Arse-end from Elbow...I dunno!! O.o

I'll be honest and say, at present I couldn't tell you my arse end from my elbow as I suffocate in a sea of dot and cross paper and right-angle rulers as I start creating my paper patterns (from scratch!) Well actually from my basic blocks and adapting them to fit. Up until Christmas this was completely alien to me and rather daunting but It's become my favorite thing to do and I love pattern making and draughting and I feel it's something that comes quite natural to me. I've not needed much tutor input and have worked very independently. I like to keep my silhouettes simple and perhaps this lends itself  to my confidence in pattern making.

My range plan pictured here below is made up of simplistic designs, minimal fuss and includes textile elements that are the feature of the garment. I'm keeping my base colour simple-Khaki/Olive green and will bring it to life through my textiles. Watch this space!

FMP Range Plan-Colonies 

FMP Range plan-Colour

I've been having some more fun down in Ceramics this last week.I needed to plan in time to make my final eva foam textured elements and I thought no time like the present really as once I started pattern making and constructing, I was going to be hard pressed to find the time to make the final piece. I've made my final one on a much larger scale and its roughly the size of a side plate (for comparison).

Clay ''petri-dish'' inspired mould

After being used with the heat vacuum and foam

In other news, Our HND group had a small exhibition on at our local shopping mall for Spring fashion week. I'm flipping proud as punch for all of us. We've all worked so so hard and to see our work being displayed and our names in 'lights', it really justifies to me that its all worth it. 

On reflection from this last week I'm feeling in a pretty good place and going at a steady pace. I've created 2 toiles and have draughted 4 out of 5 patterns and I've still got 9/10 weeks to go. I'm feeling a lot more chilled out in general to my work load and panning my days in my diary has really helped. I'm also remembering what was said to me in my 1-2-1 feedback and that is to have more confidence in myself and just chill out! So I enjoyed a chilled out day at Croome court over the weekend with my family. Thanks for reading and as always...I really appreciate the endless support. I really couldn't do it without you! Abi xx