And now my ride begins

This post was meant to be posted in early November. But I was caught up in waves and waves of meetings, interviews, etc. Now I finally sat down to finish up this post properly and with some photos too!

The past 2 months had been pretty well spent. I finished school by mid September. Was involved in the Fide Fashion Weeks for 2 weeks. And my personal life had seen quite some ups and downs. Not forgetting we are yet to start preparing for the exhibition taking place at our graduation in December.

There is a change in the school planning of their term breaks. Now students have 2 weeks. Which meant that they all have 1 week less of school to prepare for their final project. I was caught in this change in my last and final term. It was a mad rush churning out my final project for Garment and Composition module. On the eve/day of submission, I worked till 4am, slept an hour or so and woke up to rush it out by 7am before I rushed to school to have it scanned and submitted before our exam at 9am. I never had to work like this before. And I must say my parents were so shock to see the way I worked. Till this day, I still get comments like "if only you'd study this hard for your degree...". Haha. It was so funny. Even when my dear friend mel saw me working on technical flats (an assignment my interviewer gave me), she said "I have never seen you so focused when we studied together!!!". Ok im enjoying this shock from my friends and family. Cos it meant that they could see what this mean to me (:

A few weeks later I went on a short shopping trip to Bangkok with my family. And when I came back, I found out I had the opportunity to volunteer for the Fide Fashion Weeks. And the best part of it was my role - Liason Officer. Basically I welcome the designers and VIPs at MBS hotel,  and facilitate in their movement between the hotel and the event hall on their first day. I made sure they follow their schedule and turn up for their interviews and fittings. I was overjoyed to be interacting with these designers first hand!

I met the shy Burkman Brothers with their cute model friend Frank!

Michael Cinco was the most humble yet funny designer whose clothes were even more terrific than the designer himself. 

The legendary Kenzo Takada has a very charismatic qaura who never fail to smile at silly fanatics like us wanting a photo with him. 

Madame Guo Pei had the largest entourage of assistants and models with her upon her arrival and the longest show (2hrs) of jaw-dropping outfits. The following are some of my favourite looks. I added videos of every single outfit on my instagram!

Sebastian Gunawan is the most good looking designer who has an equally gorgeous collection of dresses. Not forgetting his beautiful niece who is pleasant both in her looks and her character.

And the loveliest old lady I've ever met. She is 60+ years old I heard. Given her age, she moves really slowly and always carry a smile on her face. Whenever anyone greeted her, she will stand up and walk towards him and shake his hand. She may not understand a single word of English yet she will smile and nod at you. Everyone is humbled at her presence. And she is present for every show during her stay in Singapore. So humble and so respectful of everyone. Mind you, she is one of the best wedding designers I've seen and one of the first in Japan! Her personal assistant (an old man who seem as old as her) is always around to make sure she is ok and he is just as polite as she is. She is definitely one of my favourite person at the show.

There are so many more cool designers I've met over the 12days at the event. On Aura tu Vu. Lie Sang Bong. Students from Atelier Chardon Savard. And many many more.

 

I also had the honour of meeting and working other awesome people such as Daniel Buoy and his team, the Japanese "feather lady", etc. And then, as always, there are divas amongst some famous names. I was so disappointed by one of my favorite designers. But overall it was definitely an eye-opening exposure to the industry and many up-close experience of the amazing couture clothes.

Graduation will be happening at 10 December for me. Unlike the advance diploma students, me and my fellow coursemates will have our own exhibition on graduation day. We have been working on the proposal for more than a month already. Not that it was constantly rejected, but they kept asking for more details. So now with less than 3 weeks to the event, our designs are still not approved. I wonder how are we going to come up with the looks by then. Perhaps a miracle would be helpful. 

