This was our first Draping class, and I had already made a fabric inspired by my current research during the holiday. Although this fabric is not a very delicate fabric with many elements, it is quite large, and I spent a lot of time knitting it with Crochet hooks.
While Carlyn checked my fabric work, she went to the next classroom and picked up a yarn, nylon net and a design hoop that she thought would help me. She attached a nylon net to an embroidery hoop and created some interesting designs by weaving woollen threads in the middle of the net. At first, the wool was too soft to pass through the nylon net, but then we put a few loops of tape around the front of the yarn to harden it, which made it convenient.
Then, I also made a few patterns in accordance with this method and put them on the little man to take photos.
I made fabric samples in the following two weeks and drew some sketches. In the process of sketch drawing, I found that I spent most of my time on patterns and did not make a lot of attempts on the silhouette when I was doing the draping part. Therefore, I decided to add some collages based on the original cutting to enrich the silhouette.
Then I decided the 6 sketches for my final line up.
Look1: knit dress
Look2:knit corset dress
Look3:mesh dress
Look4:hollowed out knit dress
Look5:Stitching top with knit trousers
Look6:yarn
In the beginning, my sketches didn’t have much to do with my fabric samples, which is a mistake I often make. I usually focus on only silhouette and styles in sketches and forget to add more fabric samples. But after Giles reminded me that my sketches had to be more engaged with my fabric samples, I reworked my sketches.
Final line up in colour story.
I am not good at digit drawing, so all my illustrations are hand drawings. It’s more time-consuming, but I think it’s also more effective. I also added some red colour on every illustration’s face according to the previous research.