Trying out the different tension settings for the applique (zig zag stich at the widest setting)

Had to put the tension at zero as the thread would break easily if the tension was too tight

I cut away the cutouts first, revealing the edges before tacking them with a straight stitch. Then i used the zig zag stitch along the edges, going along the curves. For steeper curves, i would lift up the presser footer with the needle down and shift the cloth slightly

Once the applique stitches are done, i would cut out the peach organza that is in the cutouts so that i can insert the bubble fabric and iron the stitches to make them flat.

I chose the bubble fabric that is layered with white shiny organza rather than the blue as the blue organza is too similar a shade as the baby blue fabric, there’s much lesser contrast.

Tying of marbles in organza to form the shape of bubbles. Then boiling them in a pot for about half an hour. For one layer i boiled them for about 30 mins. Two layers for about 45 mins. Four layers for about 1hour and 45 mins

I tried making bubble fabric with different colored organza.and also tried layering of fabric, layering peach organza with blue or white.

drawings to try to visualize the cutouts

trying out in newspaper. I decided on larger cutouts, easier to applique and looks better in terms of composition

tried it out in another fabric first as i have limited baby blue fabric. As i tried the template i made on the royal blue fabric, i realized that the side cutout was too big and there wasn’t enough space for me to join the front and back pieces.Then i edited template to include smaller side cutouts.

I tested out the position of the cutouts on the templates. Later im going to do applique on the raw edges to prevent fraying and place the organza bubbles in the cutouts

I had some problems with the heat pad, the heating was too weak. Need to get a higher amperage battery

/* How to use a Force sensitive resistor to fade an LED with Arduino
More info: http://www.ardumotive.com/how-to-use-a-force-sensitive-resistor-en.html
Dev: Michalis Vasilakis // Date: 22/9/2015 // www.ardumotive.com */

//Constants:
const int ledPin = 3; //pin 3 has PWM funtion
const int sensorPin = A0; //pin A0 to read analog input

//Variables:
int value; //save analog value
void setup(){

pinMode(ledPin, OUTPUT); //Set pin 3 as ‘output’
Serial.begin(9600); //Begin serial communication

}

void loop(){

value = analogRead(sensorPin); //Read and save analog value from potentiometer
Serial.println(value); //Print value
value = map(value, 0, 1023, 0, 255); //Map value 0-1023 to 0-255 (PWM)
analogWrite(ledPin, value); //Send PWM value to led
delay(100); //Small delay

}

Trying out bias tape to prevent the fraying of the edge but its pretty hard to turn in curves for the smaller turns

I used the heat gun to wrinkle the satin fabric so that the fabric would have a crumpled and textured appearance. I has to use low heat cause the satin fabric burns really easily. I prefer to use the matte side of the material as the texture is clearer.

I tried different colours of satin, light purple and reddish-purple. I tried different combinations of the fabric using the pattern pieces, one was entirely textured and another was textured material in the middle and plain satin material at the side. But overall, i find that the soft pastel purple has a better overall feel to it.

Working on the skirt

I like the contrast between opaque and translucency. As a result, i used heavy weight polyester material to contrast with the lightweight organza

As the full scale skirt is around 94cm, it uses a large area and amount of paper so i used newspaper so as not to waste unnecessary paper

 Flare skirt pattern pieces

 Joining of the princess seam top – eight pieces

Flare skirt pattern lengthened to 94cm long skirt

 Placement / trying out on the mannequin