Moulage
This week we also had a workshop on the pattern cutting technique of moulage. Moulage is working directly on the stand with a large piece of material and manipulating and marking the material in a manner to create shape and structure.
We had to moulage the garment that we had created in the workshop before hand, so mine was the cube skirt. Unfortunately this was not possible for me to do because of the way my cubes had to be constructed, it was not physically possible. So I was just working off the top of my head in this session, but it was very interesting to see how it worked and it is a very clever technique especially if you want to design intricate garments, and design features.
We have only made our garment on the stand so far, for the next session we will learn how to create the flat pattern from what we have already created.
When using the moulage technique you have to remember to mark the centre front and back, and also the side and shoulder seams, so you know where the garment has to be put together. You also have to leave the seam allowance, so when the garment is made from the flat pattern it can be attached together correctly.
Moulage does not work for trousers or for creating sleeves. I think this technique is a useful one to know and when I am designing in my second or third year I will probably try to adopt this technique.
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