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Yes promised more details on air stay.this is what it looks like..there are two types,one is cotton like(that's the one in the picture) while the other is nylon like.depending on where u getting it, its about 200-250 naira per yard.the cotton one is better than the nylon one.


Air stay is one of the interfacing used while sewing.its classed under the category of fusible interfacing.this means you have to apply heat on it to make it stick to the fabric.there are others fusible interfacing. will give more details later.

Oh thanks so much sis.really appreciate.



[size=18pt] I really miss you Onarri. If only words could bring you back.sleep on my dear friend.[/size]

We love what we do

Here is Kate......she is rounding up her program this month and we wish her all the best.

Remember yinka she is doing so well now.

Its not just sewing in Valisimo Fashion school. We do workshops where are students are asked to do research on different topics relating to fashion designing and at the end they present it to us all. trust me we learn a lot from each other.

Teaching is fun at our sch.we will stress you very well but you will get value for your money at the end of our program.

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puberry: Please ma can I have your mail so I can send some messages to you? I will like to join your fashion school but I need to know the price and if I can learn a lot of things within let's say 4-6 months. Because am in my final year and I should be going for my service by next year so I want to know what type of schooling/training method will be best for me to learn a lot between graduation and time for youth service. Thank you very much. I look forward to your reply

The schools pin is 2B08881A. Or u can send a whatsapp on 80896577157.thanks

Burntcoal: pls any plans for people who live in Ibadan?

Yes we have hostel for female students only for now

Oh dear.thanks so much, i just try to do my best in my own little way.

As for the air stay its used to add weight and support to fabic b4 sewing.will give more details tomorrow

When adding divisions most times we have to add the first and the second I mentioned together to get the third.

Eg add the different lengths to different volume or fullness methods together=to get division

To increase the volume or fullness of a skirt u can do the following
1, gathers
2, pleats
3, flear

Now using the same block pattern we can make several skirts by doing the following

1,increasing the length.
2,increase the volumes
3,add divisions.


The daigram below shows the increase in length.

Next is the band.since my waist is 36 in circumference I will need to cut more than that.at least 38 for seam allowance and for my hook and eye space. Also the wildness of the band I want is just 1inch so for seam allowance I will cut 1.5 inch on fold.next to make my band firm I shall add air stay to it and iron together.


Now its time to join all the parts together.I must make sure I identify the front and back side so I don't do it over again.

Now I will fix the zip part first.
Then the sides.then the band.
Lastly the hem at the edge of the skirt.

Pls go to page 2 to see how to fix the zip and join the sides.

I got pics from previously posted projects from some of us here.


To answer your question,see the first picture the front and back blocks are placed on fold.
The second picture the front block is spread open.

So its not as if u replicating it.its still the same thing

Now the waist part.

my waist is 36 and my hip is 42.that's 6 inch out of my hip measurement.so I am going to take the excess out on the waist as dart on both blocks.each block will have 3 inch as dart.



Then the length.

My skirt length is 25.but I will cut out 27,the extra 2 inch is for seam allowance up and down.

Back to class*************



When making a basic straight skirt u will need the following measurement areas.

Waist
Hip
Length of the skirt


So take those measurement areas and let's get started.

Mine is
Waist-36
Hip - 42
Length 25.

I will using the bigger part whice is my hip to do my division that's 42÷4=10.5 inch

For clearer understanding I like to work with the blocks.
So for the front block I will need 10.5 x 2=21
Then I add seam allowance to the 21inch let me add 2inch seam.so total is 23 for my front block .I shall place it on fold.

Its out of it I will shape out my waist.

