Category Archives: Concept to Realisation

Buttons. What’s Not To Love??

Ok so I’m sure unless you are a button collector or a fashion student or sewer, this post may make me appear slightly insane. However a good garment can be made tacky by the use of a horrible button, hence … Continue reading

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Digital Printing

So these are some of my developed print designs working on making prints for shirting etc. The prints were developed using adobe photoshop brushes (grunge, paint and crack brushes). The machine is the university’s digital printer. Only issue is that … Continue reading

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Prints

I’ve been working on some print generations. These are a couple I like.

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Prints and Manipulations

Last Thursday we started work on developing prints. Previously I had thought I would be developing textural prints based on the textures I collaborated in Texture Inspiration post on the 9th April. These were to be subtle prints and combined with … Continue reading

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Chiffon Layering

So inspired by the Mad Hatter Alice in Wonderland Costume by Colleen Atwood I decided to try layer and fusing the chiffon together then burning and wearing away. THE PROCESS: Using plain silk chiffon and Vliesofix and the heat press. Gradually build up … Continue reading

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Breath in Toile Out

The process has begun. We are officially in toile time… Many who know me, understand the frustratingly long and drawnout process that this becomes. For those that don’t, I am in the process of converting concept to realisation. Idea and designs … Continue reading

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