Today was our fist day making and we started the unit off with a male 19th century shirt. I’m making a pie crust shirt which has a buttoned plakett, large gusseted sleeves and a standing collar that has ruffled, ‘pie crust’ detailing. Because of the white cotton that we’re working with its vital that we handle the fabric as little as possible and keep it neatly stored in one place so that we don’t wear the fabric and make it dirty before its even finished. Its already been made apparent how important precision is, and due to the nature of the shirt and how it’s to be made up you always need to be thinking two steps ahead so that the next step you take doesn’t obstruct the next stage of making. I’ve realised that this way of thinking is very important with this nature of work, as time is money and the longer you take having to unpick something because you’ve sewn it wrong the more its going to cost and the more pressure you’ll have trying to complete the work in time.
To replicate this working environment we have till the end of term which is 2 weeks away to complete this shirt. This creates a specific time schedule and deadline that we have to have it completed by so it'll be interesting to see how i cope and with the work load and how i manage making out first garment for the costume store.
We’re given quite a free reign on this project, we have the
support there for us when we need it but otherwise we’re to get on with the
work in our own time in the studio which is an aspect I’m looking forward to as
I’d like to see how much I can achieve and figure out for myself before getting
my tutors approval.
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