Lectra - Modaris Childrenswear ElsbethCarr
USING A BASIC CHILDREN’S BLOCK, I CREATED A SLANTED SHIRT BY DRAWING ONTO THE BLOCK AND USING THE CUT FUNCTION. I MADE THE FIRST PATTERN STRAIGHT AT THE HEM TO SEE HOW LONG IT WOULD BE WHEN MADE UP BEFORE GOING ON TO DO AN ASYMMETRIC HEMLINE.
THE SECOND PATTERN IS A LOT MORE TRUE TO MY DESIGN AS IT INCLUDES A VERY SLANTED BUTTONSTAND, AN ASYMMETRIC HEMLINE AND IT IS A LITTLE LONGER.
DEVELOPED PATTERN INDIVIDAL PATTERN PIECES.
PATTERN 1
PATTERN 2
TO CREATE A DESIGN WHICH IS EFFICIENT, A LAYPLAN MUST BE MADE. THIS MARKS WHERE ON THE FABRIC , THE PATTERN PIECES MUST BE PLACED TO CREATE AS LITTLE WASTE AS POSSIBLE. AS I HAD LIMITED AMOUNTS OF PRINT, I NEEDED TO MAKE LAYPLANS FOR THE DENIM PIECES AND THE PRINT PIECES.
3D FIT 1 USING T-SHIRT BLOCK TO CREATE BASIC SHIRT WITH SLANTED BUTTON STAND
TO MAKE A GARMENT APPEAR IN 3D, EACH PATTERN PIECE NEEDS TO BE STITCHED TOGETHER IN ITS CORRECT ORDER. TO STITCH THE PIECES TOGETHER
3D FIT 2 USING T-SHIRT BLOCK AND CHANGING SLEEVE LENGTH AND FIT
3D FIT 3 CHANGING SLEEVES BY ADDING FLARE
ONCE FITTED ON A CHILD, I HAD TO MAKE SEVERAL CHANGES TO THE PATTERN TO HELP WITH THE FIT. I MADE CHANGES BY SMOOTHING THE CURVES OF THE PANELS, MAKING THE POCKET ON THE FRONT LARGER , CURIVING OUT THE COLLAR AND SHORTENING THE SLEEVES.
3D FIT 4 Final shirt withoutcollar
FINAL
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TO MAKE THE JEANS, I STARTED BY BUYING A PAIR OF CHILDRENS JEANS IN A SIZE 8 AND TAKING THEM APART PIECE BY PIECE. BY DOING THIS, I WAS ABLE TO DIIGITISE THE PIECES INTO MODARIS AND START CREATING MY OWN PATTERN. I WANTED TO ADD FLARE TO THE JEANS, SO TO DO THIS, I DREW A STRAIGHT LINE ACROSS THE PATTERNS TO GET 2 PARTS. ONCE I DREW THE LINE ACCROSS THE PATTERN, I CUT IT INTO TWO HALVES AND USED THE STRETCH TOOL TO STRETCH THE BOTTOM OF THE LEG ON THE FRONT AND BACK. AFTER THIS, I MARRIED THE PIECES AND THEN DIVIDED THE INITIAL LINE BY 2 TO FIND THE CENTRE OF THE LEG. AFTER THIS, I DREW 2 STRAIGHT LINES FROM THE HEM TO THE CENTRE POINT.
TO CREATE THE SPLIT IN THE FRONT OF THE LEG, I USED THE CUT FUNCTION AND CUT THE FRONT TRIANGLE OUT TO LEVE A FRONT WITH 2 SEPARATED PIECES AT THE BOTTOM.
TO CREATE THE SPLIT IN THE FRONT OF THE LEG, I USED THE CUT FUNCTION AND CUT THE FRONT TRIANGLE OUT TO LEVE A FRONT WITH 2 SEPARATED PIECES AT THE BOTTOM. TO TRY AND TACKLE MANUFACTURING PROBLEMS, I ATTEMPTED TO ADD A SEAM THROUGH THE FRONT OF THE LEG., YET WHEN IN PRACTICE IT DID NOT WORK. WHEN SEWING, I CAME ACROSS MORE PROBLEMS THAN BEFORE, MEANING I WENT BACK TO THE ORIGINAL MANUFACTURING PROCESS.
ONCE THE JEANS WERE FITTED ON A CHILD, THERE WERE SEVERAL MORE CHANGES TO MAKE SUCH AS, SHORTENING THE LEG IN THE FRONT AND BACK, RAISING THE BACK WAIST AND MAKING THE SPLIT DOWN THE FRONT SMALLER AND SHORTER.
THE JEANS ARE LINED WITH PRINT, WHICH MEANT THAT I NEEDED LINING PIECES. THESE PIECES ARE NOT THE SAME AS THE FRONT OR THE BACK AS THEY NEEDED TO BE LONGER AND TO COVER ANY INSIDE STITCHING. THE BACK LINING PIECE WAS MADE BY PLACING THE YOKE AND BACK PIECES TOGETHER, MARRYING THEM AND THEN CUTTING THEM AS ONE PIECE. THE FRONT LINING WAS CREATED BY CUTTING THE FRONT OUT WITH THE POCKETBEARER ATTATCHED.
TO CREATE AN ELASTICATED WAISTBAND, I NEEDED TO CREATE TWO SEAMS TO SECURE THE ELASTIC. TO DO THIS, I DIVIDED THE WAISTBAND INTO 3 PARTS BY USING THE DIVISION TOOL AND NOTCHED THE SIDE SEAMS . I DIDNT WANT THE SEAMS TO SHOW ON THE FRONT OF THE WAISTBAND SO I MADE A SINGLE WAISTBAND ON THE FRONT AND A 3 PART WAISTBAND ON THE BACK.
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