VISHMITHA KRISNA KUMAR

  This week there were no physical class so we continued to complete our assignment tasks which includes the seams and women and men's trousers. I had started with the drafting of women's trousers. I followed the guide in the notes that was provided to us. The guide provided the front and bank of the trousers on top of the trousers which I had originally followed but then later changed it. I had trouble tracing the trousers as it was my first time. Figure 1 Figure 2 The curves were especially confusing to sketch as it is different for various designs and required a certain technique to do so. Hence, I left the curve and decided to ask for advice during our next tutorial class. Besides that, the tracing went smooth and I had completed the men's and women's trousers accordingly. I then started to finish up my seam exercises for final submission. I actually really enjoyed doing this as it required more technical and sewing work with the machine. Through this I learnt the v

  During week 3 we started on dart manipulation and men's block size 12 for the final submission. Figure 1 First, we traced out the bodice in 1/4 scale onto mahjong paper using the blocks that were given to us. We then marked the darts that we wanted to use. After that we slashed the darts and placed a scrap mahjong paper underneath it. We then glued the sides and closed the dart. By using a tracing wheel, we marked the darts and trimmed the excess paper off. By this we have a proper dart manipulated base.  Lastly, we transferred the tracing into calico and cut it out. Then, we sewed the darts shut with a straight stitch following the line. Figure 2 Same goes for the dart above but this is with the back bodice with shoulder and waist darts.  Figure 3 This is me tracing the darts onto the calico to sew a proper straight line. Figure 4 French dart The French dart is a  diagonal dart  from the side seam up to the bust point. It is created by transferring the excess in the waist dart i

  During week 2, we had started drafting our pattern blocks in mahjong paper. We had finished up the checking for women's sleeves, bodice block and skirt. Then transferred it onto manila card. After checking our pattern blocks. Ms.Melina had begin teaching various hand sewing techniques that are needed to be submitted for our first assignments. The pattern blocks final would be on the manila card and then submitted for the assignment too.  Figure 1 Figure 2 I have had made a few mistakes on my pattern blocks and was corrected to the right method to do so. We were given certain measurements to follow from our notes in the google drive.  Figure 3 The drafting for the women's bodice block was very tricky especially for the armhole. I had to redraw the armhole several times till I was taught the right way to do so. Which is, instead of drawing it in one shot, separate it and try to get an even curve all around. Besides that, it was smooth sailing.  Figure 4 Drafting for women's

  During our first week of Introduction to Pattern Drafting and Garment Making, we dived right into exercises. Before the class started, we were briefed on the importance of pattern drafting. Then, Ms. Melina had gone through with us on how to properly use the sewing machines and it's many functions. Figure 1 Ms. Melina is explaining to us on how to thread the machine and bobbin. Figure 2 Figure 3 I tried to thread the machine according to Ms. Melina's instructions. Figure 4 After learning how to thread the machine, we began to start our first sewing exercises. The first exercises include straight stitch, curve and corner line.  Figure 5  Before. Figure 6 The straight stitches were easy to go about as it was just a straight line going down.  Figure 7 As for the corners, I had some struggles with the sewing machine as it was too fast and I could not control it properly. Hence, I sewed the curves really slowly and took my time to get the right circle. After. Next, we did a plain