Clothing Construction Sample Notebook. Finished.

Today was the LAST lab day for my clothing class this semester. I am completely finished with ALL of my projects in that class, praise the Lord! My blouse turned out pretty good, although it was a little big. Maybe if i throw on a cute belt with it, it'll be alright:) I also completed my sample notebook today. I don't know exactly how many samples of different hems, buttons, button holes, hook & eye closures, zippers, and stitches we had to do, but it seemed like a lot! I doubt that I'll remember how to do all of them again, but at least I'll have it for future reference if I ever need it. I would put pictures of it up to show you what a sample notebook looks like, but it is rather boring. Anyways, this will be my last post about my sewing projects this semester, but I start Advanced Apparel in the Spring, so there will be many more to come next year! :)

This Semester is Coming to an End!

Wow. The semester is almost over! I am currently working on my shirt, which is taking me forever to finish. I have been working on it for about ummm 5 LAB PERIODS which is 15 HOURS!! I am making it out of a taupe-ish polyester fabric. It has a Mandarin collar, with 3/4 length sleeves. It also has 6 black and gold colored buttons down the front. I would like to mention that i used a machine to make my button holes...That was pretty fascinating. I only had a couple of puckers this time which isn't too bad considering the fact that I had to sew "set-in sleeves". But I fixed them so it looks better now:)
Not only am I working on finishing my shirt, I am also trying to get my sample notebook finished. I only have one more lab period to work on everything before the semester ends, but hopefully I'll get it all finished. Our sewing room is literally like the Project Runway room right before their time is out to quit working. Everyone is trying to work as quickly as possible. Fabric and threads are everywhere! (i feel so sorry for the cleaning lady). All of the tables are covered in fabric swatches, notions, scissors, folders, pin cushions, and everything else possible. I think the only thing that is keeping us all sane right now is the lovely music that we play in the background. But seriously.

My #2 Sewing Project

YAAAY for finishing my first piece of clothing!!! (had to get that outta my system) I made a simple skirt in my clothing class for my second project. I thought it turned out fairly good myself. I did NOT break any needles this time so that was definitely a step up from last time. I made it out of wool. Yes wool. Just because something is made out of wool does not mean that it's going to look like a fluffy sheep. When I told my sister what it was made out of, she just kinda gave me "that look" and i knew exactly what she was thinking, so I had to clear things up. Anyways, this simple A-line skirt took me about 6 hours to make. I got to use the serger to hem the edges which was niiiice because it didn't take near as long as hemming them with a machine. I blind stitched the waist by hand so that took some time to do. I also put a zipper and a closure on the back. WOOP WOOP! I am really steppin up in this sewing business, lemme tell ya haha.

On Tuesday we start makin our blouses. I am looking forward to that because I bought some pretty awesome fabric and some way cute buttons :)

"It's Such A Sensible Tote"

After 9 hours of class time, a few broken needles, and an embroidery machine that almost ran out of red thread....I'd say I got lucky :)

I'm Sewing!!

I am taking a class this year called Clothing Concepts in which I am learning how to sew! I probably should have acquired this skill a long time ago, but I was to stubborn to learn I guess haha. But I am having sooo much fun learning how to use a machine. I recently just finished making a tote bag. It has a cream and black swirl motif, with a pocket on the front. I embroidered my last name on the pocket in bright red which made it look awesome! I made it out of a very thick fabric so my machine had a hard time. Pretty sure I broke a total of 5 needles haha. I will put pictures up as soon as I can so you can see the finished product! :)

A little kick-off to my new blogging bloggness

I have recently decided not to post about my every day life (as in the past), but rather about my progress in becoming a fashion merchandiser, and tips and tricks that I have learned in or outside of class. Also, I am open to any ideas that you may have! You can find me on facebook and shoot me a message, or even follow me on twitter. I will try to keep up to date with this as much as I can, but by looking at my past blogs, I rarely posted haha. Hopefully that will change since I will be posting more on what I love! :)

School's Out For The Summer! =)

Okay, so first of all my freshman year blew by like crazy! It was here one minute and gone the next...literally. I would write about my second semster, because obviously I haven't been on here in forever, but that would take entirely too long. So I will do my best to summarize what has happened recently.

