Tiffany Toh's Senior Project Blog

 Oh, how time flies.  The bad news : Things are going a little more slowly than I expected. It's astounding to me how easy it is to put together the general shape of the dress, but what takes an incredible amount of time is getting from that general shape to the finished shape. Who could've known? A lot of this trouble comes from trying to get the edges of the fabric to look professional and finished, without having any thread actually showing.  Here's an example:  Figure 1: hey, look! it's already taking shape! that was easy. Here's a picture of the pieces of the bodice, having been sewn together in a shape that already looks pretty bodice-like. (This is also a picture of the ducttape and bubble-wrap mannequin I made for myself in lieu of an actual dress form.)  Figure 2: about 5 hours of work later... looks just a little nicer Above is a picture of the "completed" bodice. It doesn't look like a whole lot of improvement, but I'm actually really sa...

Hey! Welcome to my senior project blog. In this post, I'll briefly outline what I've chosen for my capstone project and set some goals for the upcoming weeks.  Long story short, I'm planning to sew a formal graduation dress. I planned this senior project under the assumption that we were still learning entirely remotely, but luckily, that's changed — now, I don't have to sew at home, alone, by myself, with occasional breaks for zoom meetings with my mentor Mia Bane. Instead, I'll be sewing at home, alone, by myself, with occasional breaks for zoom meetings with Mia. Oops.  I've also taken on a short-term machining job which takes up 12 hours Monday-Wednesday, so most of my progress will be happening on Thursdays/Fridays/The Weekends.  Ultimately, I hope to end up with a nice pretty dress that I get to wear as I walk across the stage in about a month. My dream dress is this one:  Unfortunately, it takes more than a little wishful thinking to end up with a fin...