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.
Thursday, March 12, 2009
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.
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.
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.
Sunday, March 1, 2009
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. :)
note: i suppose more to come, and the tailor will be ready with some of them soon. :)
Sunday, February 22, 2009
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/
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
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
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.
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.
Monday, February 16, 2009
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.
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.
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.
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.
Monday, February 9, 2009
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
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#
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.
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.
Friday, January 30, 2009
Personal Project Meeting #9
30th of January, 2009
I have read Jenisa Kamayana's journal entries and blogspot and the information provided is true, detailed and accurate.
Sarah Hawkings
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
Monday, January 26, 2009
Journal- 26th January 2009
Textile Hunting.
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.
Tuesday, January 20, 2009
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.
Monday, January 12, 2009
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.
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