Now the back block.
I will have the same 23 inch as the front but with extra for zip allowance so I will add 2inch for that.
Total for the back block hence is 25inch.
Now the 25inch for the back will be divide into two equal parts for the zip

goldentemmy: Gud day peeps.I need sum1 to teach me aw to make bow.Thanks in advance

Don't worry we would do it soon.we would use it to decorate our skirt

goldentemmy: I want to sag abit so I will use the lenght of
the neck deept by 2
7 is the lenght for her neck remember,now
we would make this 7x2 =14
12 inch is what I measured her shoulder, so
I will add that 14 I got from the neck to the
shoulder which is. 12+14=26
The body part is needed now,remember we
got 16 so we would use the 16 and 26 as
our fabric placed on fold. Pls ma can you explain that part better cos i didn't get it.Thanks Ma

OK a quick one.measure 26 and fold into two for the upper part. While the under u cut it down to 16.remembered seam allowance too that's all.



Estty2 very fabulous jumpsuit dear.you know I love it

Thank you so much to all the wedding anniversary wishes.I am most grateful to all.I pray that u are also celebrated in Jesus name amen


Now on the book thanks to all those that got it in Lagos and mostly to those that paid extra for it to be sent to them outside Lagos.I really appreciate your determination to get the book.presently the book is finished but I will let you all know as soon as we get more.

Back to class********************************************

Yes now we know about the 5 basic block theory in fashion designing let's now use those blocks to form styles. We shall start with the skirt blocks to form about 5 skirts..


Basic Skirt Block.

You can get it number 2 Akinwale Street Ogba lagos opposite Nation wide filling station on yaya abatan road ogba
.its a good book for you.some of my teachings are from Alison smith series coz of the clear explanations on it.


Our Fashion DVD IS also NOW AVAILABLE. CALL OR SEND us a WhatsApp message on 08096577157 to order you.


This perticular sewing DVD is ment for beginners so if you are just starting.......this is the right tutorial for you.its 5k per volume. We have 2 volumes in this edition. Call to get yours now.

OK last week our book supplier called me to introduce a new book to me and when I asked of his selling price I said point blank No I can not sell that to my students coz its too expensive. But he said I should just take a look at the book first. After the call he got the book across to me and that was when I really saw the value of the book.

so I started showing people, and personally I am shocked at how people have been demanding for it on my bb contact list.in fact I have had to send it to people in other states like Abuja Kaduna PH calabar and they even had to pay extra for it to be sent by courier service.presently I have only 5copies left after 3 orders from our book seller.I have ordered more thou but b4 that come if u need it please get in touch with me on bb 2B08881A. or whatsapp 08096577157.


Its a 320 page book on dress making with picture guides,its a hard cover book that I recommend for beginners and intermediate designers. The book was written by alison smith and cost is 6k per copy,It has topics like tops,skirt,trouser and even jackets
.

We will move on with the class in a bit

Haaaaa nice reposting might do us some good o.



Hummmm so much has happened here since my last post.in my defence my funny phone decided to do a seem dance on me....... if type stuffs to send it will just go off or I maybe in the middle of a call that can put money for my account and the stupid phone go just give me bye bye tone anyway that was wat happened sha. .but its fixed now. The phone have not do 1 year so I can not throw it away call me ijebu if u like


In other news congratulations to noncy21 on your new machine. Estty2 ur picture is very late o but I love it.I wish we could see the whole picture thou

I want to say a big thank you to you you and you for helping us keep this thread alive and very interesting.God bless you all for me o.

To make it easy just repost the pictures u wanna talk about

Generally side seam lines are used to tell if a block is present or not..

See the following pics and let's have fun counting the blocks on them



Tell me how many blocks you see on these outfits.

Its very important to note that the number of blocks on an outfit sometimes determines they type of name its called.


Eg tops...... are called that coz they cover the upper part of our body.

an outfit with no sleeve block is called sleeveless

In the above diagram all the body parts are placed on fold.

When they are spread open they look like this.




Also the principle of the 5 basic blocks applies to male and female outfit.

Class time****************-***************************

Here we go .

Starting with the 5 basic blocks.its believed that our clothing should cover our body and so 5 areas have been identified as the major parts that should be covered

1, chest 2,back 3,arm 4 front part bombom ,5 back bombom