 1/2 hours so I'm having time I haven't had in years and years. It's like a miracle. I recommend it to anyone who has any level of depression that your psychiatrist can't prescribe medicine for, this herb is a God send.
Now for patternmaking, I've been deciding to tie up loose ends with my pattern making stuff so this morning I checked out my basic bodice block, posted the image of the finished product on facebook and I've just finished a couple hours work on the revision for my lemon tulip lingerie pattern. Next, I'm going to do a couple extra blocks for the size 6 set of pattern blocks, the jacket, pant and skirt slopers. Then I'll grade a set up to size 8.
After that though, I think I really want to start working either on one of the designs in my personal collection, or the other portfolio piece I designed (a light purple asymmetrical jacket and skirt set). Then again, although, I like that portfolio piece, I could use the one from my collection as my portfolio piece too. I'll see how I feel about it later.
Now about the fashion design book I got from the book depository. "Fashion Design Course" by Steven Faerm came in the mail on Monday and you know, I'm just on the fifth section, but I realize I should have gotten some books on specifically fashion design too rather then just getting all the other stuff, portfolio development, fashion illustration, fashion designer's sewing secrets, patternmaking and even how to survive as a fashion designer. I actually made the mistake of thinking that fashion illustration and a book on how to make it as a fashion designer would basically cover everything that I'd need to know as a designer. I was wrong though,
A book specifically about fashion design, such as this one written by a leader in fashion design education (the director at Parsons, no less) will cover history of fashion, reasons why certain designers are so important, why fashion changes as it does, who controls it, how and why. The other things it covers are details in how a fashion designer works with other people, such as the illustrators, patternmakers and sample hands to create prototypes and so on. The responsibilities of the fashion designer are mapped out in great detail.
This book will also be teaching me about the different techniques designers use to develop collections, like how to use inspiration around them, how to combine things, learn more about garment engineering and things like that. I mean it's not to say I don't know anything about it already, I do, but I'll be learning so much more through this, it'll open new doors and crystallize things I already have the right idea about. I'm hoping it'll cover a few extra 'designer' insights about patternmaking too though.
If you're interested in my digital pattern making service (at $35 per garment pattern) contact me at stylistwithacause@gmail.com or on my FaceBook page "Fashion Patternmaking And Design"
If you would just like to order basic pattern blocks for bodice, torso, coat/jacket or skirt you can place an order for the size and kind you need here at my fiverr gig where I will draft a basic digital bodice or skirt pattern block in the size you require for $5
Want more information on the industry and online schools? Check out my site at:
Budget Online Fashion Design Schools and Resources
Want to find some cool eco-friendly fabrics and more check out my resource page at:
And what do you know? Although it's been slow in treating my sinus infection, it's brought my depression down to some positive side effects. I can now quickly get my articles done in the morning, with them only taking about 45 minutes a piece rather then 2 and 1/2 hours so I'm having time I haven't had in years and years. It's like a miracle. I recommend it to anyone who has any level of depression that your psychiatrist can't prescribe medicine for, this herb is a God send.
Now for patternmaking, I've been deciding to tie up loose ends with my pattern making stuff so this morning I checked out my basic bodice block, posted the image of the finished product on facebook and I've just finished a couple hours work on the revision for my lemon tulip lingerie pattern. Next, I'm going to do a couple extra blocks for the size 6 set of pattern blocks, the jacket, pant and skirt slopers. Then I'll grade a set up to size 8.
After that though, I think I really want to start working either on one of the designs in my personal collection, or the other portfolio piece I designed (a light purple asymmetrical jacket and skirt set). Then again, although, I like that portfolio piece, I could use the one from my collection as my portfolio piece too. I'll see how I feel about it later.
