Little Stitches of Life

Makeup for photoshoot

The makeup was inspired by geisha makeup and the colours and shapes used throughout the garment.

Construction of Garment

Once fabric was dry I ironed the fabric into origami shape

Ironed into shape and waiting to be unfolded

Unfolded and pinned on mannequin

Pinned and ready to sew

Garment is sewn together and is being altered to fit model

Finished Garment

After creating mood boards and through research I decided on a color scheme for my garment. I decided on red and black; I began looking for fabric with red and black in the design but realized that I would have to create the design myself to get what I was visualizing. So I went to the fabric store brought red cotton fabric and black fabric dye and went to work on it. Before dyeing my fabric for final piece I sampled designs on seperate swatches until I was satisfied with the design.

Below are images of the dyeing process, my dye samples, and finished pictures of dyed fabric to be used on garment.

Finished Dyed Fabric out flat before folded into origami design

Continued Draping

Side view of garment

Origami design on fabric

I like where this design is going I need to start thinking of a colour palette and what kind of fabric I want to use,

Draping onto Stand

After some sampling with origami techniques I was able to develop my own original design through the folding process. Below are some images of the design draped onto the stand using fabric.

I liked the design but needed to look into different fabrics because of fraying on the edges of the fabric.

Exploration ( Unit 5/6)

For this unit I wanted to incorporate techniques from origami and fabric manipulation into my designs. I began by learning basic origami techniques and eventually began to develop them further. Below are some images of my fist samples with origami and fabric instead of paper.