Sunday, March 25, 2012

First Project .... done.

The first step to designing is learning how to put clothes together. Our students must take Fashion 130: Construction.

Here are some of my construction students, proudly holding the 'child's dress' they sew as a first project.



The dress is no a small feat; they learn how to do the following:
Hong kong, clean finish and overlocked seam finishes
Zipper
Facing
Collar
Puffed sleeves
Yoke with gathered skirt
Elastic casings
Machine-Stitched Hems.

Friday, March 2, 2012

Thursday, March 1, 2012

Now.. some color


And so... now for some color.
Again, the sunset over the Pacific in the distance.




Black and White


Sometimes, in a world of color, there is nothing more intriguing than black and white.

Here are a few shots of black and white 'ish..