1- Another version of the pink 'slash' dress. I changed the patterns slightly because there were a few issues with the shape of some of the patterns. I also included one pattern piece going up the centre of the garment.
2- Anchors- When I discussing how I could move forward with design, Ricarda suggested I look into 'stays', I think that's how you spell it, on garments. You find them on T-shirts often along the shoulder seams to prevent the garment from distorting out of place.
I did a semi-naughty thing yesterday. I went to American Apparel (the worst store to get anything remotely close to service or for that matter any type of human interaction). I went back to buy some t-shirts from the same viscose fabric that my singlet top was. (You know, the one that keeps on growing in length every single wash!)
I bought them, knowing that they would stretch, but I don't mind to much because that's what I'm investigating. Garments that distort out of shape, but you like the results when they do...
Back to the subject.
I recorded the stretching of each of the garments, with the help of the lovely, Hila, Fi and Jana.
I have to rethink each of them-especially the second garment. The position of the stays needs to be thought about before I make another one. The results weren't very obvious.
The first one made me rethink about the way I cut the pieces. I used the warp of the fabric, but as use can see from the pictures, the one piece that worked the best was the one down the centre. This was because the pattern was quite thin, but also because I was stretching that piece in the weft i.e. downwards, not across.
Again I'm not going to upload the videos unfortunately. The files are way too big.
Hopefully you'll get the idea with the photos.
Before Stretching
After stretching
Before Stretching
After Stretching
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