SUBTRACTION
CUTTING
Free Cutting (Julian Roberts, 2013, p. 9)
Free Cutting (Julian Roberts, 2013, p.17)
Fabric: 144cm x 150cm It is interesting how we can place the bodice pattern anywhere however you want it and that you'll never know what you get, you just do it! The piece of fabric we cut off from connecting the armholes is the pattern-piece to reproducing the same design.
I was mind-blown with the process as this is such an easy, instant way to create a drape dress. All we have to do is to sew the side seams and shoulders together after subtracting a piece of fabric and there you go!
A quick sketch of the dress. :)
Another mind-blown experience. There is a further manipulation technique to create more drapes, by cutting a pair of holes and sewing the holes together. It was a slightly difficult way of sewing as it is round and and there is a loud amount of fabric in the dress.
This technique is satisfying, it's like when your teeth sinks into a chocolate lava cake and the warm chocolate sauce melts right onto your tongue. I love this i love it i love love love it. The technique of making holes was to: 1. Shorten the dress 2. Create more drapes and bring the 2 different colours fabric together
Fabric: 150cm x 200cm Lined Tweed and White Jersey For my second dress, I tried to use jersey to see how it would turn out. I moved the bodice nearer to the seam where I have sewn just so there will be more fabric in the front for me to play with in the hole-manipulation technique.
As of making the purple dress, I kind of have gotten to know the technique of where to correctly put the holes in order to blend both fabric together and create drapes at a desired parts of the dress. I cut 2 holes in the front to sew them up. Another 2 holes, one on the side one on the back bodice to bring up the draggy fabric on the hem. I LOVE IT. I love knowing that I could put such little effort but getting a overwhelming happiness when looking at the results. THANKS JULIAN ROBERTS ❤
Final Piece//
Milson (left), fashion designer graduated from Singapore
Ben Tang (middle) , famous youtuber from Singapore
Meghna (right), freelance make up artist.
I tried to choose different article to create for my final piece and hence I chose to design a skirt which then turned out into an awesome harem pants. IT IS SO ME.
Soooo...
The fabric was heavy, too heavy that I have to pinned it up to the mannequin to take these pictures. I should have used a wider and thicker elastic for the waistband but unfortunately I did not. haha oops
Oh and , I liked how the hole can be used as the waistband itself ! MIND-BLOWN.♥
It was noted in the book, Free Cutting (Julian Roberts, 2013, p. 32), that "The basis of this technique is to understand how to body can pass through the surface of pattern many times over.."
Succesful tunnel technique is when you can pass through the tunnel.
Damn gurl you know what happened?
My skirt turned into a harem pants as I asked the tallest girl in the class to try it out.
All it took is to draw an n-shape on the hem and sew it back.
TADAA!
OMG .
OH MY F!@&#$* GOODNESS
JULIAN ROBERTS LIKED MY VIDEO OF MY PANTS
<< that's me in my substraction cutting pants, posted on instagram in 20th July 2016 just after my class, he liked it on 3rd Sept 2016
OOOOOOOOOASLKDJASLDKSJLDJSAL
*on the side note, he even stalked me and commented that we have the same tattoo, shhh.. i think i fell in love..