Final Thoughts...

Happy Wednesday!
Yesterday was the final day of the Google Project. Julia and I discussed more plans to continue to work outside of class, and as previously mentioned, go to a fabric store and purchase chiffon, mesh, velvet and other fabrics needed for the dress. We are considering creating a mini version of our dress design-- which will mean learning how to sew! We decided to create final, polished sketches of the two dresses, complete with colors, shading and labeling. Below is a picture of the almost-completed sketches we worked on yesterday:

While the sketches are obviously not done, we will post final picture of the project in the near future and continue to keep you updated. After doing some research on how to sew doll dresses, it seems like this blog will be helpful. We will just have to make some modifications in terms of the cinching and chest area, as well as add sleeves. The length of the dress will also be longer and have more of a flow-- and of course, the materials will be different. Julia has American Girl dolls that we will most likely use, so this tutorial is perfect (using American Girl dolls). 

Thanks for reading!

-Olivia

Final Google Day (The Project's Not Over Until We Say It's Over!)

Yesterday, Tuesday the 27th, marked our final day in class to work on our Google Projects.  Olivia worked together (however she is a much better artist than me!) on drawing the final sketches of our dresses.  Although we previously stated that we had created final sketches, what we worked on in class involved heavy drawing papers and colored pencils we borrowed (emphasis on borrowed) from the art room.

You may be thinking, "Wow, this project had a very anticlimactic ending!"  But fear not!  Olivia and I have made plans to venture out to a local fabric store and obtain swatches of the fabrics we feel would best suit our dress designs.  Then, if we're feeling very creative, we will create a mock-up of a dress sketch and use a doll as a model.  Sounds fun, right?  First we need to learn how to sew...this should be interesting!

In terms of companies that sell professional show choir/performance dresses, our wind ensemble has used the company Stage Accents before.  http://www.stageaccents.com/ Although Olivia and I are not found of our current band dresses, I must say that the current designs shown on the Stage Accents website are beautiful!  My top picks for Wind Ensemble dresses would be:

Serenity
http://www.stageaccents.com/womens_formal/product/2651/

Glamour
http://www.stageaccents.com/womens_formal/product/2770/

Thank you for reading!

-Julia

Hello!

As my lovely partner Olivia has stated, she and I spent our most recent Google Day surveying the female members (as well as our band director) of Wind Ensemble.  When you look at the pictures in Olivia's most recent post, you will notice that dress #2 had the majority of the vote.  Olivia and I were pleased by the positive response we received.  Thank you to everyone for the kind compliments!
Our next course of action will be to visit a fabric store and pick up some swatches of fabric that we have envisioned for our dresses.  We look forward to sharing our vision with the entire class when we present our Google project.

Thank you for reading!

Thought I would add a fun picture.  Gotta keep making those reeds!

-Julia

Day 4

Hi there!

On Friday, Julia and I surveyed all the girls in the class asking which dress they preferred. Here are some photos with the tallied votes:

We plan to create final dress sketches with color on larger paper with charcoal color pencils. We will also purchase desired fabrics and possibly create a mini version of Dress 2, just to give the class an idea of what we have in mind. 

Thanks for reading,
Olivia