Now about the fashion design book I got from the book depository. "Fashion Design Course" by Steven Faerm came in the mail on Monday and you know, I'm just on the fifth section, but I realize I should have gotten some books on specifically fashion design too rather then just getting all the other stuff, portfolio development, fashion illustration, fashion designer's sewing secrets, patternmaking and even how to survive as a fashion designer. I actually made the mistake of thinking that fashion illustration and a book on how to make it as a fashion designer would basically cover everything that I'd need to know as a designer. I was wrong though,
A book specifically about fashion design, such as this one written by a leader in fashion design education (the director at Parsons, no less) will cover history of fashion, reasons why certain designers are so important, why fashion changes as it does, who controls it, how and why. The other things it covers are details in how a fashion designer works with other people, such as the illustrators, patternmakers and sample hands to create prototypes and so on. The responsibilities of the fashion designer are mapped out in great detail.
This book will also be teaching me about the different techniques designers use to develop collections, like how to use inspiration around them, how to combine things, learn more about garment engineering and things like that. I mean it's not to say I don't know anything about it already, I do, but I'll be learning so much more through this, it'll open new doors and crystallize things I already have the right idea about. I'm hoping it'll cover a few extra 'designer' insights about patternmaking too though.
If you're interested in my digital pattern making service (at $35 per garment pattern) contact me at stylistwithacause@gmail.com or on my FaceBook page "Fashion Patternmaking And Design"
If you would just like to order basic pattern blocks for bodice, torso, coat/jacket or skirt you can place an order for the size and kind you need here at my fiverr gig where I will draft a basic digital bodice or skirt pattern block in the size you require for $5
Want more information on the industry and online schools? Check out my site at:
Budget Online Fashion Design Schools and Resources
Want to find some cool eco-friendly fabrics and more check out my resource page at:
Thursday, October 10, 2013
I've Got Pattern Making Work!
Wow, this was some kind of day, out of the blue, I got a pattern client who happened to stumble across my blog. She wants me to draft up the patterns for her line of childrens' clothing. I had to draft up a size 5 children's bodice and sleeve to prepare for it, fortunately, even though my little girl is 3, she wears a size 5 so that's worked out just fine and I've got the size 5 blocks to start working on in the morning.
I want to see if I can complete a garment pattern a day for this lady. As she does need them done by Friday, I'll cross my fingers about the one pattern a day thing. I love to do the three patterns that quickly. I may be getting more work from my hat pattern client too.
In all this strong prospective client thing going on, it was kind of funny, I wasn't able to finish those tweeks to my lemon tulip lingerie pattern again, even though I hauled out my dress form and everything this morning. Oh well, maybe next weekend. At least this time the thing that stopped me was patternmaking work :), big big plus there. If I get a little extra time I'm going to email the other client of mine, the design student over in New York, see how she's been doing lately.
If you're interested in my digital pattern making service (at $35 per garment pattern) contact me at stylistwithacause@gmail.com or on my FaceBook page "Fashion Patternmaking And Design"
If you would just like to order basic pattern blocks for bodice, torso, coat/jacket or skirt you can place an order for the size and kind you need here at my fiverr gig where I will draft a basic digital bodice or skirt pattern block in the size you require for $5
Want more information on the industry and online schools? Check out my site at:
Budget Online Fashion Design Schools and Resources
Want to find some cool eco-friendly fabrics and more check out my resource page at:
I want to see if I can complete a garment pattern a day for this lady. As she does need them done by Friday, I'll cross my fingers about the one pattern a day thing. I love to do the three patterns that quickly. I may be getting more work from my hat pattern client too.
In all this strong prospective client thing going on, it was kind of funny, I wasn't able to finish those tweeks to my lemon tulip lingerie pattern again, even though I hauled out my dress form and everything this morning. Oh well, maybe next weekend. At least this time the thing that stopped me was patternmaking work :), big big plus there. If I get a little extra time I'm going to email the other client of mine, the design student over in New York, see how she's been doing lately.
If you're interested in my digital pattern making service (at $35 per garment pattern) contact me at stylistwithacause@gmail.com or on my FaceBook page "Fashion Patternmaking And Design"
If you would just like to order basic pattern blocks for bodice, torso, coat/jacket or skirt you can place an order for the size and kind you need here at my fiverr gig where I will draft a basic digital bodice or skirt pattern block in the size you require for $5
Want more information on the industry and online schools? Check out my site at:
Budget Online Fashion Design Schools and Resources
Want to find some cool eco-friendly fabrics and more check out my resource page at:
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