Fashion and Textiles Stitch in time 18th September

Stitch in time 18th September

Today was the last day of Fashion and Textiles. The last two weeks have flown by. What started as a bag of old clothes, is now a finished dress of my own design. The journey to get to this point was a interesting one. The only down side was that two weeks just isn't long enough to dive into the rich world of Fashion and Textiles. My first design was a jumper dress. That got changed to a jean jacket, which then became more of a waistcoat. The end product was a dress. The whole process was one of exploring, generating and developing ideas, learning skills, making, continually testing and evaluating, getting feedback, and redesigning. It was a bumpy ride for a while, but I got there in the end. I'm pleased with the result.

The last day was a busy one; fixing up the last bit of my dress on the sewing machine; photographing my dress; and then finishing off my mood board. The many things I've learnt in the last two weeks I will take with me. I now know I can not only design a dress, but make it in under two weeks. I can use a sewing machine and logically structure a garment of different materials so its wearable. If you told me a short while ago I'd be able to do all that in such a short period of time, I wouldn't have believed it.

Learning about the different ways designers create their artwork is not only interesting, but inspiring. It has opened my eyes to the great lengths they go to, to create a finished design. As I looked around the room, I saw more than a collection of clothing; it was a room full of individual ideas that represented journeys we'd all taken, both individually and as a group.