Industrial project

This is the first project of the second year which is designed to be a mock for the FMP. We were required to write our own brief and make a capsule collection of two outfits.

                                            

I started looking at tropical flowers as I had visited the island of Madeira and also the Eden project.

Digital Print of my design

Below are some pictures of my sketchbook work. 

Hand sewn fabric in my sketchbook

Sketch of some Orchids

Using solufleece and bondaweb, 

Appliqued flowers

Trapping layers of fabric using free hand embroidery 

Appliqued flowers

From my sketchbook work I started sampling with knit. 

Knit sample using the dubied

Knit sample using the dubied

Knit sample using the chunky knitting machine with the ribber

From my knit samples I started to lead these into final designs and garments.

Below are some examples of my CAD work and also my final dress idea coming together.

Fashion drawings using illustrator 

Here is all of my completed work including fashion illustrations of my outfits. 

Fashion illustrations

Final presentation

Final presentation area

Whitchurch Silk Mill Exhibition

The first and second year degree student's dresses went on display at the Whitchurch Silk Mill for a private viewing before being included as part of an exhibition at the Mill. It was good to see everyone's work on display as I know that we had all put so much effort into creating these special garments. Inside the mill itself are some exhibition spaces where our sketchbooks, samples and photos were on display already. There were some awards given at the viewing too. The exhibition of work will remain at the mill for a couple of months to celebrate the Mill's 200th birthday. Below are some photos taken on the evening of the private viewing.

My dress on display.

All of our dresses on display.

Some of my samples in the exhibition space.

Our groups dresses.

Me with my dress.

Live Project - The Making

We worked in groups during the making of our final garments. Below are a series of images that show the progress of the work leading up to my final garment being completed.

The top photo is of my group's samples, with my knit samples being in the centre. The other photos show the making of my embroidered fabric, with the bottom pictures in particular showing the construction of the dress. 

I really enjoyed making such big pieces of freehand embroidered fabric as I have only made small pieces previously. The knitted panels were made quite quickly. In the end I did not use a pattern to make my dress, instead I pinned the pieces of fabric onto the mannequin and sewed it from the measurements taken. It was not as easy as I had thought, sewing the stretchy knit to the silk embroidered panels, however I have learnt a lot from this project especially in terms of making the dress itself. I will definitely be combining embroidery into my future projects. 

Live Project Knit Samples

I created a range of knitwear samples as part of the Live project. Below are photos that show some of those samples. I have changed the make up of my yarns from those that I originally started off with, as now they contain a higher silk content. I really like the way these knit samples look and I'm pleased that they have turned out this way. I hope that they will go well with the embroidery panels I plan on using.

Sam

        

Silk Mill Project Samples

I have been working on samples to experiment as part of the 'Live' project. Although I specialise in knitting I wanted to incorporate some embroidery into my samples as I particularly enjoy it and can use silk too. My experimenting has included some silk fabrics, silk threads and free hand embroidery. I really like how the two samples I made have turned out. I would really like to try and use these in my final garment. Below are a series of photos of the samples whilst they were being made.

Sam