Princess-line Peplum dress with oversized bow
My inspiration from the Fowler Museum in UCLA was Barron Lacroix, which had a lot of colors. It’s a man wearing a suit with a bow tie, so I took the bow tie into inspiration and made it oversized in a women’s peplum dress.
proud of myself with my final result :]
The whole quarter I had envisioned what I wanted to do for my final project. I still wanted to keep my original plan and use the exhibit as inspiration to pick out my fabric. The exhibition had a dark feeling to it so I decided to of course incorporate black fabric. Behind the dark feeling that it gave me, there were bright colors that would stand out. The color that stood out for me was purple and a florescent pink. The piece I chose to focus on was Barron Lacroix (2010). It’s an older man in a black suit, standing on a platform. There are skulls represented in the piece. The background has a lot of different colored leaves, outlined with a different color. For my final garment I chose to make a peplum top. I would use the bodice sloper without the darts and add on the bottom hem to make into a peplum. For the peplum I would use the slash and pivot technique. For my bottom I will be making a skirt around mid thigh length. I will be using the skirt sloper. The fabrics I will be using are woven, cotton.
This project was fun. I would make another one. the hardest part was the facing. This project wasn’t as bad as i thought it was going to be. Now I know how to make some summer wraps. No fun to work when ur getting sick.
Front
Back
This project was probably my least favorite. It was a bit awkward and confusing. I think my favorite part in it all was sewing the skirt seams together. When it came down to sewing the bodice to the skirt my bodice did not match up so I had to ease it in somehow. The hem was not fun, I think I will be choosing a different hem for my final project. On the positive side all these samples have me thinking about my final project which I am excited about! I have an idea in mind and hopefully i can create it.
Front
Back
The pleated skirt was not my favorite. I did have a couple challenges with the pleats. My favorite part was the back because it was simple and looked like the back of a pencil skirt with a slit. One of my favorite kinds of skirts are pencil skirts so I wasn’t a huge fan of the pleats. To be honest it was a bit hard.
Front of Dolman Bodice
Back of Dolman Bodice
The Dolman bodice was interesting to make.You use 3 different patterns that were made previous to make a dolman sleeve. I like to wear dolman sleeves so it was pretty cool to learn how to make one. The hardest part was using knit as our fabric because it stretched when I was sewing it which made it uneven at the end of the seams. So I tried my best to keep them matched together. The only thing I would change is making the front all one piece instead of having a center front seam.
After getting the hang of making patterns on this assignment I found the skirt sloper to be easier then the trouser sloper. It had a lot of similarities with the darts and the seam curve. There was more lines and steps to do with the trouser. Thanks to working with Natasha we were able to pull it through with no worries. Out of the two the skirt was my favorite.
the darts are sewn in my skirt..ready to sew my side seams
Final skirt sloper front
Final skirt sloper back
finishing up my trouser pattern..
sewing in my trouser darts..
Final Trouser sloper front
Final trouser sloper back
Oh Pattern-making class…….
Your not so bad as I thought you would be. At the beginning, I was completely lost and stressed out thinking to myself I cant do this. As soon as I made my first line with my ruler and followed the steps it suddenly clicked and I was on a role. It started becoming a bit fun. But as soon as I started getting the hang of it here comes the corrections part, aka the hardest part for me. It’s officially engraved in my head: walking, ease, notches, seam allowance. I was worried because my pieces weren’t lining up as i thought they would. I finally got it to work. Thank goodness for my class mates and all their help.
Getting ready to cut
Cut out Pieces
Can’t forget the DARTS!! (almost did)
It’s coming together, Almost Done!
The final look of my half bodice with sleeve
Front:
Back:
Flat Drawing:
(I’m very bad a drawing but pretty decent at tracing 😉 so illustrator was a better choice to go)
Ruby Gracia 