Locating Week Five

This week I began my twill I used a medium weight calico for this i firstly began by creating a a paper pattern. After I was happy with the pattern I pinned it to the calico ready to cut out however what I didn't realize when drawing up my pattern was that at the front of the apron there needed to be more room so that it wasn't tight straight down and the apron isnt being used a unisex apron there needs to be room in the front to fit a variety of body shapes. To overcome this I placed the pattern at an angle off the folded calico which when cut gave extra room at the front.







I found the making of the twill surprisingly easy as the body of the apron was one solid piece. For the straps I used the calico and made large flat rulos, I chose to use this method as if I did flat piping with a top stitch there would be an edge showing of the material and I feel only being able to see the seem on the rulo straps creates a more professional finish.


After creating the apron I thought about how I could finish the edges initially thinking mited corners however as I am going to use a strip cotton I decided that a bias bind edge to the apron would be best as it would show the stripes in another way and is also both a curiosity and necessity of the apron brief.



The twill has reassured me that the apron shape I have designed is right for what I want as the open back allow the apron to fit around a variety of body shapes, once I had made the twill I got a male and female to try it and found it fitted well on both genders his was something that is crucial to the apron that I wanted to make.

After making the apron I pinned pockets and created some pocket placement ideas onto the twill I made a large button whole pocket across the top of the apron however I don't feel this was successful as it made thee apron misshaped and  became ill fitted on a male, therefor I will not being doing that for my final Apron.The process of creating a twill was highly beneficial to me as if I was to go straight onto my cotton there are things for example the pocket I would have put on and it wouldn't of been right, the twill has aloud my to further develop my practical and design skills. In the next week I plan to create my final apron and explore more with pocket placement.

I was also inducted onto the omni stitch machine this something  I would like to use in the future however not in this project as I feel it leans more toward the female gender when on a garment.