FINAL DESIGNS

FINAL DESIGNS

D1

Black knitted jumper in seriously chunky by cygnet

Cotton fitted shirt

Leggings in grey

D2

Grey light weight coat with either knitted sleeves or black sleeves

Cotton dress with knitted cording

Leggings in grey

D3

Black linen/cotton shirt with plaited cording down the front and around arm holes.

Trousers fitted in lower leg and draped around hips

D4

High neck linen shirt in black with plaited cording

Grey knit jumper in seriously chunky

Skirt in either black linen

Or in woollen check

D5

Cape coat in Grey woollen check Fabric

Skirt in black linen

Cording on coat in black linen

TRY

TRY

Thought I would try out my jumper under the coat

Looks a little like hiking clothes

But I quite like it

It very much has grunge appeal

COAT SLEEVES

COAT SLEEVE

I cut a 23cm slit in the fabric of the coat, at around a quarter of the way down the side.

I cut a sleeve shape out of fabric and a cuff to sew to the end of the arm.

I then pinned the made sleeve to the hole in the side of the coat.

I made 2 tucks on the under arm of the hole and pinned the sleeve on, I made more tucks along the top of the arm hole so that the sleeve would fit the hole

The pinned on sleeve

I then tried out the front of the coat to see how it looked open.

COAT

 COAT

For my coat I started by pinning a long section of fabric. I pinned little sections pleated into threes and did this along the length, this gave the effect I was looking for.

I then cut a strip of fabric and pinned this around the neck line for the collar. I then stitched all this in place.

Next I cut the length of the fabric to what I needed, which was to a length of just below the knee.

I then gathered the hem in to the width I wanted it and pinned another strip of fabric to the hem ans sewed this on, I then sewed the other sides up to complete a closed hem.

Then finally I tried out sleeve ideas.

My final idea for a sleeve is to have the bubbled coat with small tight sleeves. 

I tried this out on the fabric trying to achieve a similar effect to what I wanted with out cutting the fabric before I was sure what I wanted to do.

DESIGNS

DESIGNS

This is the first design for my jumper.

As you can see it is very different to what i actually achieved when i knitted my jumper.

I also feel that the drawing looks ridged and inhuman. This is not what i wanted to achieve as my jumper is supposed to be big and baggy and not ridged.

This is my second attempt at drawing my jumper, and as you can see it is much less ridge and more flexible, more real.I have also changed the cording patterns down the front of the jumper.I prefer this version.

SHAPE 2

SHAPE 2

The shape of the shirt is very simple.
Two squares of linen fabric sewn together at the neck and sides. (Leaving neck and arm holes)
i cut a slit down the front panel, about 15cm long, for the neck shaping.

bodice shape

I then ripped off strips of the fabric and plaited them.

I have then sewn these on to the arm holes.

This pulled the sleeve holes in a little and gave a gathered effect.

I then took plaited pieces and wound them up and down the front of the shirt to give the tatty corded effects.

I took the plaited sections and sewed them on to the hem of the shirt, making the plaits shorter than the width of the hem so that it pulled it in and gave a bubbled hem line.



SHAPE

SHAPE 

These are me playing around with loose fitting sack shapes.

I like the drape, and how pulling sections up more on one side it can lead to very different effects.

 The way i have pulled the sides give different shapes and styles depending on how much is pulled around and through the loop at the waist.

I love the way this shape is sort of granny grunge.

And i quite like the sack shapes the tied waist gives.

This didnt turn out so well although it is quite interesting.



JUMPER

JUMPER

My jumper
I am very proud of this.
The wool i used was cygnet seriously chunky in black
My needles were 15cm

The front panel of this took me 4 hours to make, with 68 rows and 45 stitches per row.
The back took the same amount of time as it is identical in rows and stitches

The cording down the front were very quick
I made 5 of these in all
All of which are 3 stitches wide and 80 rows long
I have sewn these on to the front of the jumper, at the neck line. I have then plaited them into a five way plait and stitched them in to the  jumper to spread out the cords and create spaces between the rows.



GRUNGE

GRUNGE

I have been looking at the grunge side of fashion.

Total bargain shirt

£10 from the Top Shop sale rails

Now complete with a few holes.

I love this jumper

it has been part of my winter wardrobe for about 3 years now, and although a little more tatty than when i bought it, its still one of my favourites.

DRAPE

DRAPE 

the back of my first attempt

my attempts at drape the first few times were not as successful as i would have liked. however this was my first try at making on the stand so i think it was not too much of a disaster. 

second attempt

 

 third attempt

 I feel that this attempt went well, I am very pleased with the pleating sections at the front.