Sharing some of my final boards for Blank Space. Finished the project today! Bring on Christmas Holiday!

Not the best photos of my outfits but hopefully I'll be able to get them shot properly in a photo studio with models wearing them.

Some technical drawings with fabric swatches for my pattern construction folder.

Outfit 1 constructing: With puff Binder prints.
Going well so far but I'm feeling the pressure of making 3 outfits by wednesday and I don't think I'll be finished by then as its taking me a long time and every so soft I make a mistake and I have to redo something.

Been working on my trousers yesterday and today. Yesterday I added my prints to the front and back sections and made up the trousers. Today I added a back zip and a facing.

Final illustrations for my Blank Space project.

Laser cutting for final prints today. Printing sort of went well, had some problems along the way but I managed to get them done so there ready to be put on my garments.

 Today I started pinning and cutting my patterns out onto my fabrics that I bought down London. Over the weekend I'm going to make a start creating my outfits. Exciting stuff! 

London Trip

On Monday I visited London with my Fashion and Textiles group to get my fabrics in Shepperd's Bush and then to look around town where Liberty is. I managed to find my white fabrics I needed so hopefully now I can print and construct my garments.

 I took some photos of Liberty from the outside as I love the building and think it looks amazing.

 Finished creating my 3 outfits patterns so now I'm going to create 2 of them for my toiles to see how they look. The reason I won't be doing 3 toiles is because I haven't enough time so that's why I'm doing 2 :)

The plan for next week is to go London on Monday to get my white fabrics and for Tuesday to print on the sections so then I can sew up my outfits.

In my graphics lesson today I experimented doing figure illustrations using different brush strokes and effects.

More Design Development board making

Design Development Board Making

 Finished outfit 2 patterns, only one more to go.

 Applied my Logo/Brand to all my samples so far. I think it looks professional ;)

Started pattern construction today, I've picked 3 outfits to make and they will include my prints too

Printed out my Logo/Branding and project name on stickers for my samples. I can use my Logo/Branding on other samples and other pieces of work in the future too.

Practise Illustrations

Tried different techniques of doing fashion Illustration

 Today I managed to laser cut one of my stencil designs and screen print on different fabrics using the Puff Binder again. I think my samples turned out well and I'll continue cutting my stencils out and experimenting on different fabrics. I also want to try cutting my stencil designs on White Flock and see how that works.

 Printing designs (Stencils) I did in my graphics lesson. The black spaces are where I want to be cut out.

Been working on my Blank Space project by continuing with experimenting with screen printing using Puff Binder. In my graphics lesson today I created print designs (stencils) by using my research/development sheets, so tomorrow I'll be able to get my stencils cut out on the laser cutter and begin printing. I also want to experiment using White Flock too.

Today I also started designing and by adding fabric swatches and going into garment details.

Screen Printing using Puff Binder

Today I did some more experimenting doing white on white for my Blank Space project. I've done screen printing before in the past but today was my first time using Puff Binder. After I screen printed and waited for the print to dry I turned the print face down and using an iron that steams I hovered it slightly above the fabric.After doing this a few times the binder puffed outwards giving a surface texture.

At the moment I think Puff Binder works well on cottons but I need to experiment on more fabrics to see how well it works. It's a great technique to use if you want to print and to get different surfaces and textures.