The Parade !!

What a rush !!

I can't even believe that the Parade has just come and gone so quick ! It seems like it was only yesterday that I was still sewing my garments. The Evening Parade had a great turnout of people and was almost sold out, 900 seats !

Here are some amazing pictures from the Matinee Parade.

My "Lola" outfit worn by Emma Kirtland from Finesse.

My "Jean" outfit worn by Shannen Buckland from Finesse.

My "Roxanne" dress worn by Olivia Nutt from Finesse.

My "Suzie" outfit worn by Jane Williamson from Finesse.

My "Madeline" dress coat worn by Alana Twisk from Finesse.

My "Rizzo" dress worn by Amy Fromm from Finesse.

My Range ^^,

Class of 2010

I have also started up my "Miss Meg" Facebook page, so please have a look. It is not completed yet, but I will be working on building it up as I go along, hope you enjoy.

Search for 'Miss Meg Clothing' on Facebook to find me !!

The Time Is Near !!

So !! everything was due today, and the racks looked nice and full when I left which is a good thing, hahaha !

I am so excited but so nervous for saturday night ! Im sewing my own dress tomorrow and have been getting myself ready for the parade ! Making myself prettified ^^,

Got my hair trimmed today and getting a spray tan tomorrow so Im not a paley up on the runway, ahah >.<

Saturdays going to be a looooong day, gotta be at Prince Alfred College at 8:30am. Dress rehearsals start at 7am but we don't need to be there that early, thanks goodness !

Also, congratulations for me on winning a photography award, I am lucky enough to have won a professional photoshoot with George Philippo !! Having professional photos of a few of my garments is a great advantage. Myself and one of my lecturers, Helen, will be discussing models I can use after the parade ;] So excited !!

Well thats all for now...Oh and also, Happy Birthday to my Granny ^^, xx

Article On The Glam Adelaide Website Featuring Myself

During the week, myself and two other students, Lani de Beer and Najree Lydiard recieved a call from Glam Adelaide asking if we'd like to do a phone interview which would be put into a profile and posted on their website. Of coarse we were all so stoked, so we happily answered thier questions.

I have never done a phone interview, or any interview for that matter, and it was quite nerve racking being put on the spot. I just felt like I was rambling on and on, hahaha. But the article is great, it includes a shoot from our ranges which was done by the photography TAFE students. So feel free to have a read :]]

www.glamadelaide.com.au/main/tafe-sa-fashion-stars-set-to-shine-at-graduates-parade/

Model Fittings Done !!

Yesterday, Thursday the 28th, 17 models came in for fittings from 12pm-4pm. Everyone including myself were running around like chickens with no heads, hahaha. In our room you could feel the tension between us all, the air seemed still.

From about 9am till 11am the models racks were pretty empty but filled up shortly after once everyone realised they needed to get their garments fitted, even if that meant pinning it onto the model !!

Some people had successful fittings, and others not so successful. Apart from a rocky start, the rest of my fittings went pretty well. My main drama was when I was fitting my 'Jean' outfit to the model. It wasn't until the whole outfit was put together that I realised it just looked too much ! The outfit consisited of a waisted jacket, a top with a tie/scarf and a high-waisted skirt. The pieces on their own are great but with all of it together, it just didn't look right. I was at the point of "do I just scrap the jacket ?" But I didn't want to because of my hard work that went into constructing the jacket. So we tried other alternatives like the model possibly taking it off as soon as she walks out on the catwalk ? But then I thought maybe she could just carry is out, so that the audience can see that there is a jacket which completes the outfit, instead of not having it at all. I ended up scrapping the tie/scarf from the top because it looked good without it :]

Apart from that, there were no other major alterations that needed to be done, apart from making garments tighterrrrr and more fitted. Overall Im pretty happy with my garments, now all I have to do is get them all completed by next tuesday ! Bring on the next 3 daysssss !!

If You're Not Happy With It...Change It !!

So far I have changed three finished garments because I was not satisfied with the way they looked. They needed something more...

It's sometimes not easy changing the design once its fully completed, cutting into a finished garment can be very nerve racking !

1. Jean Top:

After my top was finished, I thought it looked a bit nannerish (if thats a word). I designed Jean to be the more sophisticated one, but I thought she needed to be a little bit more sexy. I took off the mandarin collar and cut a large key hole out in the front. It comes pretty low down, so I hope the model wearing this has nice boobs ;] hahaha.

The back of the top I didn't change, I was happy with the way it looked, I just finished it off by putting an invisible open ended zip in the back.

The tie now I will just use as a scarf and place it off centre.

2. Lola Bolero:
Once I had finished my bolero, I just thought it looked like it was missing something. The other problem I was having was that the piece of boning wasn't holding up the ruffle at the back. Because the bolero has no closure, it sits fairly loose on the body, unless the model is holding the front of the bolero while she walks, the ruffle will fall down. I decided to add some tulle and netting, which will correspond back with some other pieces in my range.

I am so much happier with the bolero now :]]] and the ruffle stays up on its own.

3. Rizzo dress:

In the same instance as my bolero, the ruffle on my dress was having some difficulty. So I decided to add some tulle and netting aswell ! Unfortunately I forgot to take a picture before I had started, so here is a picture of my toile before.

I haven't prick stitched my ruffle yet, so it will sit better once I have done this...

P.S. These manniquins do NOTHING for my garments, so please forgive this, haha.

Got My Fabric Labels !!

The other day Lani de Beer and I took a drive to 'Embroid Me' on Main North Road to order our woven labels for our garments. They were made within four business days which was fantastic ! The overall designs they had were pretty basic. Prior to getting these woven labels, I had contacted a company interstate with a design that I would like for my 'Miss Meg' range. But it's quite expensive to buy this year, so I will look into getting them made up next year when I have some money ;]

From 'Embroid Me' they come in groups of a dozen which is great if you're only after a few. They work out to be about $2.00 each where as if you were to get them in bulk interstate they work out to be about 50c each, but their minimum is about 100. So for now, these woven labels will do just fine !!

Here is a pic of my labels :]]

Stressed Yet ?

So during the week, we got our running order for the parade !!

My outfits will be coming out 5th which I'm happy with. Lani's lingerie will be coming out first which she is so pleased about. She was worried about the girls ripping their stockings in the short change time, so this way they will have them on ready to go :]

50% of our garments were due on friday the 22nd. My 6 garments were completed which was a relief, so I just have to finish the other half off this week for fittings on thursday afternoon ! They are all in progress and a few close to finishing, I have high hopes of finishing them all by the due date which is next friday !! I really hope I don't have to make too many alterations, but I am prepared as I have left the seam open in my linings to go back in.

I think I have been very productive with my sewing and am sooooo thankful for my industrial sewing machine at home ! Thankyou tax man for helping me get one, I don't know what I would have done without it these last couple of months. See my view out my window in the picture below...its getting harder and harder as the weather gets warmer to stay sitting there. I am actually quite glad the weather has been cold and wet the last couple of months, it makes me more motivated to stay in and work, hahaha. I just keep telling myself 'two more weeks, two more weeks' then I can be out in the sun all I want ! :]]]]

The last couple of weeks have been very stressful and its not going to get any better I can tell ! haha. Lucky for us we have an amazing student, Alex, with amazing friends who work for Red Bull !! So they wondered in off the streets to offer us all an icey cold can of Red Bull to give us a bit of a sugar boost. If you ask me, I think it would be a good idea if they were to come in every day for the next two weeks ;] hahahaha

Well thats a bit of an update for now, but I better get back to sewing ;]