In Class 5/10

I missed the last class because of my AP French test. I met up with Ms. Lord later, who caught me up with what I had missed. We had signed up for dates to peer edit and present. My WISE presentation is on Friday, June 17th. I am peer editing Wednesday on the 8th and 15th of June. I picked the latest possible date for my presentation because I really want the time to finish whatever clothes I will be working on, and I know that I will need the extra time to do the final touches on my dresses.
I also got a sheet outlining some requirements for my project. I have to write a 4-6 page narrative that will share what I did during my WISE project in a fun and engrossing way.
I then have to write a final bibliography which has a minimum of 10 sources (not that much at all! Especially considering how many we needed to find at the start of our project) and a minimum of two personal contacts. Easy
Along with the bibliography we need to write a two page commentary about how we handled our research, and how it relates to our project.
Finally, we need to share a draft of our narrative with our mentor and/or teacher, and five days before the presentation make copies of our materials and invite everyone to our presentation.
Another thing I learned!!!!!! The presentation does NOT have to be at the school!!!! I might want to do it at Sew-Green, though we'll see. That way I'll have mannequins and stuff.

Jellyfish skirt

This is a REALLY rought sketch, but it's based off of some white linen and blue Indian tie-dye material. I thought it might be fun to make over the summer if I don't get time during my project, since I don't think it will be too difficult.

Saturday Sewing

I bought a pair of jeans last week, but they were way to long. Today, I decided that I would use my sewing skills to fix another hem. But before I changed the thread color for my jeans, I would finish the rest of my dress.
I needed to change the needle from last time, when I had broken the needle in frustration (I had forgotten to put the needle up as I tore the dress from the machine in my frustration. Really really really bad!)
I finished the side seams completely, all the way to the bottom. They weren't symmetrical, but by that time, I was done because the usual problems of cloth slipping, needle tripping, etc. had caused me to have to rip seams about five times.
I wound the bobbin perfectly (but with the sewing machine instructions just in case) with the new thread for my heans, and moved on to my jeans. I changed the needle to a denim needle, and tried to use the thick thread commonly used for jeans, but it quickly got jammed in the machine. Thankfully everything survived. Using the same denim needle, but with normal khaki thread. It was difficult do to the side seams, which buldged and got in the way.
I had to rip seams about three times because wasn't perfect (hem wasn't even, or just got impatient and rushed it), and even then, it was still uneven.
I then ironed it out for a flat, even hem.
At least it still had its gorgeous flare!
Maybe I'll undo the hem in the future so I can wear the jeans with heels (I think that's what they were meant for, because they are the perfect length with heels).

Desigual

My parents recently got back from Spain, and they brought back some fantastic clothes! My mom had complained about how Spanish fashion was really drab... until she came to a store called Desigual. The clothes she brought back were far from drab. They were bright and fantastical. In fact, because of the bright colors, people would spot this new, popular brand on the street when my mom wore it in Spain. Everything else was plain, but Desigual was a splash of color in the middle of beige.
At first, I had thought that Desigual was an India brand. Desi means Indian, and the colors were so bright, I couldn't believe that they were coming from Europe. However, the cuts were very European. Looking at the US website unfortunately, the clothes do not stand out as much, since we use more color than the Spanish. Still, it's a fabulous (and very expensive) brand.

Sew Green 5/5

Fuel burned out! Will finish this soon...
walked- gorgeous trees/light/flowers- inspired!
got in, showed hiddeous mess of a dress I had messed it up at home (see Side Seams from Saturday)
ripped seams- actually becoming fun! This material is easier to rip out seams than others
tried to fit The dress wasn't laying down the front symmetrically. Something was not right
laid it out, averaged numbers- still not look right Turns out the averages were completely wrong anyway (just looking at it, you could see that it didn't fit the curve of a body. Pretty much the dress had been wrapped around, and totally asymetrical.)
Asked if we can measure body instead I actually took measurements of my bust, below the bust, waist and hips, and then measured how far down from my armpit each of these sections were, and then mapped them out on the cloth. This was by far the best part, since I could see the outline of a body forming as I charted it out.
much better curve The result
took LONG time I was charting out each and every point
finally pinned together two sides I had to pin together the two side seam lines, which is a lot harder than it seems, since they are on opposite sides. So pretty much I placed my finger on one side, and tried to match it up with my index finger on the other side. It didn't work perfectly, but oh well.
arm seam not long enough I didn't sew far enough up the side to the arm
SEWED SIDE SEAMS BIG accomplishment!
arm hole not meet properly...  back and the front not sewed up to the whole way, so the arm hole was connected unevenly
oh well!
finish bottom at home? bottom = bottom hem
bye bye!

okay, I'm looking at this later, and realizing that it is sort of cool. It's like poetry. I want to keep my journal entry this way, since it's raw, but has all the main points. I've added some clarifications so that people understand what's going on

Mentor Meeting 5/5

So my mentor meeting only happened today because I was absent on Tuesday. Ms. Lasher wasn't around during 2nd period, but I was able to meet up with her after school. I showed her my design for the next thing I'm going to do (the chinese styled t-shirt, which I have STILL not posted!!), and my dress so far. Perhaps I will request that we have mentor meetings on Thursdays again, since then she will be able to see the stuff that I am taking to Sew-Green. Yes, the dress was in it's tangled messy state, but it will be fixed today!
We also set a date for the fabric shopping expedition!! It will be this upcoming Tuesday!!! Yay! Ms. Lasher and I will meet afterschool, and then go SHOPPING!!!!!!!!!!!

In Class 5/3

May already!!!!!!!!!!!
Sorry. Anyway...
I missed class on Tuesday because I caught a cold stressing over my chem/calc exam. Funny how that works, no? I seem to be getting sick an awful lot lately...
Back to the point. In class, I missed a lot of info/introductions about the following:

• I want to start with explaining about the citations because it's funny. For me.
• I asked one of my classmates, who said that over the weekend, due Monday morning promptly, we were supposed to hand in 10 citations that we used, with annotations. Turns out we don't have to do that (Ms. Lord clarified the misunderstanding to me later when I asked). I wonder how many people will turn this in to her :P
• Next, we had to fill out a mid marking period 4 student progress form, which IS due Monday. I already filled it out during my mentor meeting today and stuck it in Ms. Lord's mailbox.
• We DO have a ten source minimum requirement for the WHOLE project (it's so small!! I HOPE I've used way more!)
• We will get more details on project requirements soon... I think? Unless I missed this part... I need to double check

Still need to do:

• I have to sign up for a presentation date (oops... should have done that when I saw her today!)
• My creative Assigment is due 5/17
• Ask parents to evaluate projects at the end of the year
• Google IHS WISE program calendar