'I would love something like this but wool is so itchy and it shrinks!' You would not believe the number of times I have heard this! Wool...

I'm going to go through the technical processes and information for each of the textiles in my final textile collection. For the other...

Part 1: Toiling After deciding on a design, the next step was to dissect the look into its parts to get an idea of what the flat pattern...

Lets hit the ground running! Being back at grays is weird, but it feels so great to have a studio again, a dedicated workspace that isn't...

Here we go... Honours year! honestly I am excited, I feel as though I have purpose, a drive to make something special, and to actually...

Last week was a sort of breaking point for me. My knitting machine was playing up, the internet went down for 4 days and my oven broke...

I've just made a business... and it has made me realise a few things. I keep having to remind myself that I am working hard, and even if...

The past few months have been hard for everyone, it has been a once in a lifetime kind of event that hopefully, we will never have to...

Fashioning, Shaping, Finishing samples and Plating. Fashioning/ shaping samples on the industrial machines works exactly the same as on...

Ribs and Tucks. This week I worked on the 7 gauge machine using the cream mercerised cotton I used last week and I also introduced an...

This week I worked on the 7 gauge using a beautiful cream mercerised cotton yarn. To make it thick enough for the 7 gauge I had to feed 2...

This week had its fair share of restarting. I jumped straight onto the 10 gauge, I figured the best way to learn was to take on the...

This is the workshop I was most looking forward to this semester, learning how to use the industrial Dubied machines is one of the...

The last week has been a time of massive upheaval for everyone. We were left in a state of confusion and fear since last Thursday. It...

The end! Final Toile: I am quite happy with my final toile, I am definitely more confident in my pattern cutting skills now that I have...

Toile 1 My pattern for toile 1 worked quite well, I was happy with the pockets, the thickness of the waistband and the length, however, I...

Time To Sew! Sewing Together 1. Sew together waistband pieces along the long edge. 2. Sew together 2 of the pocket decorations, turn...

I spent a while this week figuring out how to sew a placket and fly- there are guides out there but I didn't find many of them helpful,...

15 hours, 1 photograph, and a whole lot of calico... What could go wrong?! Week 1. Dissection. To start we were given a photograph of a...

The key to making people understand your project is to nail exactly what it is. That may sound quite simple, but when you start a project...