ADDING THE GRAPHIC CIRCLES TO TEXTURED BODICE...

To make the Frowning top and Invisible pants link I had to interchange features on both garments to make them work together as an overall outfit. So I added the circles from the trousers underneath the original circles on the bodice. Also I changed the fabric to make them link together more efficiently. I think the overall composition looks much stronger and should work more as a whole outfit now I have made these adjustments.

CREATING MY INVISIBLE PANTS...

I have now progressed onto creating my invisible pants which are paired with the "Frowning top" and "Senseless jacket". By making up these trousers I realised the frowning top had been made in a fabric choice that didn't complement the colour scheme of the trousers. To make this work I changed the two centre front panels and centre back panels to the same fabric used for the trousers and will also add additional circles that are seen in the side panels of the trousers onto the front of the bodice. I feel that my trousers have been a huge success and were simple compared to the other garments I still have to construct. I feel more confident with the second attempt at the bodice matched with the trousers rather the first attempt. What are your views on the bodice like the first or second attempt?

CREATING THE CIRCLES FOR THE SHIFT DRESS...

To complete my toile of my shift dress I had to attach the neck and arm facings and the sewn up circles. I positioned these in the same way the spec drawing was done having a total of about 17 circles spiralling down. I constructed these by sewing a circle inside a circle inside another circle. This way I could get a layering effect, over locking the edges to make it appear neater. I used similar fabrics with the calico to see how the machine would take the woven fabric, as flat weave is quite thick and difficult to move. After pinning these in the way I wanted them hand stitched the inner circles to the base of the dress block. I quite like the difference of clean lines from the base and then textile detail that makes the garment more 3 dimensional.