Bradford class homework December 10, 2020

It was a cool class last Thursday!  I mean that in the figurative as well as the literal sense of the word!  The furnace broke down, when I arrived it was 8 degrees inside brrrr!!  I called the person in charge of the hall and she promptly came to find the problem, well it could not be fixed that day so they improvised and brought in space heaters, they helped a bit, by the time the hall started to heat up it was time to leave!  Sometimes one can't win for losing LOL!

The class went ahead anyway, we all usually have a blazer or sweater with us but this time none of us did because it's usually too hot in there, like I said, can't win...  The students are troopers though and didn't give up, one good thing with it being quite cool, everyone was awake through the whole class!  Between the space heaters and hot coffee we made it through the class with THREE brand new patterns for them to learn in 3 hours.

We started off with grading the pleated skirts which turned out FANTASTIC by the way!  Then we covered the semi-circle skirt with full circle flounces, two formulas in one, love this skirt.  Discussed the properties of the fabric and design at length to understand how they work together and how they impact the finished garment, sometimes one has to "read the tea leaves" so to speak to have the best possible outcome. 

The class also got to learn how to add a crotch to a skirt pattern to make gauchos, talk about going in a totally different direction, they got it right away!

The third section was completely different as it was from the old version of Book 2 so the class didn't even have the benefit of looking at it on their own time, I sent them a picture by email to print and bring to class and that was all they knew about the project.  Anyway we analyzed it and now there is homework!

Homework is to:

• Complete the pattern for the skirt with flounces on page 26 as shown in class
• Complete the gaucho pattern by adding the back crotch to the skirt back as directed
• Draft the fit and flare skirt on page 26 that was supposed to be done in class but then we decided it would be best to draft it at home.  This can be done with generic measurements
• Draft and sew the flared skirt from old book 2.  Initially it was supposed to be only the pattern draft but I decided it would be a disservice to the class if it is not sewn to fully understand the concept.  The skirt can be a mock-up but will need to be finished with a waistband and hemmed as well. 

Everything is to be brought to January 7th  class for review.