I started searching for job back in early September. Back then I wasn't super proactive because the deadlines of the final projects were pressing more urgently. But since then, I had been sending out countless resumes and had a few interviews. Some were fine. But I went for some which only left me feeling shit when I stepped out of the office. I was demoralised and had lost most of my confidence in my own skills. Because of the minimum pay that e2i is insisting on, I had a hard time because many local companies are too small scale to afford to pay me that amount. I think I could have easily sent out 30+ resumes.

Finally last week, I got myself a job! As of December, I'm going to be a fashion designer at Moda Ling Pte Ltd. They are an established company dealing with corporate uniforms - mostly hotels. One of the best part is that I'm going to be dealing with Optitex - a new auto-cad software they bought recently. Another perk is that the office is a half an hour trip from home! Ok more about my job another time. Till then!

Freedom marked by works!

I'm finally done with school (again). Haha. But this time the ecstatic feeling is different. It's the feeling of empowerment. Im finally qualified to be a designer. I finally have sufficient knowledge to start a label if I want to.

And of course, what better way to mark my finale than to sew! Spotlight was having their annversary sales. I found 2 gorgeous fabrics which I used to make a blouse and an envelope clutch!

This fabric print is so apt! Birds = freedom. Oh after almost half a year of not drafting, I made many mistakes in this one. Forgot to take in my armhole. I only realised that when I finished the garment. So to salvage the situation in the best way I could, I just lower the armhole by 2cm and try to ease it in. Don't learn. Haha. I can fit my arm in comfortably now but it's still not the best fit. You can see how the fabric is stretching above the bust area. And the next mistake I made: added too much ease at the hip! well I wanted it to be loosely fitted. But I went abit too far. Haha. But I usually wear a sleeveless garment with a jacket so it ain't so bad. Still looks presentable when I wore it with my blue blazer!

And my next work: an envelop clutch. I was so proud of this one. I did it all in 6 hours. It's fully lined and faced on both lining and outer casing. Still it does not have enough structure to it. But I love it. And many people have been complimenting it! Woots!

Well I was planning to practice my drawing that day but the inspiration came! And I just draft and sew the entire day! Couldn't stop! Haha.

Preparation have started for our graduation exhibition in December. I'M JUST SO EXCITED!!! For all who are interested, it's going to be on December 10th. Mark your calendar!

Life at three distinct points.

*Updated with trailers from Youtube.

Before Sunrise.

Before Sunset.

Before Midnight.

These three movies was made (coincidentally or not) 9 years apart. And they all reflect the characters' lives at different points of their lives.

I started my holiday and my freedom by watching them.

The first was a chanced encounter leading to a romantic night in Vienna. The second was finding each other again at a much more mature age. The last was being married with twins and starting to get disappointed in life or with each other.

I love how all three movies are not eventful. But just alot of conversations and talking. The story plot and their lives in between the movies were revealed in their conversations. I love how their thoughts were so well thought out, and how they seem to be able to coexist and connect at such a profound level. It made me realise that our lives could be just like that. We started out in the early twenties with so much hope about our future and such wild dreams. Then as we reach our thirties,  we realise life is much more complicated than that and that life doesn't seem to be turning out the way we want it to be. And when we are in the forties with kids and family,  we find ourselves disappointed with how life has lead us to this point where non of our dreams are fulfilled. Life turns out to be much more difficult and time consuming than we thought. And we never achieved what we set out to (or not to) achieve. Ultimately we reach a stage where we eventually realise that's life! Imperfect. But we do the best we could out of it!

I would watch all 3 movies again. Because the characters speak of how I am now (at the first movie). Always thinking about so many things, bothered by so many unimportant things. And eventually many years later I would look back and laughed at how silly I was. I love this particular quote from the movie, about how romance is totally not important. What tides us through time till our last breath is our friends and family.

Oh and I definitely see how twisted our female minds can be when we are so caught up in the world we thought we see but is actually nothing but our stupid guesses and assumptions. Haha!

The future is creeping up on me slowly.

Graduation is nearing. I have but 4 weeks left. Projects deadlines and exams are all nearing. But while I'm trying to catch up on all of that, one harsh fact is creeping in on me too: what to do after graduation?

