Hello Hive
It's time to learn something new today again away from the norm I decided to cut and sew a night wear today. There are various aspect to fashion designing and while everyone might know how to cut and sew there are basic thing we need to learn while making outfits in the different lines of fashion.
There are guidelines for sewing ready to wear and some various tips that makes neat sewing possible.
I have learnt that we cannot get some of these rules unless we learn from a tutor.
Hence there are upgrade courses that a seasmtress should attend everyone and then, it adds to one knowledge and understanding of fashion .
Today I decide to bypass all these protocols to see if I can use my discretion to sew a night wear.
It's time to do something different I have picked up this poccal dot fabric from the store to make this
And then again since it was valentine period I decided to add a touch of red to it.
I love to ask people questions about color combinations since it always giving me concern
A friend of mine insisted that I sew the black top alone or if I was going to add anything else it should be a touch of white.
But my heart kept telling me otherwise, I decided to follow my heart and paradvebture this doesn't come out nice I will lose the Seam and re do this .
First I cut the short of 14inches length since it is a night wear
Next was the top, all of the measurements used were a guessed work. Next I had equally cut all the strips needed for the sleeves and to tape the edges of night wear
Those were done then i did a bit of ironing since the fabric was badly folded..
Having started with fixing the camisoles strip
I moved to sewing the short
Adding the red band round the waist.
Having sewn this this far I have noticed some of the mistake I made while making this.
The sleeve strips are too wide,a thinner one would have been better.
Next I added some paper stay to the strip making it very hard and may be uncomfortable as a night wear.
The red silk fabric wasn't staying firm and was giving me a hard time that was why I had added the stay which made everything stiffer and worst.
The best thing would have been to weave the edges of the strips and everything would have been perfect.
Well I'm glad that I didn't listen to my friend since I like the outcome of the touch of red on the nighty There is always a first time to everything and I'm glad to have learnt how to make this even though it comes with a lot of mistake as a first trail.