ENCORE ENCOREEE!

yo. I can not get my pp report into moodle, since the file itself is actually 30 MB. talk abt exceeding limits. -_-

so anyways there isnt much that I can do about it, so I decided to just use a CD and give it to Ibu Poppy. Bu eva resigned, as we all know, and for a reason that we all DONT know -_-.. she went 'missing' just a week before the due date, practically ditching us year 10 in a clueless state of personal-project-minds. So here we are. brain-missing.

well, i am just so glad that I finished my PP that I don't care at all abt all the above. Ill be giving the CD soon, have a swell presentation with bu sarah and pak matthew (have i mentioned he turned out to be our moderator? no? my bad) soon, and get the exhibition over with on the 14th of may. nah, im just messing, it'll be awesome, can't wait to let the world see Fabuleux. BOOM. and there it goes, my first showcase.



horrrraaaays. to me.

Journal- 12th April 2009

Continuing Report

I am now continuing writing the report and then I will submit it on the 17th of April. I am currently gathering the appendices.

Journal- 11th April 2009

My Catalogue

The catalogue that I have been making for this past 2 weeks is finally finished. I went to Subur, a professional digital printing place located in Kebayoran Baru, as recommended by a friend of mine, Belinda Mursidi. It took me about an hour because there was a long line, since it was on the weekend people were trying to finish their works too. When it was my turn, I talked to the person in charge of the printing, how I want the catalogue to be printed, what kind of paper I want to use (there are so many choices so we discussed that too), and how to bind it.

I ended up with 2 spiral-bind catalogues and 1 hard cover catalogue. I will give the hard cover one to my Supervisor, and the spiral ones for me and family. The spiral-bind catalogues are with me now, but the hard cover one will be finished on Monday, so I can show it to Bu Sarah on Tuesday.

The report is going great, I e-mailed Bu Sarah to give me a statement to be put in all my meeting forms in the blog, and I'm going to put them in now.

Journal- 10th April 2009

Today I am completing my catalogue to be printed tomorrow. I am still completing my report too, and the due date is in one week.

Schedule for the week:
10th April: completing catalogue and continue the report
11th April: print catalogue and continue report
12th April: continue report
13th April: finish report
14th April: submit to turn it in and print them
15th April: photocopy three times
16th April: final checks
17th April: submission to supervisor

Personal Project Meeting #14

Wednesday, 8th of April 2009
After School

Items discussed:
As requsted by supervisor, I handed in my report. It is not finished yet, but Ibu Sarah asked to see what I have written in there until now and make sure I am on the right track on writing the report.

Achievements:
I am now finished with my product which is the set of clothes, the catalogue is almost done, and my report is 50% done.


Problems:
No problems to address.

I have read Jenisa Kamayana's journal entries and blogspot and the information provided is true, detailed and accurate.
Sarah Hawkings

Personal Project Meeting #13

Tuesday, 7th of April 2009
Lunch time

Items disscussed:
Today I gave my corrected proposal to Ibu Sarah, she already checked it and signed it. I also have a new AOI which is now only Human Ingenuity. I had to remove the Community and Service since I will not be hosting a charity fashion show anymore. We talked about my progress and then I showed her my catalogue on my laptop. I had questions about how the referencing will be like, so she explained it to me briefly.

Achievements:
I now have an official new proposal and already made it clear to my supervisor of how the catalogue is going. She was impressed that qe handled the situation fantastically in a short amount of time.

Problems:
No problems to address.

I have read Jenisa Kamayana's journal entries and blogspot and the information provided is true, detailed and accurate.
Sarah Hawkings

Personal Project Meeting #12

Friday, 3rd of April 2009
Lunch time

Items discussed:
We talked about how I am making a new proposal regarding how I want to change from having the fashion show into making a simple catalogue. It is necessary to make this change bwcause there is simply no time for the hecticness of organizing an actual fashion show with such little time. The catalogue is additional to the actual products. It will consist of pictures to present the designs, just like actual brands have catalogues to show their products to costumers. I told my supervisor how I am already in the middle of creating the catalogue, and also assured her that I will be done on time for the due date. I already hand in the new proposal for her to check.

Achievement:
I am able to acknowledge problems and find an immidiate solution to overcome it. I also have a new Guiding Question: "How can different fashion tastes refer to different individuals and do they change overtime?" and changed to just one AOI: Human Ingenuity.

Problems:
Ibu Sarah told me to add a statement to address how I am changing from the old plan to the new one. I will do it ASAP and get her to sign it in our next meeting,in order to sure it is a relevant new proposal and is under her approval.

I have read Jenisa Kamayana's journal entries and blogspot and the information provided is true, detailed and accurate.
Sarah Hawkings

Journal- 6th April 2009

Interview with Denny Wirawan

Denny Wirawan is a very famous designer well known for his brilliant ideas in haute couture. I have seen his designs in the internet and they look very vibrant, earthy, and some are very wonderfully created with bright color combinations. My mum contacted him so that I can meet him in person ASAP. luckily he was kind enough to have me in his studio in Cipete. After school, i went straight to his studio along with my mum and Kristina. I brought all of my designs including my sketch book. I asked for his advice on designing clothes, he even commented each and every piece that i brought with me.

I already had a list of questions from a few weeks ago in my laptop, so I successfully got satisfying answers from him. He was very chatty, he talks in specific details, i asked him about his journey in the fashion world from the start. He became one of my inspiration in designing now. I even got to look at his designs first-hand. They are quite astonishing. The result of the interview will be included in my report.

