Weekly Diary

3rd November 2014

This week I made samples from my rough designs. I used a small mannequin and wrapped the fabric around to sample a few designs to see what they would look like.

I sampled five of these designs.

This design would work better on a larger scale. I would use interfacing to keep the petals sticking up and out. I would also add more petals and they would look better with different colours and patterns

This design worked really well but again would look better on a larger scale.

I tested out the skirt on this design and I really liked the effect that it gave however it would work better on a real person as it would mould to the body shape instead of the wood of the mannequin.

This design didn't work as well as the petals on the skirt didn't stick out like I wanted them to. I would need to use interfacing to make this work.

I really liked the effect of this design and the way that the skirt is asymmetrical.

I tested out one of these designs by draping on a large mannequin.

This skirt looks good however I think I may have to use a pattern to get a more structured skirt. Also I would use another fabric for the skirt so I can use machine embroidery on it.