Everyone did an amazing job with their projects and I hope to see you all again soon!
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Sewing Junior at MAC Birmingham
Its been a busy day today at MAC Birmingham teaching another sold out Introduction to Sewing juniors class. This morning we developed our hand sewing and drawing skills by creating doodle pillows before moving on to mini-makes this afternoon.
Everyone did an amazing job with their projects and I hope to see you all again soon!
Everyone did an amazing job with their projects and I hope to see you all again soon!
#traveladventures: Mediterranean Tour with Princess Cruises
After a busy Spring and Summer season teaching, I took some time off during the Summer teaching break to go travelling with family. As we were interested in seeing a few places, we decided on a cruise around the mediteranean with Princess Cruises. We visited a number of different places; Barcelona, Rome, Livorno, Portofino, Genoa, Marseille and Gibraltar (I know, that's a lot of places in 2 weeks!) and we had an amazing time. we saw lots of wonderful things, the weather was fantastically hot and I was lucky enough to celebrate my birthday halfway through :)
Take a look at some of the pictures below to see what we got up to!
You can see more of my holiday photos on my instagram page.
Huge thanks to Jeffrey, Marie and Mark on the Sapphire Princess for taking good care of us.
Take a look at some of the pictures below to see what we got up to!
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You can see more of my holiday photos on my instagram page.
Huge thanks to Jeffrey, Marie and Mark on the Sapphire Princess for taking good care of us.
BCU MA Fashion Show 2018: The Images
As an alumni of this course, I have been attending the MA Fashion Show at Birmingham City University since I graduated in 2013.
Last nights show displayed some incredibly strong work; the silhouettes and cut were innovative but not so far as to take away its purpose as wearable clothing, the developments in print and application were beautiful to look at and the attention to detail was exquisite.
Well done to everyone who took part. Take a look at some of the images from the show below. The name of the designer is underneath.
Last nights show displayed some incredibly strong work; the silhouettes and cut were innovative but not so far as to take away its purpose as wearable clothing, the developments in print and application were beautiful to look at and the attention to detail was exquisite.
Well done to everyone who took part. Take a look at some of the images from the show below. The name of the designer is underneath.
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| Fiona Lu |
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| Matej Lovric |
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| Yingqi Xu |
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| Stefan Emanuel Ungureanu |
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| Meng Han |
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| Jing Yi Lin |
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| Huishi Ye |
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| Zuo Zuo |
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| Xin Lian |
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| Yu Pan |
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| Yongyun Zhang |
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| Jialu Zhang |
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| Kehan Yang |
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| Yihui Jiang |
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| Xiner Du |
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| Weichang Yang |
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| Jiajing Zhang |
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| Anca Maxim |
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| Jing Guo |
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| Lisi Du |
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| Helen Simone Johnston |
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| Amber Leigh Prescott |
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| Jessica Wilde |
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| Ke Zhou |
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| Sophie Clements |
Pattern Drafting at The Sewing Cafe: Session 3
Today marked the last session of my pattern drafting workshops for the trouser and bodice.
In the bodice session, we worked on making the fit just right, checking that it was comfortable and that the sleeve worked well. Absolutely love the flamingo printed fabric that was used to test a t-shirt shape!
And in the afternoon....
The trousers were made in the final fabrics and the fit double-checked before finishing them off with a side zip and an inside facing.
Thank you to everyone who came to the workshops. We're looking to develop more courses soon so stay tuned to see how you can develop your skills further in some new pattern cutting classes.
If your interested in taking one of my workshops at The Sewing Cafe, email Becky & Fay on: hello@thesewingcafe.co.uk to register your interest for the next set of pattern drafting classes.
In the bodice session, we worked on making the fit just right, checking that it was comfortable and that the sleeve worked well. Absolutely love the flamingo printed fabric that was used to test a t-shirt shape!And in the afternoon....
The trousers were made in the final fabrics and the fit double-checked before finishing them off with a side zip and an inside facing.
Thank you to everyone who came to the workshops. We're looking to develop more courses soon so stay tuned to see how you can develop your skills further in some new pattern cutting classes.
If your interested in taking one of my workshops at The Sewing Cafe, email Becky & Fay on: hello@thesewingcafe.co.uk to register your interest for the next set of pattern drafting classes.
Vintage Dress Workshop: 30th June and 1st July
Its been a great weekend at MAC Birmingham teaching the 'Make a Vintage Dress Workshop'.
Altering commercial patterns to fit can be a little complicated but once you know what needs to be done (full/ small bust adjustment, sway back alteration, lengthening/ shortening, etc), you can work through each change to make the pattern work for you. Preparation is what takes the most time, but if this is done with care, you can usually overcome a large amount of the potential problems that would normal occur during construction.
Take a look at some of the photos from the weekend below:
Altering commercial patterns to fit can be a little complicated but once you know what needs to be done (full/ small bust adjustment, sway back alteration, lengthening/ shortening, etc), you can work through each change to make the pattern work for you. Preparation is what takes the most time, but if this is done with care, you can usually overcome a large amount of the potential problems that would normal occur during construction.
Take a look at some of the photos from the weekend below:
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| Finally finished my samples of the Butterwick Gertie pattern that we worked with. |
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