"A Passion for Fashion"

Welcome to my blog which I hope is going to be of help, and interest, to all you Fashion Students or budding Fashion Designers out there!

I have spent many years working in the fashion Industry, and although it might seem strange, I really didn't appreciate how much knowledge I had acquired along the way until I came in to contact with those who had supposedly been trained, or were in the process of being educated in these 'Fashiony' ways.  So many 'Fashion courses' don't offer what they say they do, leaving students woefully unprepared to compete in the market place and the worst thing is that they are unaware of this themselves! The number of direct teaching hours for many also appears to be on the decline, which really doesn't work for such a 'hands on discipline' as Fashion.

So.....or should I say ‘sew’!? I hope to even a few things out here with some 'freebies' for all those interested in increasing your knowledge of the Fashion Industry, Sewing and Pattern construction, whether you be at school, college, or simply at home with your passion ......

Keep tuned and in the next couple of weeks we'll be learning all about textile printing....a subject close to my heart :).......and how to develop your own, repeating design.

What you will need to get ready:-

• A camera (Not compulsory)
• Plenty of paper, pencils and colored markers to work through your ideas.
• Tracing paper.
• Some A4 'Transfer printing sheets' for an inkjet printer. 
• (or 'freezer paper from your local store'.)
• An inkjet printer with colored inks.