So, I am wondering, what do people do to manage "The Stash" (in other words: the massive amounts of fabric and other materials you're thinking buying the next door house for)?

I remember someone writing extensively about their system, which was in a book, but there were 2 books. But I forgot who it was?

Lesson 2: a pleated skirt.

( Lesson 2: a pleated skirt )

Before we attempt to make real skirts, we'll have to learn the basics of how a skirt pattern has to be drawn. We'll do this in the standard size 38.

( Lesson 1 )

Patternmaking is what I've been up to the past year and a half.

So, I'll take you through what we've learned, step by step, and behind the LJ-cut, for those interested, I'll put summarized lessons.

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HappyNewYear

I wish you for 2009 a healthy year that brings happiness, and takes you closer to reaching your dreams.

So, I got my points for the exams and the C-test (Why do they call this a "C-proef ( Read more... )

We had a show this weekend ( Read more... )

Wanted: Models for fashion show 31 MAY 2008.You'll be showing 1 item, onbeforehand adapted to your size ( Read more... )

Fashion Designer Course
Year 2, Day 16

January 18, 2008

There's a special exhibition and guided tour in the fashion museum of Antwerp on March 12.

The trendboard: Should have silhouettes representing the collection, all the fabrics in all the colors, a picture to create the mood. In A2 format, that's big. So, looking for a picture brown/black/ ( Read more... )

Fashion Designer Course
Year 2, Day 15

Januari 11, 2008

It was my time to talk about 2 designers. The first I picked was Gianni Versace. Little mistake. He did so much different things with fashion, I had the longest talk of the class. And, practically nothing can be found of what he did on the internet. There's some good books, I used Gianni ( Read more... )