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.

Monday 18th= Deadline day for design, I got up really early so that I would be on time! Everything had to be handed in for 9.30am and I was here for 9.20, I was very pleased with myself, (i normally get in just gone 9.30!) it all went ok, filled out the forms, wrote my name on a piece of paper and left it on my pile of work. We got to go home after that and I started working on my manifesto project.
Tuesday 19th= Had IT with Jamie and did research for Australian fashion week and started putting the presentation together.
Wednesday 20th= Had our first buying and merchandising lesson with John, I found it really interesting looking into the business side of fashion, it was the first lecture I have been in that havent fallen asleep! it was quite a proud moment when I left the hall!
Thursday 21st= Had our first Lectra lesson, I found it was quite good, got a little confused with how everything works on the computer but im sure with practise I will get better and less confused.

Monday 11th January 2010= First lesson back after christmas, we had design and learnt how to make a customer profile for our collection. I have done mine on a young mum who has lot her confidence and fashion style since becoming a mother. I think it sounds quite interesting and think it will be fun designing with her in mind. As we have a design deadline in next monday for all of the projects that we have done so far (not including this one) I have been solely working on them getting them all up together making sure i have everything for hand in.

Monday 7th December= Went to London to view some exhibitions we went to Somerset House and saw some really cool fashion pieces I really liked it and could have spent along time looking but there were lots of people and they kept getting in the way and walking into me if I was stood still looking at a piece. After looking at the fashion exhibition I looked at a photographer Nick Knight in action I didnt know who the people were who he was photographing, they looked like hairy bikers and were topless, the call sheet said who they were but I didn't recognise the name, I think they were in a band, they had a band like name. After lunch we went to the V&A, and had a quick look round, didn't have a very long time though as we had to catch the coach home.
Before christmas= Have been really busy with construction getting my shirt done for the deadline that was 18th December! Deadline time was 4pm and I worked upto the dot! My shirt was finished but my samples in my folder weren't completly finished. My pattern cutting was due in at the same time but I had already finished all of that previously. I was so happy when I had everything handed in, I felt alot less stressed. On the monday before we broke up for christmas we were given the brief for our next design project, it is called manifesto and we can do it on anything we like, I think it sounds really exciting.

Monday 30th November= We presented our melting pot projects to the whole class, I was so nervous, I hate talking in front of groups of people, I had all of my work together apart form my sketchbook wasnt finished but as Karen said it didnt have to be finished for this week, I wasnt bothered, everything else was finished. I thought it went ok although they moaned that my sketchbook wasnt finished. Hardly anyone was nearly finished and there was only 6 of us with mood boards and final design boards. They told us off for not having the project finished. I felt relieved after I had presented mine it felt like a lot of weight had been lifted off my shoulders.
Wednesday 2nd December= We found out that the deadline for all of our Illustration work is in for next week! Steve gave us a sheet of paper with everything that has to be finished and handed in. I have everything apart form the scuba diver, I still can't find it. I redid it which didn't take me long, and then I started writing the evaluation of the class that we also have to have handed in for next week. It isnt a long evaluation but I'm in more of a creative mood than a writing mood and didn't get very far with it. We have next weeks lessons to have everything completed so I shall have it finished by then.
Thursday 3rd= Made the pattern for my shirt with no tutorial help, it was easier than I thought it would be, we got help form each other though which made it easier, it seemed what one person knew another didn't, but they knew something the other didn't, it was very good team work!
Friday 4th= Finished sewing my shorts and learnt how to stitch a curve, I found this easier than I thought I would. I was really relieved when I had finished my shorts, all of my garments are finished now. Next challenge is to make my shirt.

Tuesday 24th November= Catch up session with Jamie. I did the drawings of trainers from the session I missed, Hazel helped me do the first trainer and then I carried on doing 6 more on my own. It was quite easy. After that I did some research on Australia's fashion week for the presentation of fashion weeks around the world in january.
Wednesday 25th= Illustration with Steve, we carried on making our logos and labels, I made a few small changes to mine and wrote up about my 'collection', I finished it early! I was very surprised, I went through all of the work I have done with him so far, I have everything together apart from the scuba diver we did in the first lesson with him, I'm sure I had it on my memory stick but is not there, I shall look on my laptop when I get home as I have everything saved on there from my laptop as back up.
26th= Today was our last tutored pattern cutting lesson, we did different collars which I found it quite easy although you do have to be perfectly accurate to make sure it will fit perfectly around the neck.