After completing my accessory, it was time to
figure out what garment I want to create. Out of my two themes the one I seem
to have focused on the most is change of the human form. The way I have
incorporated this into my designs is by making the garments extremely oversized
to hide what the body actually looks like underneath.
In the book pattern magic, the section on lumps and
bumps really goes well with my theme as I could use them to create something
that resembles a spine down the back. To do this the fabric that I use is going
to have to be rather stiff and heavy, so I have chosen dark blue British wool
that is usually used for coats.
In my final design I drew a collar that looks as if
it’s piped. Originally I planned to digital print onto this part but time
hasn't allowed me to do this, so I am going to make it out of the same fabric
that the rest of the coat will be made in. Getting my head round the actual
construction of the collar took a while as I was debating what to use as the
piping. I needed something wide, bendy and long but also didn't weigh too much.
I started by trying to use things like bubble wrap and bubble packaging that I
rolled up to get the width that I wanted, but then realised this would be very
impractical because when it came to sewing it to the rest of the garment it
would just pop. So I have decided to use long foam tubes, which hopefully will
work a lot better.
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