Mohair * my new favorite fiber

Sometimes it seems, finding fabric that matches is the hardest step of making a garment. I found a sweet couple in Texas who had lots of mohair and they had this beautiful green fabric. It took forever to find someone that sold just mohair, a higher percentage than 50%, and I will be forever thankful that we found them. Im pretty sure my mom made a thousand phone calls for me while I was in class so that we could get it as quickly as possible.

The collar took the longest and hopefully if i get it shipped in time I will have a belt made by the time we send it to Dallas.

 These two pictures are from the Fall Couture Line for Christian Dior in 2010. I'm obsessed with every gown and Coat in this line. The idea for my coat came from the neckline of the purple coat and the shaping of the yellow coat.

 

 Its also wonderful that I have great friends who skip class to drive to Dallas on a Monday and pick out my lining for me when I can't go. This is one of the pictures Kaylyn sent me while in Dallas, making sure it looked okay as I check my phone as secretly as I can in class.

 Matching the yarn took me many trips to the stores to find. After multiple muslins and practice runs of the collar, it was a miracle the shape was finally perfect!

 My new serger!!! My room is basically taken over by this project but am so glad I finally have a serger. And its easy to use and serges beautifully!

 Playing around with pins and yarn to see what kind of look we wanted

The collar shape was finally perfected!!!

 I wore this collar around the house for a while, its so warm and fuzzy! My roommates kept wearing it around my room while they would take study breaks in my whirlwind of a room.

 The sleeves and side seams are not sewn but it is starting to look like a coat!!

 just have to hem the sleeves and add the snaps!! The light at the end of the tunnel!

The final garment before pressing! My roommate put it on for me so that I could finally see it on someone! She might kill me if she sees this! :)

"Remind me next time how much I hate making ruffles"

It seems like its been forever since I have posted on here! This fall semester has literally flown by! I know they say it just keeps getting faster and I truly agree. Wish it would slow down already!!

This summer I had to make another tailored jacket to help get my speed up.... and I may have narrowed 200 hours down to 100...maybe! These are just a few pictures from the process. I seriously considered just making it a vest after this point, the sleeves for some reason become my biggest nightmare!

First thing this semester we started working on Ball Gowns, and I must say I was truly out of my element here. I love looking at these huge dresses and sketching them, but actually constructing one is a completely different thing. The process of making my muslin was one full of experiments that by the time I actually made the gown I could barely look at it.

I was glad with the way it turned out but my christmas break will mostly consist with fixing many things on it... if you've ever made your first ball gown in less than 6 days while in school you know! Can't say I got much sleep but I learned so much from this project. Just hope that me and my classmates did well enough on it that they won't change the class criteria back to the old routine.

I would have taken pictures of the gown on my fit model but for some reason it didn't fit her skinny minny self! Reason #59437 why it needs to be fixed. Although I feel like I will never make a garment I want to fix something on, this one really does need some help!

My tub will never be the same again

 None of the tulle or organza I found was the right color so we decided to dye it ourselves!! Hand dyeing it was a great learning moment but so time consuming!!

My blue tulle kinda exploided

My muslin made out of fabric my friends
 like to call "chocolate swirls"

The final product!!