January 27, week 3

Reminders:
Natalya’s office hours:
Mondays and Wednesdays, 12-1pm, 4-5pm or by appointment (in Studio A, Sewing Lab, A4 or Dye Lab, A31)
Kat’s office hours:
Tuesdays 5-7pm

In Class:
1. Quiz!
2. What is a fitting?  Why make a muslin toile? Fitting Process: Observation and assessment. Reading the fabric (wrinkles and bubbles). Adjustments with net gain, net loss, no net change.
3. Fitting demonstrated with Kat.
4. Adjusting patterns after fitting.
5. During Wednesday (January 29) class, students work in groups of three to propose adjustments to their moulages with pen, pins, tape and extra fabric.  DO NOT BE LATE and arrive in uniform. This process must be documented with images and video.  Students will post images of the fitted moulage before and after fitting adjustments on the body from front, side and back on Pinterest secret board for the corresponding student.  After Wednesday class, students will adjust their patterns and create Moulage 2.

Homework:
1. Come to Wednesday class having read the assigned pdf documents.  DO NOT SKIP THIS. Extract important information from the readings in your notebook. There will be a quiz.
2. Watch Fitting & Troubleshooting (28:47 mins) again to follow instructions for adjusting the original pattern after fitting.