Here is a picture of the interview in his studio:

Journal- 5th April 2009

Another Photo-shoot

Stefanie and I had another photo-shoot today, but thankfully it is a less hectic one. We only had 5 items to be shot, and unfortunately we didn't have much time so we only shot 4 items. I guess I will be doing the last one alone with the help of my Mum or someone else.

The catalogue is going well, i am putting fashion quotes from the world's famous fashion industry people. It is very hard using Photoshop because I have never been quite a fan of it before. Still, it was fun looking how the pictures look different and more eye-catching. I tend to make the items the center of the attention in the picture. one of the example that I'm most proud of is one that looks like this:

Journal- 4th April 2009 (II)

Interview with Indah Kalalo

This afternoon I met with Indah Kalalo, she is a very well-known fashion model in the Indonesian fashion industry. My mum helped me getting an appointment in her house. Before i met with her, I already made some research on what her job requires her to do, look at some of her pictures, etc. to get the idea of what to ask her.

I alerady made a list of questions to ask her for the interview, and I decided to interview her in a chatty conversation. She turned out to be a very kind woman, very pretty indeed, and heart-warming. I will include the interview in my report.

She gave comments on my designs, and even tried out a few of them. She told me she loved my animal print black coat, tried it for a couple of times in front of the mirror. It was shocking to me that she said she really wanted to have it, but i told her i need it to be graded first.




and here she is with my coat:

Journal- 4th April 2009

Last designs finished

Today is probably my last meeting with my tailor. She came a bit late today but since I didn't come to Family Fun Day at School on this Saturday, I was able to meet her after all. She brought a friend from the Tasha House of Tailor, she wanted to meet me in person after seeing my designs. I was happy to hear it and she also gave comments on my designs.

The tailor brought in 3 of my last designs, and they turned out to be really good. I have an animal print black coat which fits perfectly, a purple plaid jacket which doesn't look exactly like the sketch but they did mention it to me on the phone because it was hard to interpret my drawing -_-. Last but not least the yellow and black dress, it looks nice but unfortunately the yellow did not stand out because of the black cloth behind it.

Journal- 29th March 2009

Photoshoot for the Catalogue

I asked my friend's help, her name is Amelia STEFANIE Aris, to help and be my photographer in this photoshoot. I am doing the same thing for her because she needs her designs to be taken photos too. The photos then will be edited in photoshop software by myself. I only took photos of the designs that are finished. The rest will be done later. The shoot took place in Stefanie's house, I took a car full of props, costumes, shoes and accessories with me to her house. It was very tiring because we took hundreds of photos ready to be picked out.

Tonight I am starting to edit the photos, so that they'll look good in the catalogue. My plan is to make a simple catalogue, not a very complicated one, as it is only an additional thing to present my product. I use an old ELLE magazine to help me decide how to edit the photos. I will include it as a reference in the report.

Journal- 28th March 2009

I see the tailor again today. I have 2 more designs finished.. and I gave her the rest of the materials...
It is going very well with the tailor because she understands my sketches, and she is very detailed with the drawings that i gave her. Every detail she would ask to me and i would answer to explain a few parts that is not included in the drawing. Occasionally she would reach me by phone at lunch break in school, and i would even talk to the cutter or pattern writer in the tailor so I can make sure they know what they are doing.

The tailor cannot come tomorrow so I'm giving my 3 last designs today.

NOTE: My partner and I realized that there might not be enough time to conduct a fashion show for the charity. Therefore we has to think of another way to present our product. I decided to make a simple catalogue instead. My supervisor will be noticed ASAP.

Journal- 24th March 2009

Today I want to point out the highlights of the dates in the near future, regarding my PP achievements. I think this is the best way for me to remember and check the schedule in order to finish my PP.

- 24th of March. Until now, still completing my report
- 25th of March. I will be doing PP together with Kristina at a friend's house
- 26th of March. Check on the designs in the tailor.
- 28th of March. An Appointment with my tailor at home for fittings. I am expecting 2 more of my designs to be finished.
- 29th of March. Giving in 3 more designs
- 4th of April. All designs finished
- 17th of April. Due date of Personal Project.

I think it might be better to put all these in my Google Calendar, put in reminders,etc. I do this in order to be more organized.

Journal- 23rd March 2009 (II)

My Last Material-Shopping

This time, I am shopping at again, next to D'Best. The place is called Gossip textile shop. I am even beginning to get to know a few people in the store. The store keeper himself, probably he's from Middle Asia, such as India or Pakistan, helped me picking out the suitable materials. He himself designs the materials and patterns that the store is selling. He designs clothes too, i found out after talking to him more. He gave me advices on how thick the materials should be to make certain clothes, different for jackets, dresses and blouses.

Today I bought a purple jacket material and a replacement for that yellow material which was too thick. I bought the chiffon ones and I got great advice on that material from the shop keeper too. He talked about whether I needed the silk chiffon or regular chiffon, what they are used for, etc.

Journal- 23rd March 2009

Seeing the Tailor Again.

Today I am seeing the tailor again to give her my 2 designs to be made. Which is the pink long dress and blue tutu dress. These are my favorite designs so I hope it'll turn out great too. It was first difficult to think of the easiest way to structure the dress with the perfect sewing techniques, and then I went on the internet to look for examples of frills, tutus and some other details, and showed it to her. I know realize that even how detailed a sketch is, we still might need examples, and a way of communicating that can explain it to the tailor clearly. Thankfully she's a fast learner and surprisingly enough I understand everything she's saying to me regarding the details, which means this tailor suits me the best.

Journal- 22nd March 2009

Important Problem, and a Solution to go with it.

1. My Tailor yesterday only brought the 3 designs instead of 4 which i left her with last week, because one of the design seems kind of complicated. She brought the material back to my house yesterday and talked the problem out. The problem is, the yellow matterial which is made of pineapple tree, is too tough on the chiffon black material, which means it wouldn't fall as gracefully as the black chiffon.

