Author Archives: mollyhopeashby

After finally finishing my flat drawings, pattern cutting and creating my toile I started on my final design. this meant cutting out my pattern pieces again but with my chosen fabric, boiled wool. once I had cut my pieces out, I sewed the dress together, but without the sleeves on as I wanted to sprayContinue reading “Finished garment”

After a while of drawing several designs I finally decided on what design I would create onto my dress. However, as I had so many ideas it took me a little longer than I hoped on deciding which design I would use. From my 7 final designs I decided to go with the design whichContinue reading “Final design”

After cutting out my pattern pieces for my final design, I had to create my toile to see what it would look like before cutting into my felted fabric. It was a good idea to create my toile as the pattern pieces I first created did not fit the mannequin meaning I had gone wrongContinue reading “finishing my toile”

Throughout the weeks of doing digital I have been able to learn many ways of how to use photoshop whilst bringing my research project into it. Learning to use photoshop has definitely helped my confidence in the digital side of fashion as I’ve been taught how to create my specific model and create mood boards.Continue reading “digital work”

Over the past few weeks my research book has developed more and more, focusing on specific topics involving architecture. I wanted to focus more on graffiti, street wear and abstract designs as i feel as though I lean more to them in my fashion sense, which I wanted to portray throughout my book and my finalContinue reading “week 6/7 of project”

within the first few weeks of Uni, we have been focusing on developing our research books and creating a garment which would be assessed on. for my research book I wanted to focus on architecture as it meant I could look at various different types of architecture whether it was old buildings, streets, texture graffitiContinue reading “Fashion project/ Assessment”

  My name is Molly Ashby and I am eighteen years old. I come from a small town in Wales called Abergavenny. During sixth form, one of my subjects I studied was Art and Design. In this subject I decided to focus on fashion, developing my knowledge and skills whilst creating high-end futuristic garments. InContinue reading “Reflective Journal”