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Dress I designed and patterned

The system is for precision investment casting and graphic casting of titanium and titanium alloys, as well as casting of zirconium alloys, nickel alloys and other specialty alloys. The integrated system includes casting, patternmaking, shell making, and pouring, consisiting of advanced equipment such as vacuum consumable electrode arc furnaces of 1t, 200kg, and 50kg, a vacuum induction furnace of 200kg, vacuum skull furnaces of 25kg, 150kg, and 500kg, circular disk wax injectors, double-post wax injectors and an electric dewaxing furnace.

Starting this 365 again.

 

Playing with graph paper= making patterns for new sewn items. One's been brewing for a while.

WIP skirt with hand embroidery. Obviously not in the Alabama Stitch book, but inspired by it while I waited for the book to ship from England.

Not ironed, hemmed or lined yet (don´t want to iron it more than i have to). I´m waiting to just lose those last few kilos before making it up.

I drew up the pattern for the skirt myself after reading Cal Patch´s Design it Yourself: Patternmaking Simplified book.

 

I´m still not sure whether to do more circles on it, or whether to go for a more minimalist look. Opinions welcome!

 

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A clear plastic ruler with an 8ths graph and centimeters on the other side for seam allowances and straight lines.

 

This is my final project for the collars topic in my patternmaking class, modelled after one that Natalie Portman wore in V for Vendetta

Following the community and journey of emerging U.S. designers highly specialized in European tradition of Haute Couture blended with the fast-paced American fashion system.

Ladies from the Ndlovo Community come together under a tree to learn how to make patterns and sew saleable garments and uniforms. Gogo Esther is 83 years old. Some of the ladies walk 2-hours to get here.

For tracing, I'm using vellum plotter paper. I have rolls of printouts that were waste at an office Ron worked at. I've placed another piece underneath to show the pattern piece better. Sharpen your pencils!

Pattern January, Day 1 ✔️pop! I started this in the old Paper 53 app on my iPad, and finished it on the desktop in photoshop. I originally thought of doing it in collage, with flat colored craft paper but went digital and I’m glad because it turned out closer to what was in my head. Now I’m excited to go look and see what everyone else has done. #patternjanuary2018 #patternjanuary #robayrepatterns #pop #patternmaking #patterndesign #surfacepattern #paper53 #balloons #partyparty #happynewyear

As life-size patternmaking is off-limits to me at the moment, I made my own bodice block just to prove I still remembered how.

 

I am really happy with the flower placement over the bust darts.

One has to celebrate the small victories.

My first attempt at draping in my pattern-making class

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