Making Connections

Anyka Curcic
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Practise sewing darts. I
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as I had difficulty sewing
without a guideline.

Pleat practise. Was pretty simple and turned

out really cool. I wonder what this would
look like on a bigger scale. Would the pleats
open up?

Gathering technique was more difficult for me as well

as pulling on the thread to make an even gather was
hard. I would like to practise this on a larger scale as
I believe it would be really difficult to perfect.
Making Connections Practice draping I tired this hanging on the achor points of
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shapes
Making Connections Again trialing the trapping this time
adding in gathering and pleats to add in
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Also trialing
new anchor
point of above
the bust
Making Connections Practised joining fabric
together. I found to
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curved seam. However
easing before sewing it
together definitely helped

The straight seam worked really well

as well as the square corner which
was new to me and was happy how
well it turned out.
I wonder what these
would look like on a final
garment especially the
square corner as it is not
something I have seen
before.
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A historical technique I tried was
lacing with button holes and ribbon to A non-traditional
tie the fabric together like seen in a technique I used was
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corset. I had trouble with the button melting and used an iron
Then we came up with to melt the two bits of
holes as I did this on my machine at
joining pallets plastic together. I almost
home and ended up starting again
because my first attempt was pretty burnt melted the plastic
The first traditional one I
bad. completely but it ended up
created was a faggoted
working and would love to
seaming technique which
see this used in garments
was really cool and turned
out pretty good

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Another traditional technique I learnt
was back stitching, which is a strong
hand sewing technique and I loved it.
I thought it was fun to do even though
it took me a long time
The final historical joining
pallet I tried was ties. This
wasn’t my best attempt as
I was unsure how to
attach the ties themselves
but it didn’t turn out too
bad in the end especially
with the square corner
piece.
Finally I made a
non-traditional trial that
used staples to re attach
the fabric. This looked
really clean and cool and
would also love to see it
on a proper garment.
Making Connections We then added another
We then went back to cut and I made more
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in the fabric I used them
here where the neck went /

/
through the slit.

As well as here where the

arm hole/ shoulder went
through the cut

/ It's interesting seeing how

Where the cut was placed many different designs
on the fabric that could be created.
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I then made cut a
hole in the fabric
and created these
two designs. The
first had one hole
and then the next
had two holes
The fabric
Making Connections Then I closed up the The second
second square hole I was along
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seam back into the the body
design

The first
being along
the waist at
the back
Making Connections
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pattern and went
to work recreating
Finally I designed a
my drap.
mini garment. I
draped up a off the
shoulder dress with a
large slit on the left. I wanted to join the side
From there I need to more interestingly so I
add a dart to the right used one of the
so that I could make techniques I had
it fit nice. I also practised and decided to
needed to connect used the faggotted seam
the sleeve on the left as it leaves some
shoulder as well as negative space which
join the side together would look cool.
to make that slit
along the left.
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Here is the final

look including the
faggoted side. I
am really proud
how it all came out
together. I wonder
what it would look
like on a different
body shapes and
would love to see
it on people in a
larger scale.