Flights of Fancy

This is some more work from university, we had a brief given to us, which was to create a bias cut gown from flat pattern-making.

I had been toying with the option of using birds as an inspiration for an assignment for a while but had been putting it off, however it seemed appropriate to use the peacock as a source of inspiration for this assignment.

Exploring with my chosen trim and fabric during the design process.

Moodboard

Final boards, the one above is the dress I took through to pattern making and construction.

This picture is from the initial design stage, while I was still draping the fabric on the dress form. This picture is most like the final product.

Dannevirke Autumn

Painted Espana

Oil on Canvas (2008)

This is a painting that I completed in 2008. 

Possibly my most favourite painting I have done myself.

Since coming to university, painting has become a forgotten talent, in favour of a set square, tape measure, snips, shears, bobbin and kraft.

Current Inspiration

English Woodlands

Play

Project 2010

Regal Opulence

This is a garment from my End Of Year Project 2009 for university, inspiration behind this garment came from the Queens Guards from outside Buckingham Palace. Although, this is not nessesarily a direct reference to them as I softened the colour palette right down to red, gold and dropping  the signature queens guard, black for predominantly navy.

These are the large gold buttons used down the placket of the crop jacket, I really like how they are particularly eye catching in all types of light.

This is my desk during the design process.

I spy, paint, double sided tape, vitamins, iPod, paint brush, rotary cutter, fabric, mess, open drawer, queens guards, computer mouse, paper, visual diary, water, pens, pencils, laptop, printer, usb, opi, scissors.

A little bit of final design work here, with help from Photoshop and trusty Paint for PC.

This garment is just a simple crop jacket, designed in mind to give the wearers look a simple and feminine military edge.

Rachael (right) borrowed my cropped jacket for a 21st in April, she wore it well, with a simple black dress underneath and some chunky gold jewellery which worked well with the gold buttons.

Fashion.Inspiration.Pattern.Sew.Finish