SO FRUSTRATED!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! i'm just cutting my skirt now and my classmates are half done. i'm 9 samples behind and wondering if this whole thing was a bad idea. F!
i missed a class because of a work event, then i went to NY for a weekend so couldn't do homework, and then of course i just work slowly and want to do everything perfectly...but still. i shouldn't be THIS behind. wtf?
so i have a month and a week to catch up on all my samples, and sew a skirt and a sweat suit. i foresee long hours ahead.
and my backup instructor? the samples i just did with her the other weekend weren't up to scratch, according to my regular instructor. and she's right - i looked at them later and was like, how did she miss such obvious mistakes? i'm paying her more than i paid for my entire course - she could at least pay attention, yes?
someone just tell me it's going to be ok?????
Friday, November 6, 2009
Saturday, October 10, 2009
ebb and flow
I'm feeling kind of discouraged because I'm behind already. I had to miss last Monday's class because of a huge event at work and it really kind of sucks because I don't have my teacher's contact info or anything - she doesn't give it out. Luckily my backup instructor is available tomorrow so she'll help me catch up a bit.
Life is a juggling act. I mean, my heart is here, with the fashion, but obviously my full-time job comes first and I couldn't exactly bail on my team last Monday for sewing class, much as I would have liked to. I just keep hoping that life will give me a break one of these days and it will feel like less of a struggle to do this.
On the other hand, however, I am going to spend a weekend in NY with my amazing mentor who got me to pursue this in the first place, and she knows a girl who's studying at FIT, and has invited her to stay over for a night as well. I'm a little intimidated, but here's hoping she'll be encouraging and positive.
Life is a juggling act. I mean, my heart is here, with the fashion, but obviously my full-time job comes first and I couldn't exactly bail on my team last Monday for sewing class, much as I would have liked to. I just keep hoping that life will give me a break one of these days and it will feel like less of a struggle to do this.
On the other hand, however, I am going to spend a weekend in NY with my amazing mentor who got me to pursue this in the first place, and she knows a girl who's studying at FIT, and has invited her to stay over for a night as well. I'm a little intimidated, but here's hoping she'll be encouraging and positive.
Monday, September 28, 2009
phew!
http://www.oprah.com/article/oprahshow/20090826-tows-aish-rai-ab-bachchan
oh my LORD!!!! remind me never to get behind on my sewing samples again! i think i may just be able to squeak into the safe zone again. i was thinking about dropping the course because i swear, i can never put myself through the stress of being two samples behind again (i.e., last semester). my teacher is hyperprecise and anal. which is good in the long run but a little STRESSFUL sometimes!!! oh well at least i'm learning properly.
so we're into the third week now and doing some pretty tricky stuff - lapped zipper, curved zipper (yeah if you want to put your zipper on your hip - like on a skirt), high waist, invisible zipper. so much precision, so little time. and today she told us she doesn't want us to rush stuff, because "if you rush, even if you're a professional, you won't be able to do a good job." so true, so true. and yet life looms with its deadlines. i guess i just have to be really careful to block enough time every week to do my homework.
this past weekend i couldn't do the samples on my own so i blew off trying and went for brunch with Joanna Maracle (now you're really famous, Jo). then we went to Steve's and caressed the guitars (well, I did) and i bought a capo. totally worth it but i'd better start asking questions in class or i will never be able to sleep again if i get behind in this course. and my teacher thinks it's a good pace. HA! HA!
