Jul 29, 2011 at 9:43 ;)
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Went to a real live fashion parade on Wednesday! (Usually I'm too cheap and just watch rehearsals...)
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Graduating Advanced Diploma students showed their wares alongside some visiting students from Bunka University in Japan.;)
Congrats to very talented Grace Cross - she won the big prize of the night - a scholarship to study at Central Saint Martins in London.
Fascinating stuff!
Jun 30, 2011 at 21:14 ;)
Cover of the selling guide presented to BillabongAt college this semester, we tackled swimwear. My swimmers were inspired by vintage movies like Doctor No and From Here to Eternity.;)
Every girl needs a knife belt on her bikini!
We even arranged a photo shoot - which was a bit of an eye-opener for me! Our first model pulled out 2 days before, the next emailed me at 12.15 am on the day to say she couldn't come. Finally we found someone to shoot at 9 am on the day. Unbelieveable!
We made up a brochure of our designs and presented them to some very lovely ladies from Qld surfwear company Billabong.
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Instant tan courtesy of Adobe;)
Braving the cold in the middle of winter...
Jun 5, 2011 at 22:35 
White Orchid swimwear patternLife's going by too fast! It's all been a blur of college work, honest... here's some proof. We've been working on fabric designs in Illustrator, that are printed onto lycra at a little warehouse here in Brissie. From there it's draw up your swimwear design and stitch it up. Fun! Will post the end result once it's photographed...
Dec 3, 2010 at 12:45 ;)
Pages from a visual diary - my inspiration - desserts! (Click on pics for a closer look...);)
Mood board inspired by diary entries;)
Clothing designs inspired by mood boardCollege projects all done and dusted!
Feel like I've learned a lot this year. From visual diaries, to mood boards, to design boards, to drafting patterns, to sewing them up.
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Next - draft patterns - these are drawn manually onto brown paper;)
Cut and sew up designs - (see figure on left of design board)It's been fun taking an idea and turning it into a 3-D object you can wear!
Oct 14, 2010 at 14:04 
Student designs made up in tissue paper
Minji looking pensive...Long time no update blog! But I have an excuse. We've been trampling sacred sites at Carnarvon Gorge(-ous) over the holidays.
But it's back to the salt mine at college. (Here's some piccies taken on Banallee's new camera.) Have been whining about a few late night classes this term. On Wednesday night, was still wandering the halls at 6.30 pm. Peeked in on some classrooms - people making patterns, sewing garments, designing hats. In the hallways, racks of lovely garments all ready for the big (fashion) parade. And I thought to myself - there are worse places you could be!
