Christmas Delivery

Today my Christmas present from Tim finally arrived: the English editions of Pattern Magic 1 and 2 by Tomoko Nakamichi.
They're amazing! I can't wait to play around with some of these. I've noticed a few patterns are developed by draping first, and I prefer to work by flat-drafting, but I suppose it's easier to adapt draping instructions for different designs, and once I've mastered some of them, I'll get a grasp on how to flat-draft them from the onset.

Hopefully they're not all draping-based, but I'll still love them.




Photos of the Japanese editions I found online

Wrapping Up Project Rundle

The Fashion at TAFESA blog published a write up of my outfit. I'm pretty unhappy with the way it was presented to the judges (the dress is on backwards and no one could find the belt I supplied) but all in all I'm proud of the outfit. Mine managed to make the top 10, so is on display in the Gawler Place canopy today and tomorrow.
Not much else to say; it all came together pretty easily.

Read the interview here

Outfit progress: 98.1%

Yesterday I appliquéd the lace hem onto the underskirt, which turned out quite easily. The underskirt is my first entirely bias-cut garment (excluding the waistband), and I think it turned out quite well. Drafting the pattern actually ended up being exactly the same as if it were straight-grain, because I transferred the dart value into th hem. I did need to splice the pieces though, as the whole pieces exceeded the fabric width.
Today I attached the "collar" to, and hemmed the sleeves and bottom edge of the top jacket. It turned out quite well; I'm considering buying some more sorrento suiting. Despite the low percentage of natural fibre (something like 5% flax, the remainder being polyester and rayon), it actually handles really well and it looks like silk. My lecturer said it'd make a really nice men's shirt, while I thought it may be too feminine. Time will tell!

The only thing left to do is hand-embroider a Japanese maple Southern Cross onto the back of the sorrento jacket. Even though it's such a minute part of the outfit, it will probably take a couple of hours.

No photos as I'm updating from my iPod.