Illustrator - The Clock

Sewing a bodice

Today we used our pattern we made to create our bodice. I sewed all of my seams at 1.5 cm so had to unpick them all and re sew them at 1 cm which was annoying. I left my bodice with the sleeves pinned to it all ready to sew them on and use my bias strip on the neck line next week.




18th October - The Fashion Show
At the fashion show it was mostly waiting around. I hoped to see a glimpse of the glamourous side but when it was eventually show time it was over so fast I could hardly take it in. Great experience though and I can't wait to do it again. I might have even got a job at Roberta out of it!

Pattern Cutting

Today we were constructing straight onto a tailors dummy, I really enjoyed everything we did. We put designer tape on the seams and used that as a guide once we started forming a bodice with calico. We only did half the front and back because if you were cutting it from a pattern that would be cut on the fold. This is definitely something I want to do a lot more. I preferred it to drawing a pattern straight onto paper. I love it when fabric turns into something that actually resembles something you can wear!

Illustrator

Today I used Illustrator for the first time. I've been looking forward to learning how to use it as I struggle with drawing people for my designs. We were eased into it slowly and spent our first day colouring a scuba diver and in the end he was swimming through a hoop. It was surprisingly hard to create the hoop but I was pleased when I finally managed to do it.

Photoshop

Today we used Photoshop. I have never liked Photoshop and am still completely clueless to what I did, how I got there and no idea how to do it again.

Freshers Week

So far my time at AUCB has been eventful. The first week was mostly waiting around but was a great opportunity to talk to a lot of interesting people and get used to the uni itself. I enjoyed going to the beach the most and guessing who the designers were from the clues.

I can't wait for the course to be in full swing.

Cecil Beaton

Be daring, be different, be impractical, be anything that will assert integrity of purpose and imaginative vision against the play-it-safers, the creatures of the commonplace, the slaves of the ordinary.

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