I Can't Help Myself

I can't help myself... I can't stop thinking about my soon-to-be final project (see prior post for info). 

I've found some photos that are similar to what I want to design.

A Celine piece.

1940 McCall's pattern

1943 Butterick pattern

I like the overlapped front of the Celine design and Butterick pattern, and the apparent comfiness and hood of the McCall's.

'40s floral

And while there was a lot of focus on floral prints for home dresses and such, I couldn't make a long jacket out of fabric like that (TOO much pattern). I'm thinking a green for the base color.

Also, I'm hoping to honor the floral-ness and plan on doing a felt+embroidery giant flower on the overlapping side, with the center of the flower being a pocket.

I can't wait to get back to my apartment to break out my colored pencils and attempt my first real design sketch! I have a penciled one on the back of a chemistry mock exam:

I gave in and took the picture with Photo Booth, which is why the word 'pocket' is backwards.

So yeah... this is the first of probably ten bajillion for my final potential project.

I haven't even started on my "Fashion during Fascism" paper yet, so I might get even more influence from the '30s-'40s for this.

Alright, well, either paper writing or sleeping. Either way, that means NO MORE BLOGGING. What an addiction.

Curtis OUT.