My Black Chiffon Dress...

So, A while ago this month we had an event called the Renaissance Ball. It's a dance for minority groups, here at KSU along time ago the minorities couldn't participate in the college official homecoming. So, an organizations (B.U.S.-Black United Students) on campus decide to start this ball, which would represent homecoming for the minorities.

Well, that was along time ago, and we can be in the homecoming celebration. (Even though I always choose not to go.)

So, for the annual ball I decided to make my dress! It was a terrible experience and a satisfying one as well. I had made my dress out chiffon, and I'm not sure what the fabric I used at the bottom. (My roommate give it to me) I just know it was a knit (maybe double knit), because it had to side but you couldn't see the other side but it was also see through....I know very confusing.

What I used...

1. Yard of chiffon
2. 1/2 yard of the other fabric
3. Elastic band
4. Sewing machine :)

How I made it...

• Measure my toe to belly button, then my hip and waist.
• Marked it on the fabric...it came out to be all most like a trapezoid.
• Then I add 2 1/2" on the waist edge, 1/2 " on all the other edges, and I cut two piece outta of the chiffon
• Sewed the side seams
• Then I folded down the waist edge and folded that edge a 1/2" again and sewed, left out a piece to put in the elastic in the waistband. Sewed closed.
• On 1 side seam I open it up to a high split,
• Then got the other fabric sewed it to the edge of the chiffon a the bottom 
• Finished the hem.

This is the outcome....

I know you see there a little top part, but my roommate decided to add that last minute, so I really don't know how she did it. It's basic like a saggy front halter top with the back out, and she sewed a strip of the other fabric on one side. 

Fashion Classes: Flat Pattern

Well, one of the main classes, I tried to prepare for over the summer break before school started this Fall 2012 was Flat pattern. For those that do not know flat pattern-making is the basic shade of the garment in the measurement to fit a form.

(These are some pattern piece to give you a visual, and if your into fashion you understand theses piece are pattern pieces use to cut you fabric outta of and how to sew it together.)

Well, it's one of my require classes to take in the fall or spring semester.
Basic things you learn:

• How to make the basic slopers (pattern piece) shirt (front & back) , skirt (front & back) , sleeve, and pants (front & back)
• Take the basic slopers and manipulate them, to come up with different type of pattern, that would change the fabric design when you cut the out and sew it. 
• How to come up with your own design and make the pattern design from your flat or design. (Fashion Flat- 2D image of the garment with complete detail.) 
• Fit garments to the form.
• How to contour. 

Now, My opinion on the class....

• It can be very overwhelming at first. 
• It's a wonderful class, it taught me a lot. It taught me things I would never look into by myself.
• It's a hard class, it's a lot of math and thinking. If even the littlest thing is off, it can cause problem in making the pattern or sewing the garment when you have cut it from the pattern. So, you should never overlook things.
• It's very time consuming....but worth it when you see your finally product. 

I personally dropped the classes, because in the end I didn't get the grades I wanted and decide it would be better to redo, now that it's not so over whelming. I can not wait for Fall 2013! I'm going to pass with flying colors!! 

Here's some of the things, I made in the class with the patterns. Also in another post I will do a video showing how to do a pattern, and manipulated it from fashion industry measurements. :)

The book we used.....

Where Have I been?

     Well, I had started this blog, to go over the things I was learning at Kent fashion school, but I got swapped with the college life. So, I couldn't give this blog my full attention.

...but I decided that I should at least do 5 post a months. So, that's my goal! I will probably end November with a catch up on what I have been doing.

So, What have I been doing?

-Well I take 5 classes (17 credit hours).

• Math
• College Writing
• Fashion Drawing
• Flat Pattern
• Elementary Japanese 

     I'll go into deeper discussion about the fashion classes on a later date. I have been stressed this whole semester, It's like I couldn't get the grip on how fast and hard sophomore year of the fashion school year. So, I know my grades are not where that should be and my GPA is probably going to do down, but other then that I have been helping my roommate with her side fashion school, and fashion products. I been tryin to find a job, so I could finally get off campus and have an apartment. 

I'll be showing more of this semester soon....