Second session with 3rd years

Today was my second day with my third year and thankfully the third year I was originally meant to be working with was here. I was pleased, and in some respects I felt that I was at some advantage as I was gaining an insight into more than one persons work.

My Third year is called Leah, she was really friendly and bubbly which is always a positive when you are meeting somone new because you never know what to expect, and personally I always feel really shy at first but hey most people are like this. But anyway I got set a variety of new tasks today.

Tasks....

Morning Tasks:

• I began the day by going to Leeds Market and Samuel Taylors to buy 4M lining fabric. Leah had asked for my own opinion on what I would feel would work best for her collection, there was a choice of either just a plain black polyester lining or a shimery dark metallic grey. I personally felt that the grey would work better as it would create more interest to her garments by using a different coloured lining fabric. So we went ahead with that. I was pleased as she agreed with what I had said.
• When arriving back at college we spoke through the following tasks for the afternoon. Leah briefly spoke to me about her collection which features structured and futuristic elements such as large shoulders, and areas that stick out on the hips and waist. I was intrigued to see some of the garments in order to see how she had created such structure.

Afternoon:

• During the afternoon session I did some pattern cutting. Cutting out the linings for some of her garments out of the fabric I had bought in the morning. At first i was really anxious because I didnt want anything to go wrong with it been someone elses work. However I soon overcame that feeling and trusted myself with what i was doing. This took up most of the afternoon as there was quite a lot of cutting to do.