Monday, 14 December 2015
Look 5
Look 5 is a complete tutorial look with 2 very easy to make garments.
Here they are:
Look 1
The first tutorial was combined with this racerback printed scuba dress to complete the look.
Prints
So my collection is print inspired and I decided to combine simple silhouettes with tutorial garments to make all looks as accessible as possible.
A little about the process of printing on fabric:
The designing of prints are soooooo much fun, i feel like its the best format for combining fine art and fashion design, that being said working with people to print on your fabric was HELL!!! explaining the layout, placements and so forth and they always don't have your stuff right when they said it would be done….. it gets frustrating but at least when the fabric was done it looked perfect which makes up for all the crap you had to go through!!!!.
Here is the final examples of my print designs:
A little about the process of printing on fabric:
The designing of prints are soooooo much fun, i feel like its the best format for combining fine art and fashion design, that being said working with people to print on your fabric was HELL!!! explaining the layout, placements and so forth and they always don't have your stuff right when they said it would be done….. it gets frustrating but at least when the fabric was done it looked perfect which makes up for all the crap you had to go through!!!!.
Here is the final examples of my print designs:
I am back peeps!!!
This has been one of the hardest years of my live and never got down to blogging.
So now that I am on holiday I can update the blog!!! EEEKKKK!!!
I can't wait to see how everything fits together, and hope you guys are also excited!!!
So now that I am on holiday I can update the blog!!! EEEKKKK!!!
I can't wait to see how everything fits together, and hope you guys are also excited!!!
Friday, 20 March 2015
The First Tutorial.
My Technological skills are not the best, so figuring out how to do this on my own was a bit taxing, but I am very proud of my end product.
I really do hope that my explanation of how to make this makes sense to everyone, but if it doesn't I am more than happy to explain it again.
I must say that I did have a lot of fun with making this garment, and I hope that you will too.
Please comment on how it was making this garment for you, I would like to know how people are interpreting this pattern in their own way.
Have a wonderful day, and keep on creating.
Thursday, 5 March 2015
The making of my color board
So I have always used the computer to make color boards for my designs, by using other peoples images and placing it together, the problem is that finding the right colors that you want to use can be such a pain.
So this time around I decided to make a "physical" color board. I realized that this was so much more fun and to be honest easier( because as much as I love technology sometimes I just don't have the patience for it) seeing as I had complete control over the color selection!!!
So this time around I decided to make a "physical" color board. I realized that this was so much more fun and to be honest easier( because as much as I love technology sometimes I just don't have the patience for it) seeing as I had complete control over the color selection!!!Wednesday, 18 February 2015
I thought it would be fitting to post my first entry about how " The Independent Stylist " Came to be and what this blog is all about.
Firstly a little background, I'm currently busy with my degree in Fashion Design and for my thesis I had to identify a problem, and my collection at the end of the year would (hypothetically) be the solution to this problem.
So thus my problem statement: Tutorials for beginner sewers are either too up cycled base or over complicated. The purpose is, through social media provide tutorials that is both effective and boost the confidence of the user.
My Question is how can I create tutorials on a social media outlet that is both on trend,classic in style, easy to make and cost effective?
Therefore I created this blog as my main base where all my tutorials and explanations will be posted. I encourage all to please comment and share my findings as the purpose of "The Independent Stylist" is to inspire those that come across it.
The reason behind the name "The Independent Stylist" is that these tutorials will form a good platform for any fashion enthusiasts that perhaps don't have the financial needs but has a basic skill in sewing that wants to wear on trend/stylish clothing.
Firstly a little background, I'm currently busy with my degree in Fashion Design and for my thesis I had to identify a problem, and my collection at the end of the year would (hypothetically) be the solution to this problem.
So thus my problem statement: Tutorials for beginner sewers are either too up cycled base or over complicated. The purpose is, through social media provide tutorials that is both effective and boost the confidence of the user.
My Question is how can I create tutorials on a social media outlet that is both on trend,classic in style, easy to make and cost effective?
Therefore I created this blog as my main base where all my tutorials and explanations will be posted. I encourage all to please comment and share my findings as the purpose of "The Independent Stylist" is to inspire those that come across it.
The reason behind the name "The Independent Stylist" is that these tutorials will form a good platform for any fashion enthusiasts that perhaps don't have the financial needs but has a basic skill in sewing that wants to wear on trend/stylish clothing.