Shoes Included

As promised here is the next installment of Illustrations, even with shoes! I'm not a fan of drawing hands nor shoes, particularly not on Illustrator, but I have tried and succeeded, even with shade lines! Lovely. 4 down, 6 to go. I am on a roll with Illustrator this week. We are friends.

A work in progress

So after my last post I've been busy sorting out designs for the final collection of Raeburn for M&S.

It's been really interesting actually, I've had to keep the designs simple but still detailed enough to attract the younger M&S market.

These are the first two that I've been working on. The task is use Illustrator entirely. Tricky, but I'm already getting quicker! I don't think I'm much of an illustrator, but I'm pretty happy with how these have turned out so far. I'll keep posting other images when I've done them.

Now to the other 8 drawings I've got to do!

NonWoven - Creating quality with a 1950s inspired style

Again, it's been a while, but it's been a busy while for me! I've been designing, making amongst many other things one including an incident with a cup of coffee and my laptop.. the ironic thing being that I don't even like coffee! After much faffing, the laptop is working.

Anyway, back to fashion. Our Garment Technology project is coming to an end after months of research into nonwoven fabrics and their properties. Today I finally finished the jacket, pockets and all. It's made from dyed Lensing fabric, with felt for the pockets. It's taken a lot of hard work (and team work; thanks Lorna!) but we're finally there!

I'm so proud of what we've made, I think it really looks like a 1950s style jacket, and when it's put with the outfit it'll look amazing.

The final jacket - Japanese inspired pockets in red felt, outside seams and topstitched zips on double thickness cuffs. 

Marlon Brando, printed onto Lensing using transfer paper

The zips are stitched onto the outside of the garment following the 

constructed then deconstructed feel of the garment. 

The jetted breast pocket is deconstructed with the jets on the inside of the garment, with the pocket bag on the outside. The jets are constructed especially for nonwovens, using a different technique to normal jets. The pockets are constructed in the same stitch line as the pocket flaps, reducing unnecessary lines of stitching. 

Love it!