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spally

First Dress

Mar 14, 2012 18:32

It was on our trip to Melbourne that I first noticed a pattern book from Japanese designer Yoshiko Tsukiori - Stylish Dress Book: Wear With Freedom". It was filled with beautiful understated dresses and blouses, made from neutral and natural textiles, designed to be loose fitting yet elegant. It was gorgeous. Everytime I entered an independent ( Read more... )

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unmowngrass March 14 2012, 16:33:18 UTC

Looks great! I loved taking textiles GCSE at school - it was the only grade I felt I'd really earned! We also learned how to make a pattern by tracing around an existing garment and then adding seam allowance to it, but that is pretty tricky, not sure I could do that again without supervision. Well, certainly not for a 50's style prom dress, that was my main coursework piece; a flat-fronted pair of troussers might be ok. The tricky bit is if the garment is not flat when it's laid out.

Anyway, really good job, looking forward to seeing you make others. It's something I intend to pick up again at some point, honest Gov!

spally March 14 2012, 21:18:12 UTC

50s prom dress! Wow. That must have taught you a million skills!

unmowngrass March 14 2012, 22:01:05 UTC

The hardest part for me was figuring out how to pin a hem on such a curved skirt. After a couple (feels like five, but probably wasn't) of weeks, spending 3 lessons per week plus several lunchtimes attempting it, I asked my mum to 'help', ie, get it started so I could follow her example, and she had the whole thing done whilst I was out one Sunday afternoon! Still don't know how she did it ( ... )

spally March 14 2012, 22:02:55 UTC

Oh no! That sounds like the most stressful assignment ever! Maybe you could say it made you more aware of the skills you needed? :P

unmowngrass March 14 2012, 22:07:36 UTC

Lol! That's why I said I'd really earned it!

The thing was, I kept getting into such a flap over them, and my teacher, and to a lesser extent my mum, were just calm and able to tackle one thing at a time and get things done. I would never have passed without the support of my teacher, especially. I still feel like she did the lion's share of the work, I only followed her instructions!

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