If you remember, I'm under a contract with e2i. That's how I get my subsidized school fees and my monthly allowances. But the other part of the contract is working in the Singapore fashion industry for a year upon graduation. It doesn't state that I have to work full time or part time. But this mean I have a very wide range of options. Now the question is, what should I do to ensure that this is one year efficiently and effectively spent on a job that will move me a step forward in my quest to reaching for my dream?

That is a tougher question than one might think.

The practical solutions are very tempting and easy to reach for. I can abuse the nature of the contract and find a part time job as a sales girl. Ok that is a really stupid choice. Just saying.

But I can just find ANY job as a fashion designer in Singapore, work one year then leave. I will definitely work a year then leave. But the problem here is, where to find a job that I can be a proper fashion designer, putting the skills I learnt to proper use? Singapore has a very small market for hiring fashion designers who design. Most of such job title will include job scopes of mixing and matching existing designs from other luxury brands, or in some very sad cases, the job scope is very similar to that of a merchandiser. I know beggars can't be choosers. I am after all a fresh grad. Who wants to manufacture my designs? Whoever do, I think they must be nuts to trust an "infant" designer and thrust hundreds and thousands dollars into manufacturing something that may or may not sell. I'm not saying my designs are lousy. But it's just a logical reasoning from a business perspective. I have a Bachelor in Management so my mind isn't as ignorant (or living "in the clouds" for that matter). I know and I understand the business concerns of a company - to make profit!

Ok I'm getting too far from my topic. Basically, what and where to find a job that has MINIMAL non-designer job scopes and MAXIMISE my learning curve as a designer? Ideally, I would like to work with a large established group with lots of luxury brands under their belt. Who doesn't? I don't have anything much to offer to stand out of the crowd yet. So my next-in-line ideal is to work with a local designer. A firm that is almost a one-man show. That I believe is where I could learn the most (provided I'm not hired to fulfill the roles of an admin or finance assistant).

But where to find such an opportunity?

It will be

what happened from January till now?

Well many things happened in a span of 7 months. As promised, this will be an entry full of pictures. An update from my term 2 to my current (4th and last) term.

In drafting 2, we did alot more stuff. One of which is this jumpsuit. It's my first time wearing one. We all had a huge laugh about the hoodie cos it's so big!

And then it was this dress below. I forgot what It was called. But the tiny capped sleeves is so cute. The point of this class was to learn to draft (and of course sew) a placket. It's always wonderful to learn new stuff from our lecturer Arzelle. She is new. But she is so lovely. Soft spoken but her presence commands discipline and strictness. It's odd how she did that. But she is always so keen to teach us. It seemed almost impossible to make her angry! Haha! Paula (our drafting 1 teacher) is equally lovely and fun to learn from. But she does get angry! Arzelle, no one seem to be able to piss her off! HAHA!

 Then in sewing 2, we did men's shirt. Oh the tedious process of aligning the (not just one or two) lines on the fabric before we cut our pattern pieces! This further affirms my dislike for stripes. But the end product is neat. Out of style of course. Haha.

And this is my favourite! My blouse from my final project in Draping 2. Reason why I love it is cos the Japanese floral fabric I found! The floral motifs on Japanese fabrics are the MOST gorgeous. A pity I used such an expensive fabric on just a school project. But it makes me smile everytime I see this blouse. (PS: I got an A from draping 2. hehe)

Oh my nightmare! Drafting 2 final project. We had to make a suit for ourselves. My colour choice turns out to be such a joke. A CIRCUS OUTFIT! Alia and I had a good laugh over this. But the crepe was very nice to work with. Only that it frays ALOT. So the cutting process is tedious even with the jagged scissors (I forgot the proper name for that scissors suddenly). But I definitely learn a precious lesson about my design choice. NO MORE STARK COLOUR CONTRAST. At least not used in so many areas like this.

