I first started by sewing together some muslin from this basic pattern Galina gave me. From there we tightened the darts, and cut the parts out to form a halter neck.

Then we added a thick piece of cloth to form the neck part. Then I was done with my top.

For my skirt, I was worried about how I was going to replicate the texture of the petal of a rose. Galina advised me that I could fuse plastic, to do that. I used simple clear plastic, tiled them together, and fused them in a way I could form a petal shape with. The process helped me create natural veins and curves. I then placed the petals together to form a skirt panel by panel.

After panelling them, I felt that due to the weight of the plastic, the form of the skirt was compromised. It couldn’t hold the shape of the skirt I wanted. So I had to let go of my original design of the skirt from a high low to an all same length skirt. Also, the new design doesn’t touch the floor.

I was also worried about the colour, because it didn’t speak about the death of a rose. I tried spraypainting it and decided it would be the way to go.