2. She asked if I still want to use this material, but I was thinking, it wouldn't look good, wouldn't feel good (uncomfortable), and would probably be a waste of money D: So what we did was discuss it for quite a bit of time, and we considered a few ideas, such as changing the composition of the materials when sewed, a different sewing technique, and finally, the solution of the problem; to simply go with a different material for the yellow color. It would be the best solution because we can find a light weight material, perhaps the same as the black one, chiffon. It would fall in place easily, and would fall loosely on the black material.

3. First I felt a bit sad because I really like that yellow material, it's made out of pineapple plant woven together, has a different texture and look naturally shiny, perfect for a dress like the one I designed. I first thought it would be perfect, but of course there is no other way to make it work. If I don't change the material, there will be no yellow-black dress.

Journal- 21st March 2009

My 3rd, 4th, and 5th Designs are Finished

I especially woke up early this morning because I have made an appointment with my tailor. I have actually been in contact with her over the phone every 3 days to check on the dresses, and to make sure she knows that she can call me anytime if anything needs to be asked directly about to me. I also told her that she should contact me anytime outside school time, which she had forgotten about once, but thankfully I didn't get trouble for it at school.

She brought in my high waist batik skirt, my black medium-lengthed dress, and my maroon strapless dress. We did quite a long fitting, to make sure it fits nicely, no zippers are stuck, no buttons are loose, and stuff like that. For the Maroon strapless dress I had to let her bring it back to the tailoring to fix the chest part to make it a little bit tighter, which I recommend we do so that it wont slip down accidentally. Overall i love the results and they look exactly like what my designs look like in the sketches, and I thank my tailor so much for that.

What I have realized in the process of this fittings, I learned about new stitching techniques, how the process is done in the tailor, what steps they do and who do them. I found out that:
- firstly they try to make the design with a similar material which they have in their supplies, to make sure it will turn out good and proportional with the stitching and other details that I wanted them to have.
- if it works as planned, they then make a pattern on the dress before it is being cut. They do this with the measurements ready in hand as a guide.
- After that, they cut the dress pattern
- Sew the dress into place
- Seam the edges of the dress
- Put details such as zipper, or buttons.

Personal Project Meeting #11

18th of March 2009

Items Discussed:
Bu Sarah gave me the corrected sheets of our draft report. We'll be typing up the corrected things, and continue to do the report. I made sure some things about the report, and Bu Sarah told me that the 4000 words is maximum in the report,and not minimum. this actually made me think over about the whole report, careful not to get over the limit. Good thing I asked because I firstly thought it was the maximum number of words in the final report.

Problems;
No problems encountered here

Achievements:
Able to see the mistakes or things to be added to improve the report.
Understand the limit of words in the final report.

I have read Jenisa Kamayana's journal entries and blogspot and the information provided is true, detailed and accurate.
Sarah Hawkings

Journal- 14th March 2009

Tailoring Once More

This saturday, I asked my tailor if she was available to come to my house, where I squeezed in the time between basketball tournaments. I only got to see her in half an hour because I had to go immediately to continue the tournament. Fortunately I managed to explain 4 designs of mine in detail and hand her over all the materials needed. SHe had me all measured for each of the designs.


image taken from http://newyorkette.com/wp-content/mannequin_small.jpg

But of course there is always some difficulties when it comes to explain a design to a tailor, because obviously it is sometimes so much more difficult for some one else to picture something that we created in our minds. This case happened while I was explaining to the tailor, there were some confusion and she kept asking so many detailed question, so I ended up explaining all the small things, every detailing and asking several different stitching/sewing methods that will might be useful for each of the different dresses. I even learned some new sewing technique names, which I found very interesting and new.

She said she'll try bring all of them finished on next Saturday, 21st of March 2009, and then I will give her another 4 dress to sew. I am planning to visit her sometime during the holidays.

Journal- 12th March 2009

My Fixed up Batik Shorts

I picked up the batik shorts today after school and tried it at home to see how the fixing went. It fits perfectly and there are no excess materials poking out of the bottoms, which is a good thing. As I predicted, I didn't need to pay more on the seaming so the cost of the tailor stayed at Rp. 80 000.

I will post a photo of it tonight, along with my red blouse. The bag will be finished on Saturday and I am looking forward to see it.

Journal- 10th March 2009

Going Back to the Tailor


image taken from http://www.clipartguide.com/_named_clipart_images/0511-0707-1812-2106_Sewing_Kit_clipart_image.jpg

After school today, I went to the tailor near the school to ask her to fix the errors i ended up discovering. She said it won't be a problem to fix it, and it won't take a long time to do it. So i left it there, and I am planning to pick it up again in a few days.

The amount of money I spent on the tailoring was 80.000 and it is considered quite cheap. I suppose I don't have to pay more to cover the fixing ups, and that is quite a good thing, because one of the goals in my personal project is to be affordable.

Journal- 9th March 2009

My Batik Shorts are Finished

I called my tailor yesterday and asked about the progress on my shorts. She said it was finished and i can take it as soon as possible. So today I went there in the afternoon and retrieved it. I tried it on for the rest of the day, to see if it fits right and if there is anything to fix.

As it turned out, i realized that i need some fixing up on it. The inside layer is a little bit longer than the outer layer of the shorts, and i think that is kind of a crucial mistake. Also the pocket layers poke out of the bottom seam, and i guess that needs fixing up too. I will go back to the tailor immediately to address the errors. But overall I am quite satisfied on how the shorts turned out looking like a very stylish piece of clothing.

Take a look at these.....