I got my hair cut! Now it has grew longer. This hair cut was back in April or May? I'm not sure. Anyway I'm too lazy to blow dry my hair like this everyday so you can never see such a nice bob on me. This was taken straight after my salon trip. Hehe. I got good feedback about this length. People say I look younger - or actually MORE like my age. But I miss my long hair. I'm growing them back now!

And in term 3, I took up an additional course at Lasalle. It's weekly night classes to learn fashion illustration. My lecturer is a good teacher. A pity I don't have much time to practice what I learnt so my improvements are very minimal. Below is my first self portrait. Haha. I don't know what to make of it!

One of my better works: shoes. The one on the left is actual proportion. And the one on the right is an exaggerated one. I learnt the art of exaggeration! It makes fashion figures (and clothes/accessories) looks good! My shading technique (taught by my dad back when I was 10) is still the only technique I'm good in.

The following is the first T-shirt I designed in my apprenticeship at OP! This is done in illustrator when I knew NOTHING about drawing on illustrator. I was still in the process of self-teaching when I did this drawing. Took me a day to get it done cos I paid attention to every detail on the bridge! Anyway I only discovered this shirt 3 months after it hit the racks. I heard it was selling well! Woots!

And colour theory in term 3. Working with gouche is a pain in the ass. The cyan and the white refuse to cooperate with me no matter how many tubes I buy.

And the texturing we had to do. This is one of them. Guess how I did the white strokes? By slapping feathers onto the paper. Yep. SLAPPING. Haha. I titled this the winter lake. It feels soothing to look at.

And in my attempt to do some drafting/sewing on my own, I tried to make a peplum top for myself. And look at the disaster. An ill-fitted spacesuit. Lesson learnt: DON'T add too much lining. I went overboard with my facing and lining.

 I have a love hate relationship with garment and composition. First of all, I got the strictest teacher teaching this subject. And my friends who had taken this subject, all struggled. They scored between 50-70 but never hitting 70. And it seems pretty easy to fail. So I was terrified. I tried to follow whatever my teacher asked for. And first assignment i got a 58. By the time I had to do my 2nd and 3rd assignment, I was getting pissed with it. I hate the tedious process and how detailed I have to be! I started ignoring all the proportions by comparison. I started to go with my eyes, by my judgements. And guess what? I shoot up to 74 and followed by an 80! I was shocked! My work was photocopied to be share with my class. I WAS BEAMING WITH JOY! in my 20+ years of education, my work had NEVER been the good piece of work that the teacher would show the class. It's still not perfect of course. But I guess I have a natural flair in judging the clothes proportions and what goes where.

BUT I HATE GARMENT AND COMPOSITION. Yet I'm doing well in it. Perhaps I need to hate the things I do in order to do well in it. *shrugs*

it has been way too long.

Oh my gosh. I just realised that my last blog post goes all the way back to Feb?? Wow I'm either really busy or lazy (I think it's a mixture of both. *oops*).

So I will be doing an update. I think I shall split it into two. This post will all be words, and the next one will be with more pictures (: So basically this post will be more personal and the next one will be about school and other fashion related stuff. I guess this is me giving a nice heads- up to people who are here just for my updates about school and  fashion stuff - you can move on to the next post later.

Let me begin.

What had went on for the four months I went into hiding? Well school definitely happened. And work (internship) too of course. My birthday went by - uneventful as usual. And that's about all. Seem like a pretty short summary.

At work, opportunities arised for me to find out some ugly gossips. It decreases the mystery surrounding my higher authorities (in office) and of course in the process my respect for them lessened. Gossips are gossips of course. But they just answered some baffling issues I had been having in the office (like the way they work etc). Office gossip stays in the office. Shall not elaborate too much on the details. 

