DST63504 [Introduction of Pattern Drafting and Garment Making] - Week 3
Hi ho, it's me again :3. 3rd week flew by in a quick speed for me. I felt like I slept a lot more than I usually do... or maybe it's the other way around. I made a speedy completion on all the tasks, albeit a bit late than my peers, but I'm getting the hang of it. We really had a lot of things to get done by next week so, yeah, it was a bit stressful for me. Safe to say that my adrenaline pump has officially gone but I'm still enjoying class very much :D.
As I mentioned on the last blog, we we're assigned to sew 7 types of stitches by hand. It was very much a relaxing task to do since I did it whilst listening to podcasts. I love mending things... truly do love the idea of it since it would mean that I'm being helpful, but often times I just didn't know how to. At least I get to do it now. Though, it turns out I just did the bare minimum, haha, but it's okay... since Ms Melina said so herself. I was so focused while doing it that I eventually forgot to take a picture of it, though. As forgetful as I can be, it's such a bummer that I can't record some of my progress.
Which reminds me, I forgot to mention it last time, but we did have several more tasks to do :3. Some of which are drawing a sleeve block and pants block. I did finish the shirt block, though (finally), but I forgot to take a picture of it before I submit it to Ms Melina. Maybe I'll take a picture of it when she's returned mine someday :3.
To be honest, I probably did not mention about the other 2 blocks that we needed to do because I was waiting for the measurements to be sent in the group. Took me till Monday night to actually ask Ms Melina about it, though (yeah, I know, it was a bit dumb to have not ask about it days before the class, I know my own faults... it is laughable though). It was a frantic day and night. I was still chilling, asking my friend Yumna if we really did have additional tasks... and she said, "yes, we do" which made my brain stopped for a moment. By then, I realized that I could've just calculate measurements myself, because why not, right? It felt so dumb to not have thought about that before... but anyways, I'm glad I did ask about it. I did my calculations quickly then waited for the official measurements because i just wanted it to be as precise as I thought it would. Not long after, i received it and started to compare my calculations to the real deal... and was satisfied with it. All is well except for the paper to be draw but I still have the whole night to do it. I could probably finish it in one night, right? :"D
So, the next day (Tuesday 6th of May) came and I'm still not done. Well, I probably am done, as best as I can, because I realized later on that I did not have a curve ruler to actually draw the outline of the sleeve and pants. Maybe I was panicking about it, but I just thought to myself that I can just borrow one at school. Both pants and sleeve blocks turned out okay, albeit being bald without the curves they deserve.
I felt a bit satisfied with what I've done, considering I just did it the night before. Was it worth sacrificing one night of sleep? Yes, it is. Do I want to do it again, though? No, I hope it won't came to that. I should fix my schedule in order to evade that situation again but then again, my sleep schedule is already a mess to begin with... Gosh, I'm rambling a bit, sorry :"D
Anyways, all was well on my part, and morning class was really fun, despite me embarrassing myself earlier then by confusing a new classmate of mine with another new classmate of mine that I've met last week (if that makes sense. I blame myself for lack of sleep, though)... which I'm actually quite happy about. Because now, we're a complete circle, I guess. I'm always feeling giddy when there's something new, so there was where the excitement was from. I do feel quite bad for them because they have a lot of tasks to do now. Sometimes, I do want to help, maybe direct them on the more urgent tasks, but I ramble too much that I fear I might confuse them (because I do be confusing myself, so I don't blame them if I do). And I don't really want to add more pressure on what tasks they're doing at the moment because I can actually ruin their momentum... pattern... of study? I don't know the right term for it, but if I were to compare it to something that I know in Physics, it would be momentum. Enough of that, though. Observing them this week was a relief, it looks like they were getting the hang of it. I hope they'll have lesser tasks soon.
Right... after morning class, we had a 2 hour break before resuming to PD&GM class. I felt bad when I came to class because I was still not complete with the given tasks yet. I used to find relief when I see that a lot of my classmates aren't done with it either but I did not strive to be someone who is tardy. It was shameful in my part... but I still want to act chill. I was quickly distracted though because Ms Melina was giving out the clear plastic she bought for us last week. I immediately started to collect payments from my classmates and gave it to Ms Melina.
During class, we were told to continue drafting for a while and so I tried. I was so unfocused at the time, though. My mind was unclear and I could not think straight for a while. Eventually, I did finish the sleeve block (forgot to take a picture again :")), but then my mind blanked yet again when I tried to do my pants block. After some while, Ms Melina told us to spread the clear plastic to start tracing blocks on them.
So we did tracing. We started with one clear plastic. Trace some blocks, mark them, then clear the table for the next clear plastic. All in all, I don't know whose plastic we did, or who was left. By the end of the day, I think we did quite a lot. And I'm still not done with my pants block. Though, I did borrow my friend's ruler so all is well (Thank you, Yumna :3)
By Thursday, I did finish the pants block and submitted it in class. Why did we go to class on Thursday? Well we had an extra class that day (well... we can actually have extra classes whenever on Wednesday and Thursday to be honest) but only 6 people came. We did current tasks that we're having at the moment. Most of us continue to trace the plastic block, though. I did some cutting, so did my friends.
When Ms Melina tried to introduce us on Industrial sewing tachniques, though, we sadly did not have enough materials which is a bit of a bummer :"D. Nevertheless, we finished a lot that day, and I did complete it (cutting the clear plastic) at home myself right after.
All in all, by the end of the week, I felt so much relief that all of my tasks are done. Yes, I'm all smiles after that and still is currently, haha. One thing to learn from the week is to not panic and actually should manage my time well, though. Like I said, I don't want to sacrifice more sleep on work except necessary because I can't use my brain juice during class TT.
I don't know what next week is going to be like. We did have a new assignment (Dart Block Drawing, fun!) and I'm currently half way through the task. Maybe introduction to industrial sewing? Because I think I would love that a lot, haha... because we weren't able to do it this week.
Anyways, see you next week. Adios!
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