I have a week extension. Which I suppose is good. I initially didn't want to take it. Not really sure why. But in reality, when you take a week out from a four week module - you need that time extra.

The technical file was initially daunting. So much information, and to make it sucessful and to industry's requirements, especially when you don't know how to do it is bloody hard!

Well, there comes a time in your life when you realise that actually maybe you are good at something.

And mine came in the form of a grade. A 1st. I did it. It did put a smile on my face.

Design Realisation:
The brief entails, a shop report, a technical package, research and design work and a finished garment.

Again, a shop report is not my most favourite thing to do but oh well. Research and design work fairly easy, technical package - well no idea what that is. And the garment: Shit.

I was fairly aprehensive about starting Design Realisation, consideing in first year witht he similar module Creative Design Realistion, I didnt achieve a high grade. First of all, I had never picked up a pattern cutting book in my life. Secondly, when doing so, it might aswell of been in a foregin language ecause it was minf boggling to me. I tried over and over again to begin some kind of understanding of pattern cutting and it just didn't click. I think frustration hindered development in this case. Anyway, after finishing that furst year module I was quite quick to say that I wasn;t able to pattern cut. In other words I had pretty much gave up and subcome to the fact I wasn't talented in that area. However, with 3rd year just around the corner and the sudden realisation that the second year design realisation module would be the last fully making project I decided the only way I was going to learn was by challenging myself.

And I went in with the mentality if I fail then, screw it at least I tried and learnt more along the way.

So this is the mock up of the dress I've designed:

People keep saying to me "are you sure Kate, that looks pretty hard?" OR "you think you'll be able to do that?"

I was all happy and confident, determined to nail this until those comments.

It seems with me that, it takes a long time to build up my confidence to a point where I think "yeah i can actually do this" and then it takes one comment for it all to be shattered all over again.


I'm still going to do it though.

Design Realisation

Not so interested in this project. Not so interested in anything in life right now.

With happy occasions comes moments of sadness...

"For some moments in life there are no words"

See you later Christmas.