Jul 20, 2012

Why recycle????

Hey! I've got some new statistics that proves my theory!  :D If you start designing some textile bags made out of old skirts you will realize that the productivity will go down with 30% and the price of the textile bag will go down with 50%, which means you can win 50% more and faster, compared to making it without recycling.

When you start tailoring some textile, you need to calculate each and every part, or make your own template. The problem with the template is that the bag won't be unique. The other problem is the sewing, you need to sew a lot and detailed. If you start tailoring a skirt you can see that all you have to do is sew around bottom without calculation. Or you can tailor and drape a little the upper part and you saved a lot of energy and work.

The raw materials for one bag costs around 6 Euro plus the productivity (I calculated ~4 euro for productivity, because you need 4 hours minimum to make a bag like this and the price for one hour productivity is ~1 euro if you are working with household appliances, because they are working on 220V thus using less energy). If you're working with used recycled materials, you don't have to pay for the raw material, that means you won 4 euros (not counting the costs for the consumed thread, ribbon, etc.). Starting from recycled skirts means less work, which also means that the time spent doing it is about 3 hours, which equals three euros. In this way you win 50% profit

Now imagine this in mass production.

Nowadays textile is not recycled but burned, which, beside wasting textile, obviously isn't healthy for environment. There's only a single company in England named Junky Style that specializes in textile recycling, but even they aren't doing it in mass production. 60% of mankind is wearing used clothes. 20% percent has at least one cloth they wore a single time and thrown away for a never upcoming possible later use.

Here's a tutorial on how to do such a bag:
What you need is:
  • an old skirts
  • remained materials from other projects you don't need any more
  • lace band, ribbon and buttons for decoration
  • zipper or other supply for the closing of the bag
  • thread, sizer
  • your sewing machine

You most probably have all these supplies as a leftover, so you might not need to pay a penny for it.

 Step 1: Take of the zipper.

If you want, you can use the zipper for closing up the bag.


Step 2: Cut the top of the skirt. 

You need to cut the lining from the skirt and tailor it as the inner part of the bag.


Step 3: Design the interior of the bag.

As the first step you need to iron the lining. You can see that the lining is ugly and curvy, to correct this you need to fold in two, draw a line on the material and sew all the way along it.




When you finished up with the lining correction, create the pocket. Calculate approximately how big you want the pocket and make a square. When you finished up with cutting, sew the upper part of square with a double folding. Then mark on the lining the square and sew all around.

When you finished up the interior design of the bag start designing the exterior.

Step 4: Make the exterior of the bag.



 Fix the bottom of the skirt and make a half circle for the form of the bag. Cut down the leftover.


 From the center calculate a distance which will becomes the volume / thickness of the bag. In this case 14 cm.

 Than fold the material and calculate 3mm on horizontal and 6mm vertical direction.

 Draw a line like this, and sew along it to make the corner of the bag.

When you turn it inside out you can see that the sewing line continues. Be careful when you fix or sew because  you can lose from the quality.

Drape the upper part, it looks more esthetic and feminine.

Step 5: Assemble the exterior part with the lining.



Step 6: Design the handler.

For start you need to measure yourself to see how long you want the handler. In my case it was ~60 cm. On the chosen material draw a rectangle 60 cm long and 10 cm wide and cut it out.


 Make the rough shape of the handler with needles.
 

 Iron it.


And finally sew it.
For the upper side of the bag you need approximately 10cm to give place for the decoration. To accomplish this, you need to draw four rectangles with the same measurements: 10cm x 40cm 

As you cut it out apply hardening with your iron.



Then sew it.


Step 7: Connect the bag with the handler.

When you finished the upper part of the bag, apply you ribbon and lace band. Assembly your handler with the upper part. If you want to add some zipper for the closing you can do it. but I personally don't use zipper for bags because it annoys me.




Step 8: Finishing touches


After I finished the bag I realized that it's too plain and empty and so I need to add something more to it. So I applyed some buttons for the contrast and to make it more esthetic.
 

Here is the final result :D! I hope you like it and that you enjoyed this little tutorial. My request to all of you is to start recycling and not wasting! ^^






Jul 10, 2012

Inspirational

Holla!! It`s summer so its swimwear time! I was thinking about a swimwear collection like back in the day :P in `20-`30 :D. Here is some nice pics what can inspire you.^^






I think, I like the late `30 it more feminine.^^

Jul 9, 2012

It's finally summer :D

Hey everyone! I finally had my post graduation exam, where I scored 9.91 form 10. I think that`s a good grade, I`m happy with it ^^ .

Finally it`s summer time for me too!!!! :D That`s why I prepared for you a simple beach dress in addition to your swim wear. It`s easy to make and it looks good. This model is from Burda Style, but you can add any design you want.
 
 The final dress will look something like this:

Step1: Choose your material.


I like this one because it got a Greek style and  it`s simple. I recommend for you chiffon or veil for this dress, it`s looking more flowy and transparent. If you are choosing satin as mine the dress going to look more like a street dress loosing flowyness.

Step 2: Fix the margins and sew it all around.


Step 3: Fold the material for the corresponding measure.


Measure yourself and add 5-10 cm for the width of the dress.

Step 4: Measure 25cm from the top of the dress and draw a horizontal line on the material.




Step 5: Put rubber thread in your sewing machine:


 Sew along the line you just drew. When you finished up the sewing it`s going to look like this:


For the top of the dress you can choose between rubber thread with double sewing or silicon rubber band.



Good luck with this little project! ^^

Jul 3, 2012

Inspirational

Hi guys!
I was preparing for my post-graduation exam and I found a book between my stuff :)). The book is titled "Young European Fashion Designers" and it`s form 2005, but it has some good ideas. You can get the book at daab's.
Let me show you some of the pictures. Enjoy :D

Detail: 



Accessorize: 




Dresses:





Elegant:



Color full:

Urban/Contrast:

Jul 1, 2012

Casual








Casual summer dress
Color: purple sidef
Size: 36
Price: 34 euro\150 Ron 
Material: printed jersey











Leather dress
Color: 
Size: all
Price: 90 euro\400 Ron
Material: leather, chain,black stones

















Overall
Color: all
Size: all
Price: 34 euro\150 Ron 
Material: Satin, cotton crapped texture elastic material






Shirt
Color: all
Size: all
Price: 12 euro\50 Ron
Material: Satin,veil, lace



Shirt
Color: all
Size: all
Price: 12 euro\50 Ron
Material: colored veil
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Dress
Color: black with green,red,purple, creme 
Size: all
Price: 34 euro\150 Ron
Material: baize,leather



Dress
Color: all
Size: all
Price: 70 euro\300 Ron
Material: elastic tulle, fabric, 60 thread for the texture



If you want to order from these dresses leave a msg here. If you have questions leave below in the comment section. Thank you!