Sew Interesting

Sewing

The first half of the sewing class dragged in a bit this morning; we were going over the in's and out of what was required of us, just the usual for the first day in class. We got the names of a quite a few wedding dress designers to check out for inspiration for the bridal and evening wear. Maggie showed us some of the Jackets she has made, I lied some of them, didn’t like others. I particularly liked a black one with crossed pin tucks on the front and a gold button on each cross. It was lovely, very Michael Jackson. Yeah I like Michael Jackson, sue me!!!

Once we had got the boring stuff out of the way, we went on to start on the Jacket toile. There was some debate on the size of the collars but most people were alright. Julie’s in fact were “perfect” which is pretty cool.

Maggie was telling us today about a friend’s daughter who she made a wedding dress for. The wedding dress it seems had a very exciting journey around the world in order to avoid it going into the luggage hold. It went from UK to Pisa, Pisa to Tuscany, Tuscany to Munich and Munich to London were it remains for the time being before being brought back for display. Maggie also made the bridesmaid dresses, mother of the bride outfit, cravats and waistcoats (I think, not sure about the waistcoats). She showed us some pictures. I have to say that is quite possibly the most stunning wedding dress I have seen, truly beautiful.
The class finished before I was ready so Laura and I stayed back a while to finish off. This has left me with less to do at home, and since I’m off college from Thursday until Sunday, I like to enjoy my spare time.

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I was dreading this class a little to be honest, I found that the class boded really well with Sandra last year and had really looking forward to working with her again. Thankfully, Elizabeth is back on form and feeling much better after an illness last year. Hopefully the classes will be more regular and productive this year.

Elizabeth recommended two books to buy which would be beneficial to anyone planning to go into this field after college. The library apparently has one copy and I hope to get in there and get it out before it’s snapped up, however I can’t find my student card. Typical. I’ll have to search for it over the next few days.

We were then given an outline of the learning outcomes to be carried out over the year and an idea of the timeline. We never got the printed information though as the photocopiers wouldn’t bring it over and Elizabeth wanted to stand her ground and not send anyone over for it.

I hope that the deadlines are stuck to this year and the class runs smoothly; it doesn’t look particularly difficult but can become quite stressful if it disorganised.

Well that’s us off for the weekend. Will be back Monday with lots more thrilling tales of college life.