Welcome to another fashion post, today I wanted to piggy-back off the last post and talk about Studio Methods again. In studio methods, I learned the core skills that it takes to construct a garment. In this post, I wanted to share the skills that I learned in this course. I wanted to touch on the fact that my professor worked hard to make sure we learned our stuff. She made it a point to make sure we understood what we were getting into as students. She stated that the class would feel like a chore, and it is going to be boring and repetitive, but its necessary. This will teach you as a student or as a learner how to find your rhythm, and what works for you. If you do not repeat steps, there is no way you will learn it.

• Hand and foot coordination. I do not know if that is even a thing, but separating what my hands did, and how my foot controlled the petal was a lot to get used to. It took me a long time to become confident and let the machine do its thing. Don't worry about the needle going through your fingers, as long as you pay attention and have common sense you'll be fine. No one in my class hurt themselves with the needle.
• You will notice it takes a significantly small amount of time to sew a garment, because about 90% of constructing a garment is measuring, marking, looking for fabric, and gathering other supplies you might need.
• The first thing I learned was to sew a straight line, as well as a curved line. We practiced on paper first, using the sewing attachments that we received for the machines. The lessons lasted a week, and at the end, we were experts. After that first week, we then learned how to thread our sewing machine.
• We learned about bias, edges, seam allowance, sewing fabric together, mainly a shell fabric as well as lining fabric. This was difficult to me because I (until this day) have trouble with slippery fabric.
• I learned how to sew a zipper in about 5 different ways. Pay attention to this part, it goes by fast, and it's very important because it will not be taught in any other course.

I hope my tips and tricks helped you out. If you have any more tips that a new fashion student or fashion learner can use, feel free to leave the tips down below.

Fashion School: Tools You Will Need

Today's post is other basic terms post piggybacking of off last weeks post. This post is going to break down more fashion design vocabulary.
In this section of the post, I’d like to focus on tools you will need. So let’s begin.

If you are hand sewing, you might need a thimble. This little contraption is a small metal or hard plastic cup you put on your finger. This pushes the needle through the fabric while you are sewing. You can get one of these in most dollar store sewing kits, but there are obviously more choices at other stores.
A tracing wheel is essential if you need to poke dots on fabric or fabric paper. Think of a pizza cutter, but on a much smaller scale. You can transfer patterns using a tracing wheel by putting transfer paper in between the fabric and pattern.
Tracing paper is used with a tracing wheel, it can be used to transfer pattern markings.
A seam ripper was and still is my best friend. It is so sad, I always lose them, and I do not know where they go. I have a feeling there is a pile of seam rippers just waiting for me to find them. A seam ripper is used to rip the seams that are sewn together. Think of it as your eraser.
Tailors Chalk is neat; it feels soapy though. Maybe it is the brand I got from Wawak (sewing supply store), but none of mine ever feel like chalk, and I think perhaps that is standard. This chalk is used to transfer markings to fabric. The chalk disappears, and its neat to use.
As always, if you have any fashion questions or any questions at all, feel free to leave them down below.