This past weekend my best friend Amy and I went to Abilene to watch the Lonestar Conference baseball tourney! We had a blast! However, I do think that I have the worst luck ever when i go that place. The first night there, my eye swelled up and I couldn't see anything! It watered for about 4 hours. I was miserable. But thank goodness for Amy, cuz she took good care of me :) ...Here is the second most unluckiest thing that happend. (a little background to the story first: during the games when there was a foul ball, I would look at Amy and tell her that it was going to hit my car and break my window. she assured me everytime that it wasn't going to happen. i believed her haha.) So the second night, I got up during the game to go to my car to get some gum or something (don't remember what for, but thats besides the point). So i get to my car, and there's glass just chillin on my trunk...what the heck!?!...I look at my window, and its shattered!!! Not only is my windo shatterd, but there is a dent in my hood. Lucky me, right?...So i call Amy, and she completely thinks I'm kidding. But she comes out and realizes that I was not kidding at all. We drive to Wal-mart, and buy blue painters tape to tape the window to keep it from moving around. My car looked like white trash. It was aaaawwwwfuuuulll! So the next day we drive back to the LBK, with the window like it is...We pulled over at least 5 times to fix the tape because it kept flying off. Oh, and we couldn't drive past about 55 or else the window would shake and more glass would fall in my car...awesome, i know...but its in the shop now, so i am carless once again! My mom and dad are definately taking advantage of me being home though. I did yard work all day today, tomorrow I am painting the fireplace and doing more yard work! WooHoo! Good way to start off my summer haha. On a positive note, I am getting a nice ole tan from being outside so much :)

My Month of January

To start things off: Yes, I realize that I haven't posted in like a month, I apologize. This has been the busiest month I think I have ever had in my life!...So this is about how my month of January went. The first week, I went on a ski trip to Crested Butte with my awesome youth group from South Plains Church of Christ. It was a really great trip. Very very cold though. I think one morning it was about -15!!! Anyways, we had 3 full days of skiing/boarding! The first days was prolly the coldest. It was like a blizzard on the slopes. And smart me forgot to bring a face mask, so my mouth was numb that whole day. I couldn't move my mouth very well at all so when I tried talking I sounded a bit awkward haha. After our long days of skiing/boarding, we got to ride into town on the FREE shuttle bus. We went to a coffee shop, a wonderful pizza place called "The Secret Stash", and another place that we thought was going to be a reggae concert but turned out to be something totally different. We walked to the place where the "reggae concert" was supposed to be, and it turns out that you have to be 21 in order to go to it. So we walked in and walked right back out. It was downstairs and really creepy. There were red curtains and flashy lights. Everyone was either high or drunk. It was very awkward haha....So usually when we got back from town we went hot tubbing by the condos we were staying in. Usually when you go to the mountains you don't think about bringing flip flops. Well the hot tub was up the stairs from our rooms, and the ground was snow packed. Most everyone ran barefoot to the hot tub, because who wants to put boots on to go hot tubbing???...It was pretty funny to watch. Especially when someone would slip and biff it hahaha. The trip back home was about 12 hours. It was long, but worth it....After the long ski trip, I was home for about two days, then I unpacked and repacked my bags to move into the dorms for PLEDGE WEEK!! That was most definately the longest week of my life! It felt like a month! I'm not really suppose to talk about it but I did learn one thing...how to eat in unison with 21 other girls haha. So I am now an official Kappa Phi Kappa member!! We are prolly the loudest pledge class they've ever had haha. The day after pledge week was over, master follies practice started. We practice almost every night, from about 9-12. Although it makes my days go by much longer, it definately brings us closer as sisters in Christ :)...I kinda just wanted to get my blog caught up on this month cause I was way behind. There's not much detail in this post at all cause it would take waaayyyy to long haha, but I'll try to be better at keepin this thing updated in the future :)