As some would know, this is my first birthday (in four years) to spend it alone. Actually, like the Valentine's day, it actually feel good to be single. No expectations towards anyone (not even my friends, because over the years, no one ever celebrate it with me on the day itself). It feels good that I do not have to end the day with disappointments since I never started the day with any hopes. But this year, there was an exception. My two new-found (and pretty close) friends surprised me with a cake and my favourite macaroons! Love it. Haven't had such a nice surprise in a long long time.

One night a few weeks ago, me and my lovely friend had a girls' night out! For your information, she isn't a local. She's an African. That explains why we were at this club that night. Given my height is pretty average here (or slightly above average), I found myself being towered the entire night! All the foreigners from all over the world! I half-regretted not wearing heels (remembering my last night club experience in my wedges, I'm half-thankful I'm on flats). But oh boy! The atmosphere was good! Everyone was so nice! Not trying-to-get-you-in-my-bed kind of nice. But sincerely nice! It felt so good. I haven't been surrounded by SO many nice people in a small space and in a night! It was a very pleasing experience. A flattering one too. Haha. It was an eye-opener. Given I haven't travelled much and far, my knowledge of foreigners has been limited to just Asians. I was reminded how kind and sincere and honest people can be.

For instance, I was very drunk by the time I left. I was alone (I was too tired to stay on). I was conscious but dead drunk. A nice man from India was waiting for a cab like me, and we started a conversation. Then the events turned and he didn't need to leave the location. But he decided to stay on with me till I catch a cab. It took about 10 to 15 minutes. Despite the state I was in, he didn't take advantage and was very gentleman the entire time. It totally changed my bias opinion about Indians. This guy was very courteous and nice all the time till I got into a cab. I have heard alot about how foreigners think that Singaporean girls are so easy to get, or that people you meet after 2am and at the club are only nice to you to get into your pants. But during this long night, I didn't meet a single person like that. How wonderful if I can meet such people everyday. Then I'm sure I won't be as bitter as I am now. Haha!

Anyway this is my last term doing my course. I have one of the tougher module left to complete, and I am "so lucky" to have this "super wonderful" teacher. I'm SURE I will be able to pass this module. Given that it's my last 3 months, I start to worry about my journey out there alone with no framework to follow, no guidelines to ensure the pathway to success. I need to start polishing my work to compile a portfolio. Tonnes of work ahead of me.

Wish me luck!

My very first personal project!

After much procrastination, I finally started on my Chinese New Year dresses about 1 month before CNY! I  made the effort to do everything from scratch. I designed it, drafted it, cut it and sew it all by myself. The first dress I started on, I abandoned it after drafting. It looked too ugly. I started on the next design. And when I lay the pattern pieces out on the fabrics to cut, I found the fabric combination don't go well with the design. Both these 2 dresses were abandoned as I found that it doesn't fit my own requirements for my dress!

So I went on to shop for new fabrics (even though I have many potential fabrics at home, none were suitable as a CNY dress fabric cos they aren't red/orange enough). With my new fabric, I had new inspirations!

This was a design I quickly sketch in my Fashionary Sketchbook =)

And it became this!

One thing I learnt from this experience, was mostly about the drafting proportions. Also, I removed too much dart and added too much ease to the waist. Thus I needed to add a sash at the last minute to "tie it all up". Haha. But also because of the time constraint, I skipped interfacing my facing pieces. Which also turned out to be a nightmare for my front neckline. Oops! Lesson learnt. The hard way as usual.

I've wore this dress to school once and I got quite good comments about them! It makes me really happy. But as always, I see the flaws more than I see the beauty in it. So I'm not 100% happy with my work.

This dress was a last minute decision. I found this soft (and a little stretchy) linen at a really good price. And the weight it has gives it a good drape! Thus the decision to make a simple tube dress with it. This dress was literally finished on CNY eve (I even had to go through a mad dash to spotlight to buy elastic thread as all other shops are closed! And I was hand stitching the hem at the reunion dinner). Good thing is that I learnt to do shirring with this dress!

