Monday 8th February= Had design with Karen and she showed us the difference between a fashion drawing and a fashion illustration. She then showed us how to draw a fashion illustration. I found this really interesting and helpful. We each had to pick an image from a magazine and copy it into a fashion illustration. After we did this Karen showed us how to add surface and texture to the picture using different medias and how to add colour. I really enjoyed this exercise and in the end I prefered my picture to the origional! For next weeks session we have to draw 3 of our own designs in illustration form with texture and colour. I am going to enjoy this homework!

Tuesday 9th= We had IT with Jamie and we worked on our illustration skills with making working sketches for our Lectra project. I still need a lot of practise with drawing on illustration, I'm good at adding colour though!

Wednesday 10th= Buying and Merchandising lecture, we looked at Fashion Research and "Researching with a range plan" I found this to be quite obvious and common sence but I suppose some people wouldn't think of it. We were given a maths paper at the end of the lesson to have done by next lesson, it looks really hard. I think I shall be asking for some help!

Thursdsay 11th= Had a jersey workshop this morning so that we knew what to do when it came to make our jersey t-shirts. I found it really easy! I thought I was going to find it hard as I have worked with jersey before and found it very frustrating as it kept stretching but it was fine today, I think it is because I was usining the correct machine and thread whereas I sewed it by hand last time. I finished all of the samples today, which I am really pleased with.

Friday 12th= Printed off my t-shirt pattern on the plotter which we had a bit of difficulty with as it didn't like something about my pattern. Both Pat and Jody had a look to see what it was and it took them a little while to work out why it wasn't printing. I don't know what it was but it was well pasased my limited knowledge to work it out! We got it printed in the end, and I got straight to work with getting started with the construction of my t-shirt. I had half of it complete by the end of the day which I am pleased with after my slow start.