10 Minute Kimono From a Scarf Tutorial!

Right, by popular demand, but without photos, a quick tutorial on my scarf kimono!

Dead simple and fairly cute kimono style jacket from a second hand scarf! Make your own by:

• Folding the scarf in half
• Marking out a rectangle either side, which is the fabric you'll lose between the sleeves and sides
• Cut out the rectangles, stitch the cuts closed
• Turn right way round, and cut the neckline/neck hole.

I left my front unfinished since my sleeves and hem were frayed, but you could finish it with a rolled hem. 

Hope this is a useful enough explanation but questions are welcome!

University Competition, and My Return to Studying!

"As humans, we are curious: we are driven to discover, to illuminate, to visualise and understand.

This sense of inquiry is key to the design process – and also to the scientific method. Both physics and design demand creative thinking, and the drive to explore. Both demand imagination; an interest in people and their experience; a desire to see the world in a new way.

Design a ‘mini-collection’ of two outfits, menswear or womenswear, which explores the commonalities of physics and design.

Seek parallels with a scientist’s approach. Conduct your own experiments. Develop processes which provoke discovery and thought. Search for patterns, correlations and new ways of seeing things.

You could:

Investigate how materials can be combined or transformed

Experiment with new construction processes – or apply existing processes in a new way

Be inspired by intriguing theories – like relativity, chaos theory, string theory, or multiverse theory

Consider patterns and structures on a micro or macro scale : symmetry, waves, molecular geometry, cosmology

Examine movements, behaviours, transformations of particles, matter, or electricity

Look into fundamental forces, including gravity and electromagnetism

Create beautiful data

Start your own inquiry - propose new solutions for fashion design."

So, this is my first project upon my return to University! It is a competition project for FAD, and there is prize money available! After a very hectic trip to London Science Museum, I've decided to look into regular and irregular polyhedrons. I'm doing a large initial collection of 40 menswear choices and 40 womenswear choices, to be narrowed down by my lovely tours at uni. I'll update on the final selections but also on the winners when they are announced! 

Over Summer, I've not done very much sewing at all. I've made minor projects like dresses and a PE for Little Sister, with the only real projects being a grey pencil skirt with white piping and a scarf to kimono transformation. I'll do a couple of separate posts for those!

Thank you for your continued reading, couldn't be doing this without everyone out there supporting me and showing a long-term interest.