Final Project

Here is my final design project for the Fall 2008 semester. It was not an easy task to complete. I was sewing for 2 and a half weeks straight.

Those two weeks consisted of a lot of soda, movies, way too much music, and sleeping in the sewing lab. Yes! I slept there, sad I know.

All of the students had to pick a inspiration,create 10-12 sketches, create a design board, make patterns for both our skirt and jacket and of course sew it by the end of the semester.

The jacket is made a brown tweed, blue wool and light blue chiffon. The closures are hook and eyes that close in the front. The objective was to get a tight fit and combining my ideas without over doing it. The slashes of fabric on the sleeves a pieces of wool cut on the bias, so there are raw edges to contrast with the rawness of winter, which was the season that I was designing for.

The skirt is made of multiple layers of tulle both cream and light blue, with a small skirt lining underneath. Yes! We had to have linings in both pieces which was also a challenge because I had so many facings. I was a great experience but you can not imagine how many movies I watched during those weeks and I had to study for finals I basically did not sleep. But yet again I'll sleep when I am dead because look what happens when I don't.