Jessica Timczyk – Final Project Documentation

For my final project, I decided to make a wearable outfit consisting of a corset and a cape. I was very excited to make this piece because these are the first pieces of clothing I had ever made. My inspiration for this piece came from vintage European corsets an dresses, as I very much enjoy the shapes of them. I also wanted to make this piece as a comment on the social pressures the constrict women on what they wear in these times as well. To make them, I ended up getting two different patterns, both of which were similar to what I wanted to make but not exact. The corset pattern actually came with a sweetheart neckline and without straps, and it was pretty difficult for me to modify it into my own pattern to figure out how to make the neckline a different shape and then add straps. For my first time ever making a garment, I am very proud of myself for how it turned out. I probably had the most difficulty sewing and constructing the square corners of the neck line, and it took me a while to figure out how to do them but I eventually did. I hit a few other unexpected bumps in the jacket, just because the material I had chose is super thin and silky, getting straight lines and seems, or even cutting the fabric straight, was pretty difficult.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

With so much detail in the sewing of the corset, it took me a very long time to compete,  but I am extremely happy with how it turned out, and excited to think about other things that I can create knowing that I have accomplished this. If I had had more time, I would have experimented slightly more with the fabric that I used for my cape, to try to figure out how to get the edges very nice and all even. I also would have added a few more of the leave appliqués to embellish it slightly more. If I had also had more time on the corset, I probably would have added a lining to so that it is not as thin, as the fabric is slightly see through.

 

Overall, I really enjoyed doing this project. I liked that we had such free range to explore the different areas of textiles however we wanted. And I am as well very happy with the amount of different techniques that I had learned and as well ended up using in my final project. Again, I had so much fun making this and such a blast in class, thank you so much for a fantastic semester!