I took photos of the materials with the actual design sketch, to get ideas on how they'll look
note: i suppose more to come, and the tailor will be ready with some of them soon. :)

Journal- 22nd February 2009

More Material Hunting!

Today I asked my mom to accompany me going material hunting. We went to a series of material shops next to D'Best Fatmawati. This area is quite popular for all the assortments of materials available in the stores. Unfortunately there aren't as many stores here compared to Mayestik and Passer Baroe. One store can hold up to 4-story high of many types of materials in every color imaginable. I was able to find many cloths in perfect matching colors and patterns as my sketches. I brought my sketchbook along to compare all the different types of materials and see which ones would match best. The materials here is a bit more expensive than Mayestik and Passer Baroe, but they have got more than enough textures, patterns, and colors to choose from.

Below is the map I found on the internet which I used as a direction to get to the destination. the blue mark indicates D'Best Supermarket, Fatmawati. The material stores is on its south. click the thumbnail for a bigger picture.


map taken from http://www.streetdirectory.com/indonesia/jakarta/travel/travel_id_365/travel_site_2069/travel_no_No.+15/

Personal Project Meeting #10

20th February 2009

Items Discussed:
I showed Bu Sarah all of my 21 finished sketches, although I am thinking that perhaps it will be much easier if I scan them all and send them to Bu Sarah's email. That way she can look through it without us worrying of running out of time (since our meetings are quite short and we need to squeeze everything in that little amount of time). I suppose by giving her my blog URL (this blog i am writing in) it will be easier for her to check my journal, because it is on the internet and can be accessed any time of the day.

Achievements:
I am finished with my 21 designs, I'll just have to coordinate them per seasons. My Blog Journal is very much organized, have been updating it every time i make progress on the project.

Problems:
I will have to give the hard copy of the report on Tuesday 24th of February,2008, at least not the finished one but the progress I am having with the report. Things will need to catch up sooner with the Beijing Trip coming up and all the school assignments I will have to do.

I have read Jenisa Kamayana's journal entries and blogspot and the information provided is true, detailed and accurate.
Sarah Hawkings

Journal- 18th February 2009

My 21st (final) Sketch

Finally, I have come to my last and final sketch (for now, i might be adding things here and there in the future, as my ideas are sometimes hard to control). It is a design of a batik hot pants/simple shorts. This design is actually very simple, but the thought of how rare I see them around in Indonesia ( Until now, I only see batik in the form of either dress, or blouse, or blazer, things I see everyday at the mall which I personally think is tiresome to see). I came up with the idea to combine the batik with a different type of material, something stiff and in a matching color, on the band around the waist area of the shorts.

I decided to draw the sketch a little bit differently from how I usually draw it before. I only draw the bottom half part of the person wearing the shorts.It automatically highlights the shorts with all its batik patterns, with the drawing of a beautiful long legs to make the sketch a lot more interesting. I am planning to go to the material market soon to get more materials for the designs.

I personally chose 2 designs to be made with batik material because I would love to appreciate and expose the culture further ahead, and it had been quite a trend in here in Indonesia. Batik had been made and worn for a long time, in the early days people even used batik for everyday clothing, such as for saroengs and everyday-kebayas.

Here is a picture of the making of Batik, made with a simple tool called 'canting' and hot colored wax.


image taken from http://thebeautifulsideofindonesia.files.wordpress.com/2007/11/batik3.jpg

Journal- 17th February 2009

My 20th Sketch

I came up with the idea for my next design, which is actually my 20th of the project. For the first time I, I designed a long dress which comes up to the feet of the person. I was initially going for a simple summer dress like this:


image taken from http://images2.like.com/product-images--902974ffc3d6466fccc6324152f9411225d39cec-b49c252c88d7f9c0--jpg_sqthumb_large--womensdresses-antibes-maxi-day-dress.jpg

But In the end i combined it with flaps on the center and heavy details on the chest area. To enhance the summer essence on the dress, I suppose flower prints, or flower-colored/patterned materials will be best to illustrate the seasonal theme of this simple dress. The sketch turned out to look very much glamorous and elegant, I spent quite a long time on it as it was pretty hard to draw the person's body shape and hair. But in the end I managed to look at my old sketches, including my practice sketches I have done a while ago to be able to draw a proportional body pose.

Journal- 16th February 2009

My 19th Sketch

My next design which i am working on right now takes form in a very pretty puffy dress. This strapless dress which i made was inspired by voluminized trends coming around the early 2009 in many fashion districts in the world. I suppose the making of it would be a lot harder than a normal dress, because it will need a special sewing skill to shape up the puffy part on the hips. I am now sketching the dress with the help of a picture from the internet to help me draw the body of the person wearing the dress. The dress looks perfect for formal occasion such as prom or birthday parties, and the style that i chose simply represents a teenager's sense of style for a great dress. When made short, this dress will look better than long or medium lengthed.

On the other hand, the color that I think would be best for this dress is dark colors, such as deep purple,maroon,or red or deep blue, with soft patterns on the material to enhance the glamorous feel of the dress.

Journal- 14th February 2009

My 18th Sketch

Today I am designing a winter or autumn coat with animal print details. The print i choose is zebra print, i picked this print because it's the most simple color we can get in any animal prints. The colors are black and white, also the material is very easy to find in any material market we can visit later on. This coat is a long coat, which reaches down to the hips of the person wearing it. With a belt around the waist and the animal print details on the wrists and collar, this coat looks very glamorous and elegant.

Journal- 12th February 2009

My 17th Sketch

My next sketch is a very simple dress, preferable in yellow and black. I got the color inspiration from the natural color of common bees, which represents spring season. So I guess this design is a spring dress. It's flappy near the bottom parts and not at all complicated.