But as I was sewing, I started to regret it because the linen is so heavy! I was so scared of exposing myself in this dress cos of the weight! But luckily, with sufficient shirring, the elasticised portion at the bust area could hold the weight of the fabric. Thank goodness I didn't have to use the ugly straps I made!

I'm really happy I was able to make my own dresses for this CNY! Even though I can't go visiting still, people who come to my grandpa's house gave me good remarks about them (: 

Making clothes is a very long and tedious process. One thing I learnt is that whatever looks good in sketches, may not look good on the person wearing it. For instance, I didn't have the height and the waist of a model. Thus, some dresses turned out to be more frumpy than I'd envisioned. Also, this personal project also teaches me some lessons about judging the right fabrics for the right design.

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A friend commented that she love how I always challenge myself in everything I do. I don't take the safest route, sometimes even routes that she (who's more advanced in sewing real clothes) don't agree on. But so far the decisions and the challenges I make seem to surprise her in a very good way. 

In the drafting project that we're working on now, we had to make formal pants and jacket (aka a blazer). I chose crepe fabric and in contrasting purplish-blue and off-white. My fabric and colour choice was met with some doubts from some people. But seeing how my pants turned out, many people were surprised that the end result could be achieved by a fabric and colour contrast like that. So now that I'm working on my jacket, no one questions my decision in the areas that I would like to use contrasting colours on (as it's a suit, I'm using the same colours and fabrics as my pants). It actually makes me feel a little good that finally people can see that my visions and decisions can turn out to be good.

Hearing that comment (challenging myself in whatever I do) from my friend just brought that point to my attention. I never intentionally seek challenges. I guess it's my own principle never to stick only to the things I know. In everything I do, I want to know and to see, that I've learnt something from it. That's where I get my sense of satisfaction from. So it became a habit I guess, always to try new things.

Step out and learn even more

Last term, when we were given the list of fabrics we needed to buy for our next term's sewing class, Jenny ( my sewing teacher) threw me a challenge: to use see-through fabric for the dress . She forbid the entire class to use such fabric, except for me and my friend (who's much more experienced in sewing than us beginners).

The trick is that I had to do french seams for all seams that the class is to overlock. Everyone who sews know that french seam is tedious. Alot of pressing, extra few steps, and extra neatness and care is needed for a proper french seam.. My choice of fabric didn't help either as it was very "slippery" and "fragile". Basically it slides under the footer very easily, and any rough pulling of thread or needle produces big holes easily. For the three classes, I described myself as in a state of meditation and zen with my fabric/sewing/sewing machine. I was handling the fabric like its a 1mm-thick glass, and the entire time I was in my own bubble as my sewing steps are different from the class. I felt no rush of competition for speed, and never felt I was falling back. The three classes pushed me to improve my sewing skills and attitude drastically.

Today, as I was back sewing with a comfortable stripped cotton (for men's shirt), I realised I was fast, neat and much more accurate than some of fellow classmates. It was only then did it dawn on me the impact of my french-seam dress.

I'm happy I succeeded pretty well in the challenge that Jenny and myself threw at me, and I'm really glad I stuck to it till the end. Instead of staying in my comfort zone as a safe choice, I stepped out. And guessed what happened? (:

It was a really good learning lesson.

Finishing first term with a smile (:

The first term of school ended in 2012! I'm actually into my second term. A little late for a complete update of term 1. But better late than never right?

I shall share all my final projects here. I'm proud of my work. But they are really amateur so I have my own criticisms about it. I'm just proud of the fact I did it all myself from start to end, and that they look pretty good.

Let's start from Drafting 1. The final project consist of a skirt and a (matching) blouse.

I picked my skirt from Max Mara.It's a pegged skirt with gathers at one side. So that makes it an asymmetrical skirt. However I must clarify that I think the actual skirt is symmetrical (with gathers on both side). But me and my lecturer decided to go with the picture.

My first attempt was a disaster. I used poly sateen, mid weight. Turns out I had slashed too much in my drafting that the weight of the fabric made it look like a bandaged skirt or something. Simply a disaster. Too painful to even see it.

