Sophie Beddoe

Im very happy with my finished patchwork bag, its already been on a few days out and I probably wont leave the house without it for a while, Finally a bag that fits my purse!

Since patchwork is all about sustainability I decided to use an old ripped skirt I have aswell as some left over vinyl fabric from a past project. I cut the fabric into 4x4 inch squares. so that I could be 3x3 inch squares with 1/2 inch on each side for the seem.

Draping patchwork designs on the mannequin

I came across Max Mara's spring/summer 2022 collection when researching trend forecasts for this years spring summer trends. and really enjoyed the collection, I was particularly taken with their rigid leather and dark denim looks. 

I Really like the idea of working with patchwork knitwear. I've tried to research it but unfortunately there are very little designers who work with both patchwork and knitwear. My old art studio roommate, Hanna Novak, hand knits and crochets gorgeous patchwork clothes such as this hoodie. Dolce and Gabanna have come out with a few menswear patchwork knit jumpers but they do't overly excite me due to their dull use of colour. Whistles blue jumper that can be seen above as a much nicer use of colour but I find the pattern too boring.

I decided to print out photos of fabric that i'm interested in working with and made patchwork collages out of them in traditional pattern styles.

I decided to research different types of patchwork patterns, these were my favourites

Final Photoshoot with my beautiful model, Ellen, @k00273106

My garment turned out so different to my original design but I'm delighted with my finished piece, I feel as though my original design was much too boring and it has developed into such a curious wearable piece of art. I used my own camera, lighting in the photography studio and photo editing to capture images of my design

When constructing my garment I decided to play around with different ways in which I could put it together

I took to YouTube to learn how to put eyelets into my garment and got going. I unfortunately spilled my eyelets on the floor of the fashion room which somehow swallows everything that falls on it, (similarly to how your washing machine eats your socks) I went to buy a new set but my original size was sold out. I bought a set of much larger eyelets to finish off my garment but the variation of eyelet sizes turned out to look surprisingly good on my garment. I guess everything happens for a reason