Right now I am continuing my report, and I am thinking of several Ideas i would like to include in my report when i hand them in at the end of the project. My vision is to research on different types of cloth/materials, and about fashion which evolved from time to time, including the trends and well-known brands from all over the world in the fashion industry.

Journal- 10th February 2009

My 16th Sketch

Tonight I was in a very good mood for sketching, and so I have been browsing around in the internet to find inspirations. And I have decided to make a design combination of a simple dress/or skirt, which ever works best, and a thin silver jacket. What inspired me to make a silver jacket are two things:
- this picture i saw of Zac Efron wearing a really great silver jacket
- and this novel series I've been reading recently, Uglies, by Scott Westerfeld. ( it is a novel with a futuristic world as a setting)

those things made me very excited to design a futuristic and glamorous outfit. I myself thinks it looks great and feminine.


picture of Zac Efron in this fabulous silver jacket, taken from http://blog.meevee.com/photos/uncategorized/2007/08/29/zacefronlondonsilvercropped.jpg


picture of the future-based novel, Uglies by Scott Westerfeld, taken from http://www.wiltonlibrary.org/ya/blog/Uglies.jpg

Journal- 9th February 2009

My 15th Sketch

Today I am absent from school because I have come down with a bad flu, so I took my time at home to make another sketch. It is a dress in bright red chiffon. It is quite a simple dress, but the details i put in makes it much more glamorous. From top to the waist, the chiffon needs to be made with small ruffles/i prefer calling it the wrinkle-effects, creating a messy kind of look, and from there to the hip part is basically a few layers of red chiffon structured in a way so it looks puffy and big. The idea is to sew the material in a way an elementary school's uniform is made. It is basically bigger ruffles, and the chiffon material will automatically make it puffy.

Below is a visual example of what i mean by making big ruffles in layers, making the dress puffy. image taken from http://i53.photobucket.com/albums/g46/zandila/sewing051.jpg. and http://www.edressme.com/b03053r.html#

Journal- 7th February 2009

My 14th Sketch

Today I finally designed my 14th clothing. It is a design of an idea i had quite a long time ago. It takes the form of a short dress, preferably in gold. I include a cloth put diagonally, preferably in pearl white, across the front to the back of the dress. What inspired me to make this dress is the ancient Greek clothing I've been quite interested in since I was a kid (from the cartoon movie, Hercules by Disney Productions). :D I think it looks great but the detailing i put on the bottom part of the dress, which is all small ruffles, might make it harder to make.

Personal Project Meeting #9

30th of January, 2009

9.00 - 9.10

Things discussed:

Today in our 9th meeting, our first meeting in the third term, we had a lot to show my supervisor our progress we did during the holidays. I did not bring my sketchbook, though i was supposed to show her my latest designs which i came up with during the winter holiday. However I showed her my journal blog that I've been keeping to keep the notes organized. We took a look at it in our laptops and then we wrote down the URL of our blog and gave it to Ibu Sarah, so she will be able to access our blog and see the progress we've been doing. I have got around 40 posts there including this one. I brought my finished red top and i showed it to Ibu Sarah, she seemed quite pleased with the design and also the product. 

Achievement:

By this step I have shown Ibu Sarah my organization skills by making the blog, and also i showed the product. I have more of them coming very soon.

Problem:

No problem occurs, but we'll have to work on the report a lot before the next meeting because we will be giving Ibu Sarah the hard copy for her to check.

I have read Jenisa Kamayana's journal entries and blogspot and the information provided is true, detailed and accurate.
Sarah Hawkings

Journal- 26th January 2009

Textile Hunting.

Today Kristina and I went to a few textile shop in Jakarta. We went to passer baroe and mayestik and another store that is located across DBest. We went there to look at some textile and to decide in mind about the color and textures we would like to put in our clothes. We considered asking about the prices and note them in mind. We're trying to find textile with good quality, yet at the same time can be considered inexpensive.

In the mean time, my tote bag is not finished yet because the tailor is cannot decide on which material should be used for the handle. So I called her and discussed it on the phone. I told her that if she can find material that is similar to flexible plastic or synthetic leather, it would do best. I also reminded her that the best color it should be in is black. and I suppose it won't be hard to find, because my tailor said she is now in Bandung, and there are a lot of textile shop there that she can ask for the material.

Journal- 20th January 2009

Today i changed my blog URL to:

www.fabuleuxjenisa.blogspot.com

I decided to change it because the old one was too long and hard to remember. In this new URL, the name of the clothing line, FABULEUX, is shown clearly.

Journal- 17th January 2009

Continuing my Report

Today I continue doing my report so that I can show it to Ibu Sarah in the next meeting. By the way, Kristina and I forgot to ask Ibu Sarah about our next meeting because either we ran out of time because of the short amount of time for lunch, or we (including Ibu Sarah) were busy thinking about Beijing and gathering the important material we need to hand in to her, and end up forgetting about the meeting. But then again, I think we'll ask to have a meeting this Friday, And I will show her my report, and my blog, also my first finished design, and all the sketches that she haven't seen, which I did over the holidays.

Journal- 15th January 2009

Making Charts out of My Questionnaire Result

I have been making charts out of my questionnaire results, using Microsoft Excel. I had my dad showing how to do it for the first question, the rest I did by myself. The charts are supposed to make it easier for people to look at how my correspondents responded towards each and every questions. 

