Recycling Textil: ABC game for kids

If you are bored and you got some remained textile materials, than you can make this game for one of your friends child or whatever... ^^ This game is for kids who don`t want to learn and the same time is hygienic.

The game idea is to make "the learning" faster. Most study shows that if you bring color in your child life when they are studying than the child perceive much faster and memories more easier than the others. So all you need is:

• 26 type of material with different colors and sample (it`s wherry important because the child memories the character with touch and visibility ) 
• One type of yarn white or black
• 40 cm lining material but the dense one

Step1: Make the patterns. The easiest way to make the patterns is on computer and than print it. You can chose any type of character you want, but when you chose the size of the character you have too be careful because the pattern size is influenced by the character size.

 

 Step2: Cut the patterns.You have to be careful when you cut the patterns because it`s little and detailed.

Step3: Chose the fabric. For each character you need to chose an other material and other color, because the child when starts playing and touching the character she/he starts to memories it by comparing the colors and touch with the name of character. 

When you chose the material for each character than you need to cut them in square but be careful the character it has to smaller than the square. If you finished this than put the materials back to back.

Step4: Draw the contour. When you start drawing make sure that the material is on front. Leave a space( 0.5 cm) between the pattern and drawing line.

Step 5: Make the layering. Every child likes a teddy bear, i was wondering why but i got the answer, it`s because of the touching and softness. So when you start the layering you need to put between the materials lining material to make sure that the characters gonna be soft.

Step 6: The sewing. When you finished your layering fix the materials with pins, because if you don't than lining between the textile its gonna move, and than you can start sewing. When you sew leave a space (0.5cm) between the drawing contour and the sewing line. The sewing line is inside the contour line.

Step 7:  Cut the remains. When you finished sewing than start cutting on the drawing line. If you finished up than you can see that the result is a ruff edge.

Step 8: Finishing. To finish up the character you need to cover the ruff edge, to do that all you need is the zig-zag stitch. Put the stitch step between 0-1 and the zig-zag on the biggest step. and when you sewing don`t leave space between the normal stitch and the zig-zag one.

 When you finished up all your character you can start playing. You can make a little bag if you want, to keep them together.

 The most important at this game is the hygiene, you can was it when you want to but be carefull with it, don`t pass 30 degree because the lining it`s gone separate or  the textile material gone lose color.

Tips and ideas for a corect design

Forms in fashion design

All physical forms perceptible by sight, people are require them as forms. The form is the shape line, an aspect of the object or body.

The form word in theory is a physical reality, defined by the whole and the parts/components. In space approximation it`s a group of elements. The word form it`s used with another expression "contour" with the same meaning.

Some psychologists have shown that the form it`s seen in an integrated manner, namely at first is the contour what the eye perceive and than comes the components or the texture. In recent years theorists of art made a distinction between forms, what things possess it`s called existence form, and the things what we see it`s called the influence form.

Classification:

Natural form: is the result of nature, the progress of gas materials in space, what the mathematicians called "the logarithmic spiral".

Relief land form: the form is defined by the wave movement. 

Vegetable form: is the most complex form in the world, because they got a complex and detailed form.

Artificial form: is the form what implicates human action.

Relation between forms and geometry

Geometry structure are fundamental elements of perception, it`s a representation of configuration and objective reality. They give a possibility for man to guide theory and practice in the surrounding reality.

In abstract therms we can consider that the point, line, volume are basic elements for any structure in the world. Reducing all the shapes of appearance on the simplest element of geometrical structures is the basic condition of knowledge and creativity in many fields.

Geometry is presented to the world around us, contained in visual perception based on a fact or idea. The space form is an element hard to illustrate in too dimension.

Geometry in fashion design

These are some designs based on geometrical forms.

This collection it`s named "Plato`s Collection" made by Amila Hrustic. The inspiration for this collection was the five different solid form: cube, tethered, etc. These forms are made from paper and than attached to the textile in different configurations. This collection it`s based on geometrical conception and arranged solids on the human body. It`s the perfect study of perception and contrast. Emphasize on relation between organic and artificial, amorfe and geometry.

Esthetic arrange of the form

In general composition represents the total elements made of structure, and unity. In Fashion design, composition means: the total form of the finite product, a complied look. Every form or object created by men, are based on functional, technical content, and one artistic. 

The composition is an organized action and equilibration, made by the designer or artist in his attempt to create forms in witch way the object gonna be functional and/or ethic. So the composition must have the harmony of the form, colors and light without changing the logical intern of the product.

Proportion and the golden ratio. (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Golden_ratio)

The golden ratio is a simple mathematical relation and it`s find naturally in many great works of art and designs, as also known as the golden section, golden proportion. 

The mathmathical therm for the golden ratio is:

This equation is related to the Fibonacci sequence number system: 1,1,2,3,5,8,13,21... where each number is the sum. of the previously too numbers.

Any of these too numbers approximates the too numbers of the golden ratio although is more accurate whet the number get larger.

 Ex: 3/5=0.600

      21/34=0.617 it`s very close to 0.618

The golden ratio is also can be found int he nature. 

This spiral on this see shell for example it can be divided in sections, and  approximates the golden ratio.

The golden ratio it can be found in the human body.

Study's have shown that many people prefer golden ratio and not other rectangle proportion but that doesn't make an easier experience.

Golden ratio in fashion:

 These dresses are based on the golden spiral. The proportion is the same as the golden ratio. Its a really good inspiration for a dress design or collection.

In America too twin designers Ruth Levy and Sara Levy made a revolutionary design system based on the golden ratio, named "the fashion code". They used the gold proportion and they got a general look and universal in the same time.

This design system is a good base form for collections, it fits the human body. The proportion makes a good cut on the body and revels the form otherwise.