My favourite thing in the world is being able to wear something that I have created. But it's even more exciting when someone else is wearing something I have created!
A friend of mine, Anabel, was on the search for a new Fall coat, and came to me with some ideas and photos. We sat down in Starbucks, me with my fashionary, and Anabel with her ideas, and we designed a beautiful cape type coat together.
I had previously made a similar cape type coat to the one Anabel was wanting, so luckily, I already had a basic pattern. All I needed to do was alter the design lines and fit!
I drafted up the new pattern one evening, and sewed up the prototype in a very unfortunate muslin that did not do the coat justice when we had our fitting- however, she seemed pleased with the outcome of the 'lab coat like' prototype.
We hit up the one stop shop for fabric, notions, Halloween costumes, Christmas decorations, and a bunch of other random things at a lovely place called Dressew on Hastings..... it really is the motherland of all fabric, in all seriousness tho.
What I love most about knowing how to design, pattern draft, and sew is getting to show the process of going from a simple sketch, to a finalized garment, and everything in between!
A friend of mine, Anabel, was on the search for a new Fall coat, and came to me with some ideas and photos. We sat down in Starbucks, me with my fashionary, and Anabel with her ideas, and we designed a beautiful cape type coat together.
I had previously made a similar cape type coat to the one Anabel was wanting, so luckily, I already had a basic pattern. All I needed to do was alter the design lines and fit!
I drafted up the new pattern one evening, and sewed up the prototype in a very unfortunate muslin that did not do the coat justice when we had our fitting- however, she seemed pleased with the outcome of the 'lab coat like' prototype.
We hit up the one stop shop for fabric, notions, Halloween costumes, Christmas decorations, and a bunch of other random things at a lovely place called Dressew on Hastings..... it really is the motherland of all fabric, in all seriousness tho.
What I love most about knowing how to design, pattern draft, and sew is getting to show the process of going from a simple sketch, to a finalized garment, and everything in between!
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This is what I like to call "my pop up studio". I usually just end up taking over every possible space I can find in my house, and use it as my work space.
My family loves it.
My family loves it.
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Charlee will usually make herself comfy on my work space. Whether its the fabric I'm cutting, or the paper I'm drafting on, Charlee is usually close by... or right on top of it.
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So here is the initial flat which in no means is a perfect flat, however, it gets the point across on how the coat should ideally look as an end product.
On the other hand, we have that unfortunate prototype I was talking about earlier... We'll just leave it at that and move on to the final piece.
After just some minor length adjustments to the pattern that were determined in the fitting, the final piece could finally go into production! I made the final piece in about a day, and delivered it to Anabel the day after!
Here is the final coat, finished with a Kachi label, and a Kachi hang tag! (I'm all about the presentation!)
On the other hand, we have that unfortunate prototype I was talking about earlier... We'll just leave it at that and move on to the final piece.
After just some minor length adjustments to the pattern that were determined in the fitting, the final piece could finally go into production! I made the final piece in about a day, and delivered it to Anabel the day after!
Here is the final coat, finished with a Kachi label, and a Kachi hang tag! (I'm all about the presentation!)
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