It's pretty daunting posting in this forum, SZ has such a range of incredibly talented people. I really like DIY posts and I thought maybe other people mind like to see some exercises from an amateur.
Background I have no training in sewing/fashion minus a week of home ec in high school when I was supposed to make a pin cushion but I couldn't figure out how to wind the bobbin. Also I am blind in one eye and can only see shapes/colors, other eye is a bit better but I think it probably influences how I work on things vs other folks.
I started sewing a few years ago when I wanted some durable desert appropriate running leggings. From there I made some things for friends on another message board (I know some of them post here too so if you read this hi guys!). I really enjoyed sewing but I discovered I had an incredibly hard time reading patterns so I started drawing out how I wanted things to look by making patterns first and then going from there. One other thing I may mention is that I absolutely adore Rick Owens, I hope nothing I post comes across that I am trying to imitate him but I will certainly not lie and say he hasn't been a huge inspiration to me, his clothes make me happy.
And here are some recent attempts
I really want to learn draping, I haven't yet figured out how to pin fabric to a form and then recreate those drapes but one day I will. Here is my progress on making a draped front skirt.
I use whatever materials I have lying around and this skirt certainly demonstrates what a huge difference changing fabrics make. This was labelled as medium weight ITY. Aside from the butt looking like it is eating the fabric I do like this one
Heavier weight knit with an altered pattern, I don't like this it looks like an apron
Same as pattern 1 minus the butt in a heavier weight knit.
Lightweight jersey with no back seam
Slightly changed the front draping
Folds and drapes in everyday fashion is my favorite thing and I keep coming back to it, I made this first shirt over a year ago and I hated it. Having found it again I actually like it quite a bit now minus the sleeves, the draping itself is nice.
I don't like draped clothing items where the person wearing it has to create the drape by twisting the seams around themselves, that seems like too finicky. My goal from here on out was to create the folds without relying on a twist.
This shirt is a very lightweight mesh, it's too layers to try and stop it from stretching out the folds
Same pattern, heavier fabric
I didn't like this fabric at all for this, way too stretchy and thick. Shirt is interesting but not what I wanted
More pictures next post
Background I have no training in sewing/fashion minus a week of home ec in high school when I was supposed to make a pin cushion but I couldn't figure out how to wind the bobbin. Also I am blind in one eye and can only see shapes/colors, other eye is a bit better but I think it probably influences how I work on things vs other folks.
I started sewing a few years ago when I wanted some durable desert appropriate running leggings. From there I made some things for friends on another message board (I know some of them post here too so if you read this hi guys!). I really enjoyed sewing but I discovered I had an incredibly hard time reading patterns so I started drawing out how I wanted things to look by making patterns first and then going from there. One other thing I may mention is that I absolutely adore Rick Owens, I hope nothing I post comes across that I am trying to imitate him but I will certainly not lie and say he hasn't been a huge inspiration to me, his clothes make me happy.
And here are some recent attempts
I really want to learn draping, I haven't yet figured out how to pin fabric to a form and then recreate those drapes but one day I will. Here is my progress on making a draped front skirt.
I use whatever materials I have lying around and this skirt certainly demonstrates what a huge difference changing fabrics make. This was labelled as medium weight ITY. Aside from the butt looking like it is eating the fabric I do like this one
Heavier weight knit with an altered pattern, I don't like this it looks like an apron
Same as pattern 1 minus the butt in a heavier weight knit.
Lightweight jersey with no back seam
Slightly changed the front draping
Folds and drapes in everyday fashion is my favorite thing and I keep coming back to it, I made this first shirt over a year ago and I hated it. Having found it again I actually like it quite a bit now minus the sleeves, the draping itself is nice.
I don't like draped clothing items where the person wearing it has to create the drape by twisting the seams around themselves, that seems like too finicky. My goal from here on out was to create the folds without relying on a twist.
This shirt is a very lightweight mesh, it's too layers to try and stop it from stretching out the folds
Same pattern, heavier fabric
I didn't like this fabric at all for this, way too stretchy and thick. Shirt is interesting but not what I wanted
More pictures next post
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