DIY Jeans

 

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My very own DIY jeans.

What you'll need:
- A bath tub
- Patients
- Thick bleach
- An old pair of jeans
- Rubber gloves (To protect your hands)
You could also wear an apron if you wish to

These would be my second pair that I've bleached. My first bleached pair were burgundy which then turned into some crazy spirals. To make those I used thick bleached and poured it all over the jeans in different direction.

For these in particular I wanted to create a faded/half and half look. To make these I used the same thick bleach (which could be found under your kitchen sink) and squeezed it out along the waist band and then rubbing it in using a cloth to smear it down towards the knee. (Do this in the bath so it won't ruin the floors and your clothes)
I then repeated the process on the other side. I then checked on them ever 20 mins to make sure that they were changing and rubbing the bleach in even more to speed up the process. After about an hour or so I rinsed out the bleach and threw my jeans into washer machine by them selves with some soap and made sure that it was on a quick wash, other wise you'll be using a lot of water for just one item of clothing.

The out come as you can see came out quite well, they aren't' exactly the faded effect that I was going for but that's the reason why you do these kind of things on old clothes so you don't ruin your new ones.

I would recommend using a mask though because after a while I did get a little light headed which then made me ill. The amount of bleach that I used and the amount of time I spent in the bathroom was not good for me.

Multiple style choices (Click to enlarge images)

                                                           

  My multiple styles.

As a person who reflects her style off of their music taste I like to change every now and again.

These outfits are some of the ones that reflect my taste the most.

Here I'm showing sides of Punk, Metal Chick and Goth as well as skin head retro. Supporting Dr. Martins, tartan, Fred Perry  and yellow laces.

I like to reflect my style on my music taste because it shows a side of my interest as well as me as a person. The great thing about listening to different type of music is that I'm able to change my style depending on my mood. Some of the thins that I've worn also makes me feel confident like dressing Gothic for an example. Showing  my body figure with a high waisted belt, thigh high socks and platform boots to elongate the legs and a a light wooly top to add detail to the black on black.

Although I do wear a lot of black and most of my wardrobe holds a lot of black items, I do own a few coloured items that would cut in to the black. The colour that I use most is red, it's a bald and confident colour and I use it highlight a certain area. Like for an example, I wear red lipstick a lot (although it is not an item of clothing) and is now a signature thing for me, highlighting my lips and distracting from the black outfit. I also use red in tank tops, wooly jumpers, Band t-shirts and shoes.

Last Week - Pattern Cutting (click to enlarge images)

 

Last week I started making my pattern pieces and my twarl.
For my pattern pieces I ended up separating my play-suit into two separate pieces. Making a bodice and then the pants, adjusting the bodice to fit the pants.

My design originally had darts on the back and the front of the bodice, instead I changed the bodice into panels. This would create a clean line from one side to the other connecting the lines to the pocket shape and the darts at the back of the pants.

I also changed the block pattern pieces for the pants into a bootcut to elongate the leg.

I then drew out a waist band that would fit in between the bodice and the pants.

Sampling denim - Threading styles and experimenting

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So we finished our last project and started sampling with some denim. I first started with some top stitching, edge stitching and quarter stitch as well as decorative stitch. I then moved on to making a placket as displayed ^^ as well as doing a zip sample.

After covering the basics again like I had done when starting the construction of the shirt, and experimenting with denim. I then moved on to experimenting with what I used as my theme, experimenting with floral embroidery and using different techniques.

I started off with embroidery thread, going from dark to light and then coming out with a method on how I could create a flower for my garment. I experimented with creating it from free hand to drawing it out using tailors chalk. In the end I thought that drawing the flowers and mapping it out using tailors chalk was better than free hand, I also experimented with creating a full flower as well as an outline. I then realised that it took me one hour to do a small full flour when it could take me the same amount of time to do an outline of three flowers. So maybe when it comes to the garment construction that I would use the outline of my chosen flower (pink carnation) rather than a full flower. With the outline I was also able to create smaller and larger flowers in that space of time.

With my embroidery placement  I decided to do a small sample of a pocket with a full flower (which took me an hour to do), I thought the out come for that was okay but it could have been way better then again it is a sample and not the official thing.

Next week is pattern cutting... should be interesting.

Organising??

Found an image on my phone that I uploaded on instagram.

Apparently this was how I organise my colours that I wanted to use in my sketchbook and boards.

And it surprisingly work.

It actually helped me see which colours and shades would be suitable for the project as well as being paired together for my boards.