Thursday 28th January= We had Lectra, which I am starting to get used to now. I can't believe how much quicker it is to do pattern cutting on the computer than by hand! I think this is partly the reason that i enjoy it, if it was such a long process on the computer as well I probably wouldn't like it.
Monday 1st February= Had design in the afternoon, Allana looked through my work and said she didnt understand what I was doing and said that someone else was also doing a project on clocks. She told me to look at speed camera, which looks and records things in slow motion, such as a person walking down the stairs, you would see every single piece of movement however big or small. It does make you think about what you are doing and how you do it. I went off to the library to research more indepth into it, I already knew abit from a previous movement project. I spent all afternoon and evening researching it and concluded that it didn't inspire me to design fashion, I could make a lovelly textile wall hanging, but I was getting no inspiration for fashion. So I decided to go against what Allana advised me but decided to compromise and look at just one clock, as she had also said I had to many images of different clocks. I am going to look at just one very pretty, delicate pocket watch that is very old. Ihe intrecate detailing that is on the front of the watch is beautiful and I can take a lot of inspiration for print designs that I can use on my garment.
Tuesday 2nd= Split groups again, had design first thing and told Allana what I had decided to do, she wasnt too happy with me but liked the pocket watch I had chosen to look at. I ripped out the pages in my sketchbook that I had already done and started again. I drew a the front of the pocket watch which took me allday as it is so delicatly detailed, it looks really good now though, I carried on drawing it in Jamie's IT lesson, in between finishing my working sketch for Lectra, I put it onto a page with a grid that has all of the information about the garment that the pattern cutter will need.

Monday 25th January= Chose my colour palette in design, I have gone for grey, blue, purple and red. I wanted simple colours that are striking yet not in your face. My customer wants to look good and stylish but in a show off way.
26th= Split day, in design I put my research of clocks and watches into my sketch book and in IT we made a working sketch for our lectra project. I found it hard getting the shape for my tshirt. people say it's easy drawing on a computer but I find it really hard, I practise it and still cant do it very well.
27th= Buying and merchandising, John found out that I work for New Look and said that his youngest son and his girlfriend work for them aswell. They are both in Head Office. He talks about them and the company quite alot in his examples and I find this quite interesting, I understand it more aswell as I can picture what he's talking about at my work, I find it harder when he talks about other company's although I do understand what he is talking about.