Journal-10th January 2009

My First Finished Design

This afternoon my tailor came to my house along with my first design. My first design had been finished for a couple of days! It looks very nice and neatly sewn, and looks exactly like the illustration I drew before. I love my tailor's work so I decided to recruit her for my permanent dressmaker for the Glamour version of Fabuleux. The cutting looks great, and she picked out a very nice black material that we discussed before. I tried it on and it feels great because it's light weight and breezy, so I think it's perfect for warm-ish weather.

Journal- 5th January 2009

Holiday Work VII

Today I have decided to include a special item in my collection. For my 13^th design, I decided to design a tote bag. It’s like a purse but in a simpler design and shape. I got my inspiration from scanning through some pictures in the Internet, and I think its shape is very convenient.

For its shape, I decided to stick with the original shape some tote bags have, and I put interest on the pattern of the material, also with some stitching details. I got my inspiration for the pattern from my recent trip home to Bali, in this case I decided to use the Balinese style checkered material. The colors consist of black, grey and white. And for the stitching details, I put in visible stitching lines on the sides and some lines crossing each other across the surface of the tote bag. I decided that light colored thread should be used for it (e.g. gold or light blue).

For the sketch, I feel like I have made a lot of progress in making illustrations. In this case I put in a drawing of a huge hand holding a smaller version of the tote bag. It was very devastating drawing the fingers, so I did what I learned in an episode of Disney Channel’s Art Attack; I took a photo of my own hand with my laptop and used it as a guide to draw. It turned out to be quite proportional.

Journal- 4th January 2009

Holiday Work VI

Today I talked to Kristina, my Personal Project partner, about the fashion show we’ll be having. We also discussed some very important things, including:

-       Asking a few people willing to volunteer being the models

-       Brainstorming on the people we think might be perfect to be the models

-       Plans on checking out places (e.g. restaurants/cafes) that would be possible to be the venue where the fashion show will be held.

-       Decorations

-       Plan on visiting a few orphanages to decide which would be the one we will be helping. I am personally thinking it is best to help the most unfortunate ones, those which keep in a lot of young children, and those who needs a lot of help getting food and to get the children to go to school.

Journal- 1st January 2009

Holiday Work V

On this first day of the New Year, I have made a lot of progress on my personal project. These in which I should list:

1.             I called my dressmaker/tailor in Jakarta from Bali to check on the progress of my design. She reported that it was finished. I am very thrilled to see it soon, but unfortunately I didn’t get a chance to visit the tailor on the process of putting it all together. I assume it will look all right.
   
2.             I have continued with my report, not so much but enough to cover all the rest of the processes I have done in the past week.
   
3.             I have made another design, and this is the design I have thought of months ago, but never succeeded to decide on paper. It consists of a simple plaid shirt, and I combine skinny jeans with it. The detail on the plaid shirt is very unique, there are 3 zippers on it; on the front and on each sleeves. I also make the collar look more interesting by shaping it up with a button and a unique shape to go with the glamorous feel. This is my 12^th design.
   

Journal- 30th December 2008

Holiday Work IV

I have to note that I’ve been designing these clothes based on 2 very important points:

•           My taste in fashion
  
•           The data result from my Fashion Questionnaire
  

Meanwhile today, I have made my 11^th design. It is considered to be a casual wear and I strongly implement the Glamour theme in it by putting in sequins again. I made it according to one of the questions in my questionnaire, which is question #5, “Do you think casual wear can be modified as Glamorous clothing?” And to answer it, most of my correspondents answered “yes”. This particular design I made proves that it can be modified into glamorous clothing.

The design I just made is a top that we can use with tights or skinny jeans. There is a bit of white lace detail on the bottom part, and I think it looks very sophisticated and shiny.

Journal- 27th December 2008

Holiday Work III

Today I made 2 sketches. The second one is based on the first design, but I made a small change and make that changed design as an alternative of the original. That makes it I have 2 more sketches done.

These sketches are quite complicated, because the sewing would be harder to do. I put on a little bit of detail on the waist part, and if possible I want to make this detailed part with sequins. However, if putting in sequins isn’t possible (I’ll have to ask about the price of sewing on sequins and the time required to make it if I want this dress to me made), I’ll just choose out a very shiny material to sew it on, which would be similar to the sparkly sequin effect.

Journal- 24th of December 2008

Holiday Work II

For the work today, I drew another design, which is my 8^th design.  This sketch was inspired by lace detailing. I have a dress that has black colored lace in it, so I thought it would be great to implement this black lace in the waist of a dress that I’m designing.

 I love how the illustration came up, the body looks very proportional, and I think my online illustration tutorial had been working out great. I am trying to follow my supervisor’s advice to work a lot during the holidays in order to catch up with all the work I’ve got to do.

Journal- 23rd December 2008

Holiday Work I

It is already a holiday and I am continuing my personal project in Bali. I have brought all my equipments such as sketchbook, stationeries, journal book, and my Personal Project folder, along with me.

I have made one more sketch today. It took me a few minutes to get inspiration and think of unique ideas to spice up the design. I also thought of colors that would look great on it.

What I sketched was a design of a mini dress (or can be made into a medium length dress if desired), it includes a pattern in the middle section, and have 2 spaghetti straps for each shoulder. I think it looks very one-of-a-kind and I look forward in choosing the material (If I decided to make this one).

Journal- 15th December 2008

Seeing My Tailor/Dressmaker

It was pretty hard to contact my tailor because she is very busy. But at last, she was able to give a visit today. So this morning I asked her to come in the afternoon after school.

I decided to pick my simplest design that I own out of all that I have created until now. It is a simple, bohemian, yet glamorous top. It is half transparent and I picked red for its color, and the chiffon material I bought yesterday would look great for it.

