Visit 1- Tuesday 19th December 2017

• Ai format for any digital print or laser cutting.

• Research other ways of creating support than underwire- e.g. extra slings.
• Make the product feminine but also all about comfort.
• Play around with seams in different places.
• Put seams on the outside, softness on reverse and flat finish against the body.
• No bulkiness in the pocket.
• Play with mesh/laces but maybe a soft fabric on the back so it doesn’t irritate the
scars.
• Soft elastic- brushed back.
• Lightly build up from the skin.
• Create a moodboard to help me with what I’m wanting to achieve inc components,
feedback etc.
• Overlaying meshes on the design.
• Could create a bra within a top.
• Develop idea of being able to move the lace motif around to cover different scars.
• Research and pick 3 areas of consumer needs.
• Focus on a base structure first.
• Keep any development, take photographs of the processes and show how the work
has moved forward.
• Look at ‘Royce’, feminine bras.
• Play with strap placement (elastic with loops).
• Go to City Hospital to have a look around the shop/building.
• Google stats of the most popular age of women to get breast cancer- this builds a
profile and helps to create appropriate design ideas.
• Contact ‘stretchline’ for elastics.
• Hook and hold elastic.
• Built in wing? Gathers in undercup?
• Put stabiliser inbetween.
• Fabrics given to me: Liner for inner cups. Pique- breathable. Mesh. Stabiliser- stops
stretch. White liner- for pocket. White stretch- for outer cups.
• Experiment with finishings.
• Create a sweetheart shape so the prosthesis won’t fall out.
• 3 seam on inner cup.

EMAIL AFTER
DISSERTATION WHEN I
WANT TO CO ME IN.

3mm binding from existing Speedo garment.

Own images, taken 19/12/17
 Visit 2- Friday 23rd February 2018

• Review previous bra toiles.

• Alter patterns to make the cups fit better.
• Alter patterns for prosthesis to fit in pocket better.
• Sample 34C and 36C to see which will hold the prosthesis the more effectively.
• Research ways of making the products more feminine- the cuts, the metallic clasps
etc.
• Patterns for the inner could be used to develop the outer cups.
• Bikini, Tankini and Tank with a cover up?
• Use 3 thread single needle overlocker with fine thread to sew together the pieces.
• Tankini- cut 2 liners, one with a curve cut out of the side for the prosthesis to fit in.
Twin needle stitch down the centre so it holds the prosthesis in place.
• 34C- cut in black, 36c in fluro green- can try cutting again to make a full toile in the
black fabric, cut sarong and tankini in printed fabric.
• Double strap- square the top of the pattern off so I can bind the straps easier, may
need to take a little bit out of the central seam. Fit on a model to see if it needs
altering.
• Method of sewing double strap bikini: lockstitch, twin overlock, bind (straps), rubber
seam along the bottom, coverseam, cross-stitch (bottom and straps). Note: may
need to change the order to: lockstitch, twin overlock, bind (straps), cross-stitch
(bottom and straps), rubber seam along the bottom, coverseam.
• Create a 1 piece pattern from the cup patterns for the pocket.

MEET NEXT FRIDAY (2ND MARCH) AT 10AM.

Possible printed fabric for my Bikini toile

Twin needle overlocking on toile
final products.

Own images taken 23/02/18

 Visit 3- Friday 16th March 2018

2ND MARCH CANCELLED DUE TO Image 1

SNOW

• Tankini- alter pattern for

pocket, cut 1 straight side, 1
curved (see image 1).
• Notch centre top and centre
bottom to mark where the
cover seam will go- this will
hold the pads in place.
Image 2
• 1) baby overlock (gathers
slightly) on curve of pockets.
(image 2) Image 4 (back)
Image 3 (front)
• 2) seam cover down the middle
(image 3 & 4)
• 3) seam cover underbust braid-
this puts a band underneath
the liner and gathers it. (image
5 & 6)
• 4) Lockstitch the sides. Right
side front and back, together.
Liner ontop with the twin
needle stitch facing up. Match
the elastic with the notches.
• 5) Overlock where has been Image 5 (under)
lockstitched. (image 7)
• 6) Hem using twin needle cover Image 6 (top)
seam, Fold over as you sew
(underneath, RS up) (image 8)
• 7) Cut and sew binding for
straps on front and back. Image 7
• 8) Bind straps.
• 9) Add on a hoop and slider
and bartack/lockstitch in place,
ensuring that the straps are
both the same size.
Pocket for bikini- make the outer
0.5cm bigger all around patterns for
next session.
GIVE A CALL WHEN I WANT TO GO
BACK IN- (Jannette is off
Wednesday and Thursday next
week)

Image 8
Visit 4- Wednesday 28th March 2018

• Put curve in the pocket where the prosthesis will slot in.
• Sort the pattern for bikini top- so the sides and top matches (same shape).
• Sorted patterns so the outer and liner match and are the same.
• Taken seam allowance off pattern pieces labelled ‘19/03/18’.
• Sort pocket opening so its on the top rather than where the wing will attach.
• Bring CF pattern piece down so it’s the same length as bikini front, side panel.
• Create a fuller curve to add capacity.
• White 5x9 rubber in leg and waist
Framilon on the bum for gathering.
• FOCUS ON MAKING SAMPLES FOR BIKINI TOP FOR NEXT TIME I’M IN.
CALL ON TUESDAY