When I first got the brief change in the first week, I
thought I would find this project not as enjoyable as the summer project, but
as the project went on it got me more excited about it. I think if I was doing
my designs again and had the chance to make the dress again, I would make it
differently because I feel that it doesn’t fit a unique identity as much as I’d
have liked. I am glad I had the chance to make my toile again, I feel much more
confident in my sewing and the dress itself, it is much more professional than
the original toile and I now know how to put a lining in properly.
My First toile had a few faults with it, which I thought at
the time, it’s the toile and I will make sure it is perfect on the real
garment. But the toile was too small, it didn’t fit on the size 10 mannequin or
the model that I had chosen who fits my customer profile perfectly, so I needed
to remake the patterns and the dress. I made my patterns to a size 12 block and
when sewing I made sure all my seams were 1cm, I measured them all. I think
doing that gave me a lot more confidence in my sewing, taking more time over
the sewing didn’t make me stress as much, and I am much happier with the final
piece. Re doing the pattern piece also gave me the chance to sort my hem out,
in my first master draft I didn’t measure accurately when adding flare that the
side seams were the same length, so when I did my patterns again I made sure
that the side seams were going to fit.
This also gave me the chance to adapt my gathers again, this
time I added a bit more flare into the side panels, because the fabric I will
be using isn’t as strong as calico so the gathers won’t be as proponent. Also
when I was making my toile I realised I had traced a pattern piece off wrong, I
had trace the original neckline off instead of the adapted version, so my
lining was too small for my outer dress, so I cut the neck line out before
carrying on, I shall take more time with tracing off in the future.
In conclusion, I feel that I have learnt a lot from this
module, a different way to sew a zip in, how to time manage myself and sewing
better so that I don’t get stressed, and so that I can feel more confident in
my work.
