Fashion and Textiles Another day ... another design 10th September

  Fashion and Textiles 10th September

Another day ... another design.

Having abandoned my idea of a jumper dress, thanks to the sudden realisation that I couldn't really resew the knitted jumper back together without making a mess of it, I had to rethink my design.

I started the day looking at a bag of my sisters old clothes. Finding some old jeans, I remembered some photos of tops and bags made out of them. I took the jeans and a couple of other items that might come in handy and set off for college.

I walked into the fashion and textiles room and showed the tutor my idea of a jumper dress, hoping for some feedback. Sadly the dress wasn't to be. It was mostly due to the fabric and the fraying.

I held up the jeans I stole from my sister and stared at them. "What could I make out of you?" I said hoping for an answer. After sitting there a while, I started cutting. I found a nice skirt and took the lining out. It was a lovely grey colour. I draped it over the back of the manikin and pined it. This created a lose flowing back.

I took the belt holders off the jeans and put them to one side. Next I cut the waistband off the jeans. I had an idea to put it around the neck to create a halter neck. I wanted to use the belt bands to attach the draping fabric back to the halter neck.

After all the pinning, I stood back and looked at it. I had to work out what to put on the front of my coat. After a quick look around at the group and what they were doing, I got back to it. I quickly sketched out a design for a coat. Cutting up more of the jeans, I took the scissors to the legs for the front bodice then looked at what was left. I had very little to play with, but the pockets of the jeans would do nicely for the coat. Pinning it to the manikin, I noticed it was a little too big. Grabbing more pins, I made a fold in the fabric which I tried to match with the lines of the back.

With that pined, it was time to call it a day. I was happy with the design. I decided to leave it at that as I wanted to get home, do a bit of research, but mostly try and get some new ideas.