Aishwarya Rai wore this incredible saree on Oprah when she appeared with her hubby. wonder who the designer is. if anyone knows, tell me.
oh my LORD!!!! remind me never to get behind on my sewing samples again! i think i may just be able to squeak into the safe zone again. i was thinking about dropping the course because i swear, i can never put myself through the stress of being two samples behind again (i.e., last semester). my teacher is hyperprecise and anal. which is good in the long run but a little STRESSFUL sometimes!!! oh well at least i'm learning properly.
so we're into the third week now and doing some pretty tricky stuff - lapped zipper, curved zipper (yeah if you want to put your zipper on your hip - like on a skirt), high waist, invisible zipper. so much precision, so little time. and today she told us she doesn't want us to rush stuff, because "if you rush, even if you're a professional, you won't be able to do a good job." so true, so true. and yet life looms with its deadlines. i guess i just have to be really careful to block enough time every week to do my homework.
this past weekend i couldn't do the samples on my own so i blew off trying and went for brunch with Joanna Maracle (now you're really famous, Jo). then we went to Steve's and caressed the guitars (well, I did) and i bought a capo. totally worth it but i'd better start asking questions in class or i will never be able to sleep again if i get behind in this course. and my teacher thinks it's a good pace. HA! HA!
Aishwarya Rai wore this incredible saree on Oprah when she appeared with her hubby. wonder who the designer is. if anyone knows, tell me.
Saturday, September 19, 2009
back to school :)
So I went for my first Level 1 Garment Construction class last night (the one I documented in the summer was Introductory). It turned out to be the same teacher from my first class, which was great. There were also a bunch of students from that class as well, but not everyone, and she congratulated us on making it to the next level as not everyone did. I felt quite proud of myself. And now I'm not intimidated by the machines anymore! Which is major, because that's half the battle. Industrial machines are beasts. Let's not even talk about industrial sergers.
So glad I stuck it out - feels good to be moving up and on with this. And the new season of Project Runway just started too - what a coincidence! Well, not really. It's almost fall. But I like how everything's lining up. September issue of Vogue, the movie "The September Issue" coming out now, Project Runway, my class.everything starting.yeah I see the connections I want to see. It's meant to be, in my mind. And that's where it counts!
I had a Sunny sighting in the summer - he was in the neighbourhood for Pride. What? You don't know Sunny Fong, winner of Project Runway Canada??? He's a god. I was rooting for him to win, because he's brilliant, and then he did, and it felt like there was a little justice and harmony in the world.
Michael Kors (judge on Project Runway and if you don't know what else he does I don't want to talk to you) said that the show would let people see how insane fashion people are. I was like, huh? Am I insane, because I don't find anything about the show to be insane. At all.
There's a lady in my class who has designated herself as The Character. She jabbers a lot, at random moments. I saw her get into a verbal catfight with another student last semester, over 'her seat' in the sewing lab. But she pales in comparison to the guy who used to wear shiny spandex leggings.
Ah, fashion people.
So glad I stuck it out - feels good to be moving up and on with this. And the new season of Project Runway just started too - what a coincidence! Well, not really. It's almost fall. But I like how everything's lining up. September issue of Vogue, the movie "The September Issue" coming out now, Project Runway, my class.everything starting.yeah I see the connections I want to see. It's meant to be, in my mind. And that's where it counts!
I had a Sunny sighting in the summer - he was in the neighbourhood for Pride. What? You don't know Sunny Fong, winner of Project Runway Canada??? He's a god. I was rooting for him to win, because he's brilliant, and then he did, and it felt like there was a little justice and harmony in the world.
Michael Kors (judge on Project Runway and if you don't know what else he does I don't want to talk to you) said that the show would let people see how insane fashion people are. I was like, huh? Am I insane, because I don't find anything about the show to be insane. At all.
There's a lady in my class who has designated herself as The Character. She jabbers a lot, at random moments. I saw her get into a verbal catfight with another student last semester, over 'her seat' in the sewing lab. But she pales in comparison to the guy who used to wear shiny spandex leggings.
