designing and not drawing !

I’ve learnt so much in the past two days actually – we had a group tutorial with Angie and discussed how experimental uses of darts, seams and construction techniques in general can make the design process more interesting. She also told us to look at pattern cutting books and work on the stand because if you don’t know how you could make something or what fabric it is going to be made of then its drawing and not designing.
I had already thought about showing my construction techniques within my designing but I didn’t realise how inspiring it could actually be. I found myself in the library taking out three books on pattern cutting and being really inspired by what I saw. A page on cowl drapery really helped me as I started to experiment on the stand and create new shapes. I found it easier to mix this in with designing, instead of churning out design after design without thinking.

We had individual tutorials today and we discussed how our design work had developed, I had done some cowl work on the stand with rip stop fabric and Angie advised me to try jersey as it hangs better. Here are some photos of work on the stand from today …