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?

LOOKING AT MY COLLECTION AS WHOLE...

After completing all of my toiles I pieces all the outfits together to see how they looked as a whole. I realised that the coat and jacket and trousers use similar deign lines so complement each other. Also the evening dress and the jumpsuit also complement each other with the use of the diagonal lines. I am really pleased with how they look and hopefully they should look better all in the same colour range and correctly constructed.

FINISHING MY JACKET WITH BIAS BINDING...

I had already made a lining for my senseless jacket, but the problem was that it didn't fit to the outer shell. So I decided that I would replicate the front panel of the outer shell and use that as a front facing and then finish it with a satin bias binding. To finish the other seams I will over lock them before sewing them together so it's not as fiddly. I feel like this bias binding has worked out really well and hopefully it should work better for the final garment. It won't look as good as a full lined jacket but will look better that what it will turn out.

LAST TOILE TO COMPLETE - THE SENSELESS JACKET...

I have finally reached the end of my toile making, which is quite daunting because no more mistakes can be made.

First of all I made the kimono style jacket using all 1cm seam allowance. I then placed it on the mannequin and sketched on the design lines to where my panels would be.

Then I sewed the sleeve seam under the arm to then attach to the raglan seam which allowed me to ease the under arm panels in. I then attached the centre front panel using 1cm seam allowance making sure all the notches were matching. Lastly I attached the centre back panel making sure the middle of the front panels attaching matched the middle of the centre back panel.

I feel like inserting these panels has gone well so far but the hardest part - THE LINING is yet to come so I hope I survive! How does it look?