Summer Internship: Day 18

I had quite the eventful day today!  We began working in the studio.  I brought in my materials I bought yesterday from S.R. Harris and brainstormed a bit with Christopher on my ideas.  I am going to start with using the paisley print for the body and burgundy color for the sleeve on the first sweater.  It will be very similar to the striped one I made previously; however, I plan on taking in the waistband a couple of inches to give it a new shape.  The cuffs will also be slimmer in the same manner.  This will create a sense of draping but also hug the body with tighter hemlines.  

 Above is the pattern used to make the body portion of the sweater.  Right now the material is displayed being folded because the pattern needs to be placed on the fold of the material so that it has a centerfold area.

 In comparison, this is the sleeve pattern which kind of looks similar to the body shape.  The curvatures are where the armhole meets with the body and from there creates the raglan sleeve look.

I finished cutting all of my pieces and realized that the white thread in my serger was not going to work for the deep tones in my material.  We went and bought black thread but I had never changed out my thread.  Threading it to begin with was practically a nightmare!  I was relieved to find out that changing the thread was much easier!

I began by separating out the four sections of thread with a tweezers.  Then I pulled out some of the white thread, cut it, and tied a knot to the new black thread.  When this was done with all four spools, I could then pull through each thread until only black was showing.  I know this is not the most exciting thing to learn about, but as an aspiring designer, these lessons are a necessity to sewing!

My next challenge was to attempt to construct a pocket for the sweater; not something I did on the last.  I had to go through a sketch around a similar pocket and adjust to my preferences.  I wanted a pocket that was rounded at the bottom but square at the top as shown below.

It is a bit hard to distinguish but once this was ready, I cut out and placed on my material to cut.  The pocket in the picture appears bigger but a portion of that has to get taken into consideration for seam allowance or material that basically gets sewn and tucked under.

I went on and prepared the cuffs, collar, and waistband which were then stitched to await being attached to the body and sleeve pieces.

This was about my stopping point today as Christopher and I had to venture to Shop NBC to do a photography session with the totes he had previously created.  The bags were given volume by getting stuffed with paper and displayed in a way where the handles were standing upright.  Within the small boxed in area where the pictures were being captured, a long bar hung over top with a wire attached.  The wire could then be looped or hooked around the bag straps and within the actual photo, it would be nonexistent thanks to programs such as Photoshop:)  Overall, very successful and eventual day!