 Thus, given I have a few days left to submission, I decided to scrape the entire thing and draft it all over again. This time I found a lighter weight poly sateen. But I absent-mindedly forgot to make it a pegged skirt. There wasn't enough time to redo so I just submitted this blue skirt.

Conclusion:
I had belittle this skirt. From the picture I thought it was a simple one. Only when I started to draft it then did I realise the nightmare I got myself into. It's a freaking asymmetrical skirt! I was the only one in class to do an asymmetrical skirt. Nightmare in the drafting. But important lesson learnt was that the weight of my fabric could make a world of difference in my drafting decision!


Now for the second part of my Drafting 1 Final Project.

I chose a blouse from Red Valentino. A cute denim short and puffed sleeved blouse.

 To match this blouse to my skirt, I chose a floral poly sateen fabric. I had a hard time thinking about the type of fabric to use to make this design look good and yet match my skirt. And I actually dream of my solution! Amazing.

Conclusion:
I'm very very proud of this garment! I had so much fun in the process. Even though the sleeves gave me a bit of problem (my draft made the sleeves too big that it droop like a droopy breast), I had fun in using the buttonhole function of my sewing machine! Love the pearl-like button too.


Draping 1 project require us to drape and sew a skirt.

I picked something from Max & Co.. This skirt has two layers of peplum. So I thought it would be a challenging lesson to learn in draping.

 This is how my draped skirt look like.

And the Final submitted skirt look like this. Someone comment that it looks like a cute octopus. Can't decide if it's a compliment or insult.

Conclusion:

Turns out the double layer of peplum was not only a challenge in draping it, but also sewing it together. Also by that time, money was running very very low (my allowance was 2 months late). I tried to use a fabric that I already owned. Later than I recall that this was one of my more pricey fabric that I was saving for a long maxi skirt for myself! Back to the topic. I screwed up the length of the lower peplum. But to deal with the submission time, I had to just solve it as a sewing problem - I eased in the extra. Proud of myself for thinking of that under the circumstances. And when I was taking the photo then I realised my zip was done very poorly. And the darts don't seem to sit well. I haven't figure out what was wrong. Need to wait till I get it back.


Sewing 1 Final project wasn't exactly like a project. It felt like just another of our in-class assignments.

We are suppose to sew a Men's Bermudas. But the style is so out of fashion.

Conclusion:

Nothing much to conclude. We had 3 lessons to do this with Jenny's guidance. It wasn't that bad. But definitely not perfect. I still have to work on being able to sew my seams properly without he existence of a magnet guide.


That concludes my first term at this school. It's a hectic schedule with make up lessons everywhere (especially when we had drafting on Friday, Saturday and Tuesday - it just make our deadlines very close and make our life a living hell). In addition, my allowance from e2i was 2 months late (3 months later than my anticipated date). So with savings depleted and small loans from my family, the last 1.5 months was very hard. I even came to the point of having only $20 a week to survive - half of which needs to go to my ez-link card. I learnt a harsh lesson this time round. But I'm glad I survived it. I did the best I could under those circumstances and carried the pressure well.

Oh please visit my facebook for better pictures of all the above work: https://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.10151179212977285.444891.704612284&type=3

Well this term starts off on a good foot. But it's hard to kick off into work again cos the 1.5 weeks of holidays leave me craving for a longer holiday. So far I only had one module. This new teacher is nice yet strict. At least she maintains some sort of discipline and order in drafting class. And thank god I did not get the teacher(s) I dread! If not it will be one nightmarish term. I'm keeping my fingers cross that I will get Jenny again for sewing, and hopefully the same nice teacher from drafting, for draping. Oh did I mention, we're doing tailored garments for ourselves for drafting! Yippe! I can make clothes for myself and I can finally learn how to make tailored clothes (and to learnt o make adjustments to make sure they fit)! I'm excited!