Tag: infused plastic

Bottom piece is ready!

Yay, I also have a model now! Thanks to Galina and her spotting eyes 🙂

And it looks good on her!

Sewing row by row. The top cannot be reached from the bottom so the skirt has to be removed from the mannequin every time.

Sewing my faith into the dress! Another way to express gratitude to God!

Before getting to the top, sewing velcro straps on the back side to leave the opening.

You’ve gotta sew it by hand because the skirt would be ruined with that tiny space in the machine.

But hey, reaching the top real soon! Just one more layer to cover up the skirt.

And here we go! The bottom piece is ready! Each water droplet taped and then sewed on the skirt by hand!

Close up of the top row.

A sneak peak to the inside.

Another close up !

Woah, how cool!

Fifth Production Class: Bottom piece & Water container droplet

Going to attach the water droplets to the bottom piece. 

About 100 water droplets…

Starting from the bottom to the top.
Pinning the droplets first to ensure the exact location.

Then using double-sided tape to attach the droplets to the skirt.

Mass taping:

Hmm…not bad. But how much more to reach the top??? Ran out of droplets already and haven’t even made it halfway up.

At the same time making the water container droplets from clear plastic so we can get a see-through look 😉 First drew and cut a template from paper and then the plastic.

Infused to plastic droplet sheets but only on the outer rim leaving about 2cm open on the top so that water can be poured into it.

And here it is! The clear plastic water droplet container!!!

In the meantime the taped droplets fell from the bottom piece 🙁 The infused plastic skirt is not as flat so the tape does not stick to it for very long. What to do then? Sew the droplets on one by one. All you need is a needle, white thread and a thread snipper.

Sewing an X-shape to make it tight and durable.

Fourth Production Class: Bottom piece

Putting together the two parts of the skirt by infusing them.

Almost there…

Just one more side…

Handy dandy ironing machine and table!

Ay, turned out that infusing made the skirt kinda short. What should I do? Add one more layer to the bottom!

Producing ie. infusing plastic layers for the bottom to extend skirt.

And there we go!

Problem? Looks unfinished. Well, I have all these droplets… cover the whole skirt then 😉 Good idea!

Gonna start water droplet mass production…

?Experimenting the water droplets ?

Saturday morning chill time in ADM 🙂

Paper template of water droplet!

Trying to use up leftover infused plastic to experiment…

 

Hmm… not too bad. They actually look pretty cute ^^

Let’s put them now together for an actual droplet with a hole in the middle for water! Infused the sides only and left the middle unfused using a straw:

Let’s see if it can hold water. It DOES! Water inside 🙂

Trying out another layering… can hold water too!

Using hot glue to attach the straw on the top of the droplets.

And there we go! A droplet (not leaking) with a drinkable straw!

Accomplishment: 3 droplet prototypes are ready!

So much cutting a plastic shreds to fill the trash…haha

Saturday morning well spent 🙂

Third Production Class: Bottom piece

Continuing with the bottom piece: infusing plastic for the plastic skirt.

2 baking sheets, 1 roll of plastic bags, ironing machine.

Lining up and pinning the infused plastic parts together.

Done pinning, getting some prof help to give it a good shape!

The shape is cut, pinning the cut down side parts to the ends.

Trying to get a rough look on the final shape.

Ready to infuse the parts together!

Front and back is ready!

This is how it looks! A little rough though…

To be continued… 😉

Second Production Class: Top and Bottom piece

Assembling the parts of the top piece: pinning the sides to the front part to sew the princess cut.

Still in the pinning process…

Done with pinning the sides to the front.

Ready for sewing the parts together.

Turns out this princess cut is not as easy as I thought. In fact, the hardest part of production until now…

Give it another try to correct.

Still not there yet…

Getting some professional help! Turns out the vintage template was a little off so we are adjusting the size.

After a few more trials and some ironing, finally ready to sew the front part together with the back parts.

And the top piece is READY!

Looking good 🙂

Now experimenting with infusing plastic to make the bottom piece material.

Sandwiching two sheets of plastic bags between baking paper.

Adjusting and aligning the plastic bags…

Putting the top baking paper on and ready to iron. Temperature is between Silk and Synthetic.

And the tentative design is taking shape!

Still a long way to go though.