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Final edited images

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Final GIF

Really happy with the end result and that my plan worked out! This turnable GIF gives the project both a more playful and modern addition.

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Process of final collection images

I am very happy that my idea to photoshop the garment onto my model worked!! It really looks super cool and playful, just as I wanted.

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Sneekpeaks of original photoshoot

Here are a few unedited images from the photoshoot I had with my niece. The dress fit her perfectly and look super cool!  Tomorrow I will have the next photoshoot with my friend where I will take images in the same angels as I did with my niece.

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Waste from all four panels

One of the reasons I chose to do direct patterns on the looms (DPOL) is because of how little waste it produces. From all four panels, this is how little yarn I wasted and that is only because they were too long after finsihing it off on the backside.

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All four finsihed panels

Due to how long it takes do make each piece, I chose to not make any sleeves for the dress.  I was a bit concerned it would look less dynamic but I am really happy with how it looks without the sleeves!

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Looms for the back panels

When making the front panels I noticed it was much harder to weave when the looms were whole, therefor for the back panels I cut out the inner parts of the loom which helped a lot! This made it much easier to weave as the warp yarns are not as tense.

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Design development of the front pieces 

I really love how the pieces are turning out! Especially the foamy parts and finger details.

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Looms of the front panels

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Colouring foam with textile paint

Collected some more mattress foam to dye for the final design. I chose to make all of them in pink and thinner red ones.  When I coloured the previous foam parts I painted the whole piece and then cut them into strips, however when doing so the edges of the foam wasn’t coloured. Therefor, this time I chose to cut the foam first and then colour them so that all sides are dyed. A great decision as it will be a lot nicer and easier to work with since it doesn't matter which side is up.

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First fitting - pattern paper

I am very happy with the overall fit, especially considering this is the first time I made patterns for a child.

Both the front and back panel will be cut around the waste and made in to 4 separate weaving looms.

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Feedback from Marco & Calvin

After speaking to my teachers they told me I don’t necessarily have to do a full size sample since it will take a lot of time to weave. Instead I can do a small version just to show how it would look.  This gave me an idea - I am going to make my garment in a child size (for my 8 year old niece) then I will take lots of picture of her from various angels. After that I will have a photoshoot outside with a friend where I take pictures of her in the sample angels as my niece. In this way I can later on Photoshop the dress on my friend instead of my niece and make a small image sequence GIF when she’s rotating.

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Design ideas

Made two variations of the design. I definitely prefer the right one since it isn’t as organized as the left one and it has a more weird expressive look that I love.  Hopefully I will have time to make all panels, if not I think it will also look nice without the sleeves.

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First design ideas

Started sketching my idea for the final garment in Illustrator and this is what I came up with. I want the dress to be a bit oversized, have a relaxed feel and simply just be a plain canvas for the dynamix textile to speak for itself.

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Fabric development - merging two samples + making a pocket

I wantad to try merging two samples as well as making a pocket in the middle of the weaving so I did this clean and natural white sample which I later merged together with my previous colourful and exprerssive sample.  It really turned out so good and has a perfect balance between natural, graphic and weirdness.