Week 4-5

Workshop 4:
Preparing for the fitting
Re-Do Bodice
Plate draping+cut

We spoke about preparing for the fitting which was good, as then i knew where i stood in what i needed to do before the fitting and after.

We all decided to do extra work this week to help us for next week, the week before hand in. Which i think is a really good idea. We can chose to do it or not, but i thought i would use my time effectively.

I have had 2 weeks to drape the plate, cut and mark the design lines in. I enjoyed learning how to drape the plate, as it has to go on top of the tutu it has to be draped as a whole, you cant just do half and expect it will be the same as each part of the tutu lays differently because of the pleats and how it falls on the body.

We put all of out bodices on the stand. The fabric has ripples in places that didn't look professional enough to give to the client, so we took the bodices apart and put stayflex in between the two layers which helped give structure.
This has taught me that if i notice something like the fabric manipulating whilst i am working with it, i need to make a decision before it gets too far past the point of return. Luckily i was ok to take out the tacking and seams and make that change.


We all did the plate individually, and marked on the design lines. But once they where all done, it was noticed that the design lines all varied slightly. As we are doing it for a company we need them to look identical, and make sure the client is happy with them all looking as if they are a group of costumes.

Draping the plate in calico first to get the pattern, we could also draw the design on the pattern too which helped. Once i was happy with the draping of the calico, i took it off and used the template to cut out my net and top fabric. I attached my net where i have zig zag stitched the basque to the net. I used a back stitch so it would be secure, and if everything fits ok, i wont have to take it back off. I attached the plate the same way, but not as secure so i can take it off for the fitting easily.

Notes:

Make decisions through out the construction, before it could get to the point of no-return and it may just have to stay looking un-professional or start again, which would be a waist of money and time.

Not ideally happy with the colour of the net, i would have liked it darker. I tried everything i could. As we are producing a group of costumes i couldn't spray mine. If i was doing it individually i would have sprayed mine to get the right colour that was the colour of my fabric.