Creative Draping 1 of 3
One of my classes is called creative draping, and is specifically geared towards teaching things that can only be achieved with draping. (Garments that couldn't be drafted on paper etc.) The style the teacher uses is very different than what I am used to, but I find it very enjoyable despite the occasional "lost" feeling. I say "lost" because we are not allowed to start thinking (No sketching etc.) about what we want to drape before we start...we just have to do it.
For example, the first day of class I was given six yards of Sheer pink polyester knit, a mannequin and told to drape a one-seam dress before the end of class. GO! When we (my fellow students and I) tried to ask what she meant by "One seam" she replied we were just to start, and if she saw us doing it wrong, she would tell us...
Closer to the end of class (When we all had something dress like) She gave a more detailed explanation. She wanted us to make a dress that looked as if it had "incomprehensible" construction. It could have more than "one seam" but none of them could be of a traditional style or placement.
This is my final result in fashion Fabric:
My dress actually ended up being fairly "one-seam". The entire skirt is one piece (If you don't count joining panels) and the bodice, straps and pocket are all one piece. Where the skirt is sewn to the bodice (And straps to skirt) is just one big seam making a jagged circle around the garment.
I love weird Functional pockets!!!
(Show on the size 8 mannequin on which it was draped)
The pocket from the outside:
The bodice extends down to create one side of the pocket, the other side is the cowl of the skirt.
The pocket from the inside:
To help the dress (The drapes) keep the shape/placement while worn, I added Some internal features. Mainly an elastic stay in the back:
And a facing/bandeau top around the bust:
Before I can wear this dress myself, I have to shorten the shoulder straps by about 4" and I am probably going to take the trim off. I also never did hem it...
Project 2 is a Georgette motif dress (Which my teacher still has) pictures soon. Project three is a "Corset" which I am working on now...
For example, the first day of class I was given six yards of Sheer pink polyester knit, a mannequin and told to drape a one-seam dress before the end of class. GO! When we (my fellow students and I) tried to ask what she meant by "One seam" she replied we were just to start, and if she saw us doing it wrong, she would tell us...
Closer to the end of class (When we all had something dress like) She gave a more detailed explanation. She wanted us to make a dress that looked as if it had "incomprehensible" construction. It could have more than "one seam" but none of them could be of a traditional style or placement.
This is my final result in fashion Fabric:
My dress actually ended up being fairly "one-seam". The entire skirt is one piece (If you don't count joining panels) and the bodice, straps and pocket are all one piece. Where the skirt is sewn to the bodice (And straps to skirt) is just one big seam making a jagged circle around the garment.
I love weird Functional pockets!!!
(Show on the size 8 mannequin on which it was draped)
The pocket from the outside:
The bodice extends down to create one side of the pocket, the other side is the cowl of the skirt.
The pocket from the inside:
To help the dress (The drapes) keep the shape/placement while worn, I added Some internal features. Mainly an elastic stay in the back:
And a facing/bandeau top around the bust:
Before I can wear this dress myself, I have to shorten the shoulder straps by about 4" and I am probably going to take the trim off. I also never did hem it...
Project 2 is a Georgette motif dress (Which my teacher still has) pictures soon. Project three is a "Corset" which I am working on now...