Sunday, February 6, 2011

Fabric weight experimentation!

We were told to get 2 metres of a light weight, medium weight and heavy weight fabric to cut our shapes from and see how they react when placed on the body. I enjoyed this as it was good to see how the fabrics would fall. I learned alot about how fabric choices for the particular garments are extremly important and you need to be realistic when designing..for example it would'nt be possible to use chiffon on a stiff, structured garment.


My lightweight fabric was satin lining.
My medium weight was polycotton
My heavy weight fabric was a 100% percent wool fabric.
I also got a thick wool jumper from a charity shop to use as a heavy weight fabric.




Lightweight


Medium weight




Heavy weight #1


Heavy weight #2 - wool jumper



I recorded how the different fabrics fell on the body and if they held there shape or hung down. I did this by taking photographs, taking notes and sketching.

Recording the results of the different fabrics

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