I have become quite attached to Li. The fabulous man who makes me several cups of the best coffee in the world everyday! Cheers to Li!

I think i am slowly going blind from beading every night! I just keep telling myself that it will all be worth it in the end! Lets just say my addiction to coffee is getting a little out of hand! I have now finished my first outfit, which is exciting! What a great sense of relief knowing there is one down! 5 to go!
Now onto my next outfit! i have decided to start on outfit #5. So cut out and put together the beginnings of my little purple bodice. So its back to beading myself to sleep everynight! Why do i do this to myself!? While im beading at night time, i am working on my shorts/skirt at tafe. I have attached some photos of my progress!

The weeks are passing by to quickly and the deadline is drawing closer and closer! Now that i have finished all my patterns and toiles (except for the last skirt that Im leaving until last), I am now making my good garments and one by one finishing off garments. First, i wanted to get all of my undies done and out of the way, so cut all 5 pairs out, overlocked, elastic inserted, cover-stitched, and im all done! I then decided to move onto my first outfit. Once i had cut out and put together my bodice pattern, i was able to do my beading at night and work on my blouse at tafe. I have attached some pictures of my first outfit so far...

So recently as i was draping my toile of outfit number 4, i just kept wanting to change the design. I decided to go with the flow and drape what was in my head and am extremely pleased with the new design. Of coarse i have now done additional trade sketches and illustrations of the new design, because i seem to be getting really good at making things a lot harder for myself!So now i have pretty much finished all my patterns and toiles (excluding the skirt for my final dress, which i am leaving until last).

I have included some pictures of my new design, as well as some patterns and my mood boards.

This week was the beginning of our marketing class. Needless to say, there is a lot to get done! Surprisingly, the class has motivated me to put together an amazing collection as well as a professional and thourough portfolio.

For outfit #3, i am able to use the bodice master to create my bodice pattern and now can work on my sheer skirt with boning. This is my toile, but i will be making some minor changes for the real thing. First i will be using thinner boning for the vertical casings, and will insert 2 rows of boning on the hem and waist bands to make a more circular finish. I will also be keeping the Centre Back on a fold and inserting a placket opening, with a hook and eye waist band closure.

I started off pattern making outfit #5. After the first toiles i only needed to make some slight alterations to the bustier/corset, and the shorts. Luckily i had no problems with the straight or circle skirt. I then began to pattern make and toile outfit #1. Luckily all my designs have very similar bodice designs so i am able to use the same master and make changes for each outfit. all of my designs also have either stretch panties or short shorts. so now that i have made the base pattern for both, i can use the same master and pattern for different outfits. I did however spend a fair amount of time on my blouse for outfit #1, trying to get the collar to look like i wanted. I have attached some pictures.