Only hours left..

A lot has happened since Thursday. I worked all weekend, went to spring ball, saw some friends, watched the Boston Marathon, and sewed.. a lot. Tonight I took a break to write a 10 page ethics paper in  5 hours. My garment have obviously taken top priority.. I have been in the sewing labs until 2 am for the last 5 days, which is unheard of for me. Everything is coming together so it is all going to be worth it.Here is my draping dress.. with the sleeves attached.

To keep the dress true to being a costume piece from the 30's, I had to put in snap closures, which I did today. This is the only garment I have officially done and ready for review. 

This is Alexis, one of my roommates and I at Spring Ball. I am on CAB a group that puts on many events throughout the year, Spring Ball was my committees huge event, it was a lot of work but it all came together and was a lot of fun!

This is my favorite picture from the marathon on Monday. Seeing all the runners go by is so inspirational as it is, and even being at the finish line brings me to tears, but this runner...this runner, was so moving, more than words can say. It was such a beautiful sight that brought by friend Jess and I to tears instantly.

Thats a quick update for now. Its 2:15 and I am exhausted. Praying I don't get sick. 9 days til my fashion show =) , 10 days til Emilys.. which I am modeling in.. AHHHH!

Today, April 21st was my dear friend Lexys birthday. Every year I have let a balloon go, and this year was no different. It was pouring all day, so I waited until 10:30 to let it go, hoping the rain would stop, but it didn't.

For Lexy.

1 WEEK!

One week to review. Today my goal was to finish my draping garment.. I have about 2 hours of sewing left on it to go.. I am babysitting right now and will have to finish it late tonight.. Tomorrow is a new day and tomorrow I need to at least start my ethnic gown, I haven't even cut out the fabric for it yet! AHH! Tomorrow is spring ball which I have helped plan every year, and I have attended every year, saturday I am working all day and have plans for some friends to come over, sunday will be a work day and monday is marathon monday.. which means no school, but PLENTY of OTHER activities going on on campus and in boston! Its going to be a VERY busy week, but I am getting more excited by the minute for the fashion show =)

Okay, this was more like a vent session. Back to writing my 12 page ethics paper =/ .. 

OH, and LESS THAN 2 MONTHS UNTIL PARIS!!!!!!

-erin

ps. this is my 30s vintage daywear dress a the moment.. sleeves will be added later tonight 

 

Update!

Hi Everyone!

I decided to make a blog because I keep promising to update friends and family and to send pictures of my work, but 6 classes and 2 jobs have alloted me no time to keep up those promises! This is the second semester of my Junior year and this is a very hectic time. The month of April is always the most chaotic time for the fashion majors, because of the upcoming fashion show the first weekend of May. We have what is called 'garment review' about a week and a half before the show, this is where ALL garments are checked to make sure they are complete and acceptable to go down the runway! So as you can imagine all-nighters are pulled as time runs out before review, which is the 23rd. I seem to be right on schedule with my work, I am a little nervous, as I have some major assignments in other classes to accomplish as well,

 but I feel I will meet my goal of completing all garments by Sunday the 19th! (Wish me luck!) Here are some pictures to show some of the things that I have been filling my days with..

I have to make a gown based off of a part of my Ethnicity. I chose to use my Native American heritage as my inspiration. The gown is a light brown crepe back satin, and as a part of the assignment there has to be some sort of couture piece to it.. i decided to paint silk.. this will be used as a panel on the dress. 

This is the fabric I am using for my 30's inspired day wear dress, it is all cut on the bias (the diagonal) and needs to hang for a few days to get all the possible stretch out of it. This is for my Draping class, which is a method of making a pattern for a garment by using fabric as a pattern instead of paper. For this garment we had to be inspired by a character from the movie 'Dead End'... has anyone seen it?

Sewing the skirt part of the dress together! =)

This is the start of my menswear shirt.. it now as sleeves and a collar.. just needs a hem =)