The hard part was explaining the design to her, but it became easier after some time. I showed and let her borrow my sketch for a while so she can interpret it easily. I also had a very interesting challenge on choosing a few decisions, which here was choosing color, and additional material for detailing, on the waist and arm. We discussed whether:

•        It will look good
  
•        It will look balanced with the chiffon material
  
•        The weight of the material, be unbalanced with the chiffon material and end up ruining the sewing
  
•        The price tag is suitable.
  

She said my design would be ready soon.

Journal- 14th December 2008

Material Hunting

This morning I went to Passer Baroe, an area where they sell textile, garments, and dress materials. I decided to go here because I read in a magazine that this market is filled with many good stores. It is an old area, with old stores, but they seem to have unlimited supply of all kinds of materials. I walked around for a couple of hours with my mother accompanying me.

After considering prices, I bought red chiffon material with nice simple pattern on it, which cost me Rp. 24000 and also I bought a few meters of silky smooth material with roses pattern. I am thinking that they would be perfect for my design.

Journal- 14th December 2008

My Questionnaire Progress

Last month I finished making my Fashion Questionnaire, it consists of 12 closed questions and 3 open questions. After I copied them to about 20 sheets, I distributed them and waited for about a month to collect all 20 questionnaires back. Girls from various range of age filled them. I am now examining it to collect the data from their answers. I am very assured that these questionnaires would give me more ideas on my design and give me more inspiration towards the fashion style that people like best.

The problem I’m having with the questionnaire is that there are a small number of people who filled the questionnaire lazily, resulting in an incomplete source of data. This might create a little difficulty but I’m sure I’ve got enough information to manage. One person entirely refused filling in the open questions, and 2 people didn’t give reasoning in the answer they chose, when they are asked to. 

Journal- 13th December 2008

My Sketches

I have added more sketches today. This time it is a sketch of my own designed short dress. What I have been thinking is to make as many sketches possible, perhaps 20. And along the way, I'll choose out the ones that I think would be made real.  (The idea is to make 4 seasonal dresses and 4 seasonal casual wear, but I suppose I can add it up with if I wanted to)

I am slowly getting better at sketching fashion illustrations. I have practiced a lot and noticed improvement in my drawings. I can now draw very quickly and can visualize my design more creatively and easily than before. I can think of a few more body poses and detail structuring of a woman's body features in the illustration.

I have finally got 7 designs sketched already, yet I have many more in mind and will have them sketched very soon.

Personal Project Meeting #8

12^th December 2008

13.00 – 13.10

Items discussed:

Today is our last meeting before holidays arrive. I showed my recent sketches, which up until now has a total of 6 sketches. And then we discussed how we are supposed to keep the report going, and we should always write down the detail of processes we come across. For example the writing about the goal, purpose and things learnt, is the very first writing we put in the report, and we should be doing the introduction. After that I should write down in detailed format, every step that I have done ever since, in this case, researching and learning to do fashion illustration.

Achievement:

We learn to be more organized, use our time well (as we do the report and the process at the same time), and we learn to evaluate our own work.

Problems:

I have been focusing a lot on sketching and not on report. To overcome this problem, I will be paying more attention on doing it.

I have read Jenisa Kamayana's journal entries and blogspot and the information provided is true, detailed and accurate.
Sarah Hawkings

Journal- 22nd of November 2008

Continue Designing

Today I have done two more sketches of my latest designs. I have improved my drawing skill by learning to put in shadows on the person and the dress/clothes. I got my inspiration from pictures I’ve seen in magazines or have come across them on the Internet. When I’m interested in a certain detail showed in a picture (e.g. specific color, belt, or other detail), I put some in my own design, making it more exquisite.

A few days ago I talked on the phone with my dressmaker. I explained to her that I have a project at school where I’ll be designing and sketching clothes. I asked if she’s capable of doing it with me. I also explained to her what style my clothes are going to be like; which is Glamorous. When she said she’d try it out, I asked her to come to my house so we can discuss it further.

Personal Project Meeting #7

14^th November 2008

13.00 – 13.05

Items discussed:

The meeting today was about our further progress in the process of making the clothing line. I haven’t showed my progress in making the report, but I have made more sketches, so I showed and explained about them to Ibu Sarah. We talked about how important it is to keep on track on the processes that we are currently doing.

Achievement:

I have gained a lot of progress and showed my supervisor that my study on fashion illustration has succeeded. I now have less difficulty in sketching a basic fashion illustration.

Problems:

I should show Bu Sarah my report progress.

I have read Jenisa Kamayana's journal entries and blogspot and the information provided is true, detailed and accurate.
Sarah Hawkings

Journal- 12th November 2008

Starting on my Questionnaire

Right now I am making a questionnaire that will be used to gather information and ideas of clothes that are suitable for girls’ fashion taste. By gathering information from this questionnaire, I can then be able to see what girls like most and also what they like least. I can then also interpret from their answers, to see whether they are very up to date and if they care about fashion. I want to be able to know their choices in favorite brands, and their celebrity fashion role model, and after that I can look at the style that is used in those brands and use them as inspiration, combined with my own ideas.

I will photo copy my questionnaire to about 20 sheets, and I’ll distribute them to 20 girls at school and outside of school.

Personal Project Meeting #6

7^th of November 2008

13.00 – 1.15 PM

Items discussed:

We submitted our starter sheet of the report that was already fixed, and Ibu Sarah said they are so much better than before. We then showed our recent sketches. I showed my sketches that I learned to do by copying from the Internet. I told her how I did the guidelines and shadings. I also told her where I got my inspiration from.

Achievement:

We have completed writing our goal, purpose, GQ, and what we’ll learn from the project. Also, we have gotten one step further on learning to sketch.

Problems:

So far, no problem encountered.

