Wading through towering structures of flash-ribbons, frill-lints and sequin trims to make my way to the back end of the store in hopeful pursuit of purchasing the last remainder on the curbed-link silver-chain rolls.
Monthly Archives: July 2011 - Page 2
Buying Trimming
Posted by Discipulus
on July 12, 2011
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Groundwork
Posted by Discipulus
on July 11, 2011
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After separately cutting the pieces for the Rider Vest they undergo a set of pre-production procedures, steaming any wrinkles out of the dense black velvet, carefully ironing the fold-lines into place, leaving the pieces ready for assemblage as soon as the pressed-on interfacing sets in.
Prototyping
Posted by Discipulus
on July 10, 2011
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Having the principal patterns drawn, the next thing to do is tracing the vest‘s pieces onto cotton, working out a textile base for trying out the new design, applying pins to adjust the fit where necessary, redrawing the seam-lines on the cotton using chalk to eventually copy the correct alterations back onto the patterns.
Drawing Patterns
Posted by Discipulus
on July 9, 2011
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In drawing the patterns for the Rider Vest I started off copying a well-fitting base, keeping the shoulders but relocating the vertical seams to match those of the accompanying basque, merging two side-pieces into one and delineating all non-tailoring design-lines onto the pieces within the process, allowing me to verify these onto cotton before continuing onto the advanced patterns featuring decorative seams and folded layers.
Dry-cleaning
Posted by Discipulus
on July 8, 2011
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