the last seven days.

Its the final seven days of the fall semester and to no surprise starbucks has become the crutch to get me to the end. The fashion studio has become my home and with a london fog constantly at my side its hard to complain.

I have somewhat satisfied my onesie obsession by designing and constructing two for the final projects in Pattern Drafting and Fashion Construction. I must admit I am pretty impressed that I was able to translate my designs into actual garments with this being my first semester studying fashion. For Pattern Drafting the task was to develop a full resolved pattern for a chosen model accompanied by a mock-up of the design. Kindly my friend Colleen agreed to be my model. Literally becoming familiar with every inch of my model, I was able to design

a working pattern for a full on onesie.

Even though its only a mock-up version (no seam finishes or closures) of the design to test the pattern, I think its pretty cute.

For Fashion Construction I was able to spoil myself by designing and constructing a jumper using my personal measurements. Having a piece of clothing that is tailored to your size is very pleasing. Although there were some frustrations during the production (I have built up a love hate relationship for zippers), this jumper is definitely an excellent addition to my wardrobe and will be sported during the Christmas holidays!

With those two projects completed this last week will be spent on my final projects for Fiber, Fabric, Fashion and Photo.

The final project for FFF has a lot of room for play and creativity. I have chose to create a garment created only with white fabric and wire. Throughout the entire term, what has really sparked my interest in FFF is the simplest techniques that produce such beautiful and complex results. So for the past week or so I have devoted a lot of time to braiding, tying, knotting, braiding, tying, knotting, knotting, knotting, braiding, and tying. But diving into these tedious techniques has made room for time spent watching christmas movies. So really there is no need to whine.

I have almost completed the main garment, all thats left to do is the accompanying head piece and footwear. There is still more tedious work to be done, and a few more christmas movies I wouldn't mind watching.

Photo is starting to wrap up. After many rolls of film spent on this series, only two more photographs are needed. The darkroom has become crowded with frantic photo students, so I will be waiting until the rush has passed and the darkroom returns back to a quiet escape. This weekend will be devoted to me and the darkroom.

So in seven days I will be handing in my last final project for the semester. Then it will be time to pack up my things and prepare to head back home for the holidays.

Can't wait!

...my first semester at NSCAD turned out to be an awesome new beginning!