In the next meeting we will submit the explanation of process that we did while learning to sketch

I have read Jenisa Kamayana's journal entries and blogspot and the information provided is true, detailed and accurate.
Sarah Hawkings

Journal- 1st November 2008

Fixing Writing the Starter sheet of the Report

Today I finally fixed the writing about my goal, guiding question, purpose and what we’ll get to learn from the project. I changed some sentences and now it looks a lot better. It’s stated clearly and with correct grammar.

Personal Project Meeting #5

28^th of October 2008

12.30 - 12.40

Items discussed:

Today, Ibu Sarah handed back our starter sheets of the report containing our GQ, goal, things we’ll learn, etc. She already checked it and read through it. We had to improve it by changing some things and explain what we’re going to do in the project straight out and detailed.

Achivement:

I know now that I have a suitable Guiding Question and goal that connects with it. I just need to explain in more detailed matter.

Problems:

In my sheet, Ibu Sarah noticed and told me that I tend to write the same point repetitively. She showed me how it is supposed to be written. It also needs to be detailed, and I shall show how I plan the product making and all of the other activities involved in the process of making my project.

I have read Jenisa Kamayana's journal entries and blogspot and the information provided is true, detailed and accurate.
Sarah Hawkings

Journal- 27th October 2008

We've Got a Clothing Line Name

My partner, Kristina and I have decided on the clothing line name, which is:

Fabuleux

(pronounciation: fab-you-low)

Fabuleux is French for 'fabulous'. 

We have decided on the logo, it is a drawing of a beautiful, colorful eye. I have done the rough sketch of it, and Kristina decided on some changes, so we will discuss the colors of the logo and make it in a neater version. We have showed Ibu Sarah our logo today, and also the clothing line name. We'll be having our 5th meeting tomorrow

Journal- 21st October 2008

Coming Up with a Label Name.

Today my partner and I have decided that we will be using the same name for our 2 different versions, we'll just add the name of the version at the back of the clothing line name to address the Glamour and Chic versions.

 Earlier today I have looked u a few names to choose from. I looked them up in many languages in an online dictionary provided on the internet. These are a few that interest me:

1. Vivacious = lively, dashing   ( English)
2. Volare = fly (Italian)
3. Bellezza = beauty (Italian)
4. Farfalla = butterfly (Italian)
5. Pollo Liquido (Spanish)
6. Verita (Italian)
7. Stellar = awesome (English slang)
8. Ardour = cool (French)
9. Fabuleux = fabulous (French)

I will inform and discuss it with Kristina tomorrow at school. I personally like #9, "Fabuleux"

Personal Project Meeting #4

21st of October, 2008

12.30 - 12.40

Items discussed: 

Today my partner and I showed Bu Sarah our new goal when we put the relation to our new Guiding Question. There were some errors in the grammar which doesn't describe the ideas clearly, so we corrected them by choosing more suitable sentences. By doing this, we fix the mistakes that we have made, in order to obtain a more effective and clearly-stated goal. Our goal needs to be detailed, clear, and well related to our Guiding Question. I have showed my chosen Guiding Question to my supervisor.

Achievement:

I am improving my effectiveness in writing the processes and am able to make a clear statement of the target I want to reach in this project, which in this case is I want to be able to create creativity products and at the same time use it to make money for charity. That way we'll be more focused and has own own guide to follow through out the process and end result.

Problem: -

Soon, we will submit the print out of what i call the starter sheet (goal, achievements, etc). And in the next meeting, Ibu Sarah would have checked it and tell us if there are any errors in it.

I have read Jenisa Kamayana's journal entries and blogspot and the information provided is true, detailed and accurate.
Sarah Hawkings

Journal- 12th September 2008

I've got a Guiding Question

Today I have fixed my goal and purpose in the writing I have done in the early weeks by putting down my new Guiding Question. Which is:

" How can Fashion be the center of attention, as well as a builder of strong bonds between people? "

I will be showing it to my supervisor in the next meeting. 

Note: I have not talked any further with my partner about the clothing line name issue, but I will surely have the chance for it tomorrow.

Journal- 11th October 2008

Notebook Ideas

I have not made my questionnaires yet, but I am finishing rewriting my goals to make it connect to my chosen guiding question. 

At the same time, I want to remember how to write an appropriate questionnaire first. I've done it in Humanities last year. I will have another look at it again, to remind me of my own experience making a successional questionnaire.

In the mean time I must remember that in making my designs, even though I want people's fashion sense and opinion affecting the design, I also want to put in a lot of my own fashion sense, taste, opinion, and desire. To do this I have drawn a few rough sketches in a  little notebook. I do this to experiment and have more ideas along the way. I have been bringing this notebook everywhere just in case I suddenly struck with inspiration. What I do is I draw my ideas on it so that I won't forget them. The sketches are a bit untidy and rough, but it's just for remembrance therefore I'm okay with it. I'll be doing them neatly in my sketchbook, and before that I'll examine each of the sketches and ideas thoroughly.

Journal- 5th October 2008

Further Progress

Today, I went on the internet again and looked at the latest fashion all over the world. I specifically looked at some celebrities trend setter and noted down a few styles that caught my attention.

I am not doing very good on sketching but I have made a lot of progress from before. I will certainly work on it more.

What I am planning to do is think about my Guiding Question, and make a connection for it to my goals. I will definitely rewrite the "starter sheet"(the goal, purpose, and what we'll learn from that personal project) I have made earlier to make a well connected, reasonable piece. It will help guide me through my project and to my preferred goals. 

What I think what I will have to do is make a simple questionnaire to help me understand what people (in this case, girls) prefer to see in my clothing line. Perhaps it will include questions asking them about their favorite color, favorite fashion role model, etc.