Today I attended a general clinic at Craftland at the Jumeirah Town Centre which I had previously visited twice in the summer to learn the basics of sewing. Since my decision to make a small collection was approved, I figured the best way to get it done fast and with no errors was to do it at Craftland itself in the presence of an experienced adult. The reason was that I knew that by staying home and trying to sew my collection I would get distracted and be caught up in other schoolwork therefore delaying the completion of the collection and cutting up certain materials like fur would leave a messy area to clean.
For the silk pants, First I started off by laying out my pajama pants pattern which I had purchased earlier. The reason I chose a pajama pattern was because the pants I wanted to sew had to be loose and I could not find a normal loose pants pattern anywhere else so I had to buy the next best pattern. I had a teacher with me to guide me and she was Mrs.Danielle and she was the owner of Craftland so I was getting help from a very experienced teacher.
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Next I had a quick read through the pattern directions and they were very similar to the skirt pattern I had used back in August so I quickly figured out my size which was a small. There was a front pant pattern piece and one back pant pattern piece. I folded the silk printed fabric into half and pinned the sides together to keep the fabric from slipping away because silk is quite a hard fabric to work with because of its slippery texture. I then pinned the pattern pieces near the selvages and cut out the fabric pieces.
Since the class was almost over, Mrs.Danielle told me that I could sew the pants together on the next class on the 27th and start cutting out the fur vest today. Since I could not find a vest pattern I ended up making my own pattern using my black leather vest as a template on design paper.
The sleeveless black leather vest ( not my own picture):
I first made a pattern of the backside of the vest and made one pattern of one side of the front part of the vest.Mrs.Danielle told me that I could use the one front side pattern to get the other front side piece which would give me a total of two front side pieces of a vest which is correct.
Next, I took my red fur fabric and checked from which direction caused the fabric to go lighter and the other darker in order to cut out the vest properly so that the fabric does not look weird. I then placed my vest backside pattern fur side down, pinned it and cut it out. I learnt that when cutting fur it is best to cut through the lining instead of cutting directly on the fur because cutting directly will cause more loss of fur.
I then pinned the one frontside pattern fur side down and cut it out and did the same thing one more time for the other front side piece. Then the class ended so Mrs.Danielle showed me how to sew the vest and all I had to do was sew the shoulders and the long side until the armholes on each of the front side pieces and I would be done.
So I went back home and finished the fur coat and I had no problems sewing it together and my machine handled the fabric very well. I also finished sewing another fur coat which was grey in color.
For the silk pants, First I started off by laying out my pajama pants pattern which I had purchased earlier. The reason I chose a pajama pattern was because the pants I wanted to sew had to be loose and I could not find a normal loose pants pattern anywhere else so I had to buy the next best pattern. I had a teacher with me to guide me and she was Mrs.Danielle and she was the owner of Craftland so I was getting help from a very experienced teacher.
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Next I had a quick read through the pattern directions and they were very similar to the skirt pattern I had used back in August so I quickly figured out my size which was a small. There was a front pant pattern piece and one back pant pattern piece. I folded the silk printed fabric into half and pinned the sides together to keep the fabric from slipping away because silk is quite a hard fabric to work with because of its slippery texture. I then pinned the pattern pieces near the selvages and cut out the fabric pieces.
Since the class was almost over, Mrs.Danielle told me that I could sew the pants together on the next class on the 27th and start cutting out the fur vest today. Since I could not find a vest pattern I ended up making my own pattern using my black leather vest as a template on design paper.
The sleeveless black leather vest ( not my own picture):
I first made a pattern of the backside of the vest and made one pattern of one side of the front part of the vest.Mrs.Danielle told me that I could use the one front side pattern to get the other front side piece which would give me a total of two front side pieces of a vest which is correct.
Next, I took my red fur fabric and checked from which direction caused the fabric to go lighter and the other darker in order to cut out the vest properly so that the fabric does not look weird. I then placed my vest backside pattern fur side down, pinned it and cut it out. I learnt that when cutting fur it is best to cut through the lining instead of cutting directly on the fur because cutting directly will cause more loss of fur.
I then pinned the one frontside pattern fur side down and cut it out and did the same thing one more time for the other front side piece. Then the class ended so Mrs.Danielle showed me how to sew the vest and all I had to do was sew the shoulders and the long side until the armholes on each of the front side pieces and I would be done.
So I went back home and finished the fur coat and I had no problems sewing it together and my machine handled the fabric very well. I also finished sewing another fur coat which was grey in color.
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