My sewing planning

Sooo since I need to somehow finish this #onemonthchallenge, I thought why not talk about something I'm ionate about: sewing!

I've been sewing since about two and a half years and I'm OBSESSED with it, especially sewing clothes. In fact one of the reasons I started a bullet journal was to plan my sewing makes. Today I want to share with you the journey of finding out a method of planning that works for my sewing.

Requirements

First of all, I need visualisation. What kind of garment do I want to make, what colour, what fabric, how will it look like on a human body (preferably mine), etc.

Next, I need space to write out my pattern and fabric choices.

Then I also want some room for a little reflection on how it went, how the pattern fit, what size I made, how the fabric behaved...

When I first started out I didn't use any pattern and I didn't know much about fabrics and where to buy them, so it was usually kind of a surprise how my projects turned out. Still I just went for it and I loved it, even though it was really frustrating sometimes. Since I didn't really know how things would turn out and I can't really sketch that well, my drawings were mostly useless. I still liked making them though and the writing section was somewhat helpful.

In my next stage of planning, first I didn't change that much. I still listed projects, drew them and wrote a bit about it.

Then I tried to draw the garments on bodies that resembled mine as closely as possible. But it was harder then I thought, because again I'm not that good at drawing, so I needed to use a reference, but it was pretty hard to find one that looked like me. Also it was more of a drawing than a sewing sketch and didn't really help with my planning. It was inspiration, yes, but it was more about how the body looked, than how the clothes looked. At that point I also didn't really plan out the patterns or fabrics, at least not on paper.

In my current state I'm very happy with how my sewing planning is set up. I use printed out croquis by mybodymodel that are made to my measurements. That way I didn't have to draw bodies everytime I want to sketch out a garment and I can actually see how a certain style will look on me specifically. I also write out what fabric and pattern I plan on using and leave a bit of room to write how the project went. Before I discovered mybodymodel I thought about getting a fashion sketchbook, but I wasn't sure how much I would like it. They are quite expensive from what I've seen and I didn't want another seperate journal. Also they usually use very elongated statuesque croquis that are about nine to ten heads tall (the average human is about seven and a half) and really thin. I found mybodymodel to be the perfect solution - practical, bodypositive and cheaper in the long run!

I saw an article by Micheline Courtemanche who had stamps made that she could use in her bullet journal. That way she doesn't have to glue in printer paper and can just stamp it in her journal right away. I see how I'll get on with the paper, but that is definitely something to keep in mind.

Part 4 of my #onemonthchallenge

#bodypositivity

#outfitplanchallenge