MORE TOILING
Here, I have attached the ruffled sleeves with a small 'tuck', sewn the back of the skirt with elastic (on the grain) and gathered the front of the skirt before sewing it to the rest of toile, again with a small 'tuck'.
REFLECTION
I am so over the moon with how my final garment has turned out! I didn't expect it to go so well and I received some lovely comments from others. I felt pretty lucky that I didn't have any major setbacks along the way. I have learned and experimented with new things while making this garment; box pleats (collar) working with shirring elastic, pointed shoulders and a pointed bodice. I ran out of calico towards the end of the front skirt but it turns out that both Iain and Alena liked the band around the bottom! We have decided to make this a design feature. I find it really comical but great that a mistake can turn into something purposeful.
IAIN AND ALENA TOILE AMENDMENTS
Iain and Alena both came over to see my toile and offered suggestions for improvements;
- keep the band at bottom of skirt (2cm)
- make all the 'tucks' the same width (1cm)
- made band at bottom 10cm away from hem
- back piece to be one piece instead of two
- raise waist higher so that point is more exaggerated
- test to see if neck is okay on body
- bring in sides of front bodice
- put extra elastic in back
- change button fastening to key hole
- zip in side to allow for ease
I then went on to amend my patterns to make adjustments that had been suggested.
POCKET WORKSHOP
We carried out a pocket workshop with Gill. She took us step-by-step through making a single welt pocket. We requested this workshop as we had welt pockets running throughout our collection at the time. I really enjoy workshops and find them so invaluable.
REFLECTION
I feel a sense of relief now that my toile is finished and that it turned out better than I could have hoped for. I'm both anxious and excited to start cutting out in final fabrics next week and to see our collection come together.
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