Ah, fashion people.
fashion hippies
This is a great link about fashion hippies - ah, such a relief to find that's not a total oxymoron! All right, I admit it, I'm a bit of a closet hippie. Yes, Jo, I admit it.
http://www.style.com/trendsshopping/stylenotes/081309_Neo_Hippies/
Along with wanting to work with eco-friendly fabrics (bamboo drapes really well) and vegetable-based dyes, I hope to somehow fuse my love of all things beautiful with my desire to uplift. If this ever gets off the ground and I can start getting my embroidery done in India (where the best embroidery is done), I'd like to work a little grama seva (village service) into the picture. If I have traditional artisans working for/with me, I can use that as a platform for starting some sort of program. I'd love to get in there and be responsible for a village. Since India is mostly rural, I'd feel like I was giving something back to the country that has given me so much inspiration.
http://www.style.com/trendsshopping/stylenotes/081309_Neo_Hippies/
Along with wanting to work with eco-friendly fabrics (bamboo drapes really well) and vegetable-based dyes, I hope to somehow fuse my love of all things beautiful with my desire to uplift. If this ever gets off the ground and I can start getting my embroidery done in India (where the best embroidery is done), I'd like to work a little grama seva (village service) into the picture. If I have traditional artisans working for/with me, I can use that as a platform for starting some sort of program. I'd love to get in there and be responsible for a village. Since India is mostly rural, I'd feel like I was giving something back to the country that has given me so much inspiration.
Friday, September 11, 2009
and the journey continues
Yay, I finished the first course and am still excited about this pursuit! The next one starts on monday and I just registered a couple of days ago. The final projects aren't as exciting - we have to make a sweat suit and a wool skirt, but the prospect of learning how to handle different materials is.
And right now for some reason I just want to climb on my stylish soapbox and vent a little bit about all the opinions I've been receiving about this pursuit, from the beginning. i wish people would be more mindful of what they say and when they say it. we are too reactive in our society, and often stupid in our reflexive, thoughtless reactions. from the woman who failed at her own attempt to be a fashion designer and shot me down (completely!) when I first got the idea four years ago, to my well-meaning-but-annoying-friends who know zilch about the business but have lots of (retarded) suggestions to my mom...let's not even get started on that one! but my favourite has to be the response of a lovely couple who are family friends who said, 'oh, that's nice' when i told them what i wanted to do and then suggested that i become an RCMP officer. i suppose i'm just irritated at how difficult it has been to rally support for myself. why do i have to convince my close people?
Wednesday, August 19, 2009
random thoughts
http://www.style.com/stylefile/category/candy-goes-to-bollywood/
http://www.lakmefashionweek.co.in/index.php?main_page=index
Candy, on Style.com, Vogue’s website, makes a good point about Mumbai – it’s a place where there’s an awareness of tradition and at the same time an eagerness to be a part of the future. I think that’s what fascinates me so much about India. That, and the romance and mystery of it all – the traditional clothes just capture my imagination, take me back to legendary times. I’m excited to see how India will continue to blend tradition with modernity. I want to be a part of that. I’m all about that…
Pink is the navy blue of India, she says. Good, because that’s my favourite colour. Hot pink, though.
I’m also excited to see how India and America will get along in the years to come – that relationship is very interesting. They started dating in the 60s, of course, and now they’re getting serious, it looks like. Further cultural fusion is going to be very fun to see, in music, food, and clothes.
India’s about to take off. I am SO on that plane.
http://www.lakmefashionweek.co.in/index.php?main_page=index
Candy, on Style.com, Vogue’s website, makes a good point about Mumbai – it’s a place where there’s an awareness of tradition and at the same time an eagerness to be a part of the future. I think that’s what fascinates me so much about India. That, and the romance and mystery of it all – the traditional clothes just capture my imagination, take me back to legendary times. I’m excited to see how India will continue to blend tradition with modernity. I want to be a part of that. I’m all about that…
Pink is the navy blue of India, she says. Good, because that’s my favourite colour. Hot pink, though.
I’m also excited to see how India and America will get along in the years to come – that relationship is very interesting. They started dating in the 60s, of course, and now they’re getting serious, it looks like. Further cultural fusion is going to be very fun to see, in music, food, and clothes.
India’s about to take off. I am SO on that plane.
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