Okay so, I’m making a pair of jeans out of denim scrap, and basically quilting them together to fit the pattern, now I have a concern about the inner seams. I’ve never made an actual quilt and my question is am I going to have to finish ALL the seams?
(Sorry if this is a dumb question it’s probably obvious it just seams like a lot of overlocking)
Hi, I’m a 16yr old sophomore in high school, and I’m passionate about becoming a fashion designer. To prepare for fashion school and pursue a career in fashion, I’m curious to know what steps I should take during my high school years. For context (this is essentially a history lesson, so bear with me, lol)
Throughout most of my life, I didn’t particularly care about fashion or dressing “well.” However, like most guys, in middle school, I began to develop a bit more interest in how I presented myself. But Instead of following the latest trends, I started researching people, bands, skaters, and anything else I liked or was a hobby of mine. I would look at their outfits. Then, I would attempt to recreate outfits inspired by them.
But as i learned the hard way: clothing can be quite expensive. Since I couldn’t earn much money, I decided to get around the money issue in any way I could, which lead to learning to make my own clothing that I liked. I’ve always been more of a creative person, and less an active more sporty person, so to me making clothes didn’t just seem like a good way to have clothes I liked, for cheap(I learned this “making clothes is cheaper than buying” is not always the case later down the line though) but also making my own clothing was allowing me to put that creativity into something that was beneficial to me, and so for about a year and a half, it’s spiraled into something I don’t just like, but am passionate about, at first I thought myself the basics of the sewing machine and did mostly simple alterations to pre-existing clothing, but that quickly evolved to deconstructing clothing and putting them back together how I liked, then i learned the various pockets, welt, zippered, hidden seam pockets, and as of the few months I’ve finally started teaching myself pattern drafting, and making fully cut and sewn pieces, while not perfect, I’m learning and refining my patterns, and measurements. This has evolved from being into clothes, to being into fashion, its history, the meaning behind clothing, and over all just what goes into it all. In the span of a year and a half-ish, it’s become something I’m passionate about more than anything else in my life. I want to pursue fashion design after school, I want to learn as much as I can, and try to get into a fashion school and do design. From what I’ve already read and researched, most schools will ask for a portfolio, your basic construction and drawing skills are highly important, and that it’s not for the faint of heart. Ive been reading about anything fashion and I plan on getting the book “pattern making for fashion design” by Helen Joseph Armstrong, to increase my patterning skill. I watch a lot of fashion content on YouTube, Bliss foster is a favorite of mine, as well as so many tutorials on anything sewing related that I am yet to learn. A big fear for me is the drawing aspect, I’ve never really tried to learn drawing, and seeing how important that is to the fashion design industry is making me realize I should start learning now.
That’s all, I know it’s long, but basically I ask for any and all advice, or constructive criticism, this is something I really want to do and am willing to do anything to get there.
(P.S. sorry for poor grammar 😭)
I’m new to self drafting and I’m patterning these baggy jeans, my leg opening is so wide when it gets to the crotch there’s no curve into it, is this bad?
Okay, so I’m looking for a way to get this Southpole, Jnco fading on the knees and back pockets of some jeans I’m going to make at home. It’s a heavy raw denim, and I know that with wearing they’ll fade naturally, but I would like to get these specific areas faded manually. My idea was to use a mix of sandpaper and RIT color remover in a spray bottle. Any tips?
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