Gay Paris

well, Paris was last week. We went for Premier Vision as well as to buy fabrics for the Collections. To be honest, I've already got plenty of my fabrics (though not all!) so only went for a browse, but still got a couple of things as the quality was so good and the price was so low!
I remember in the first year, we were advised that we should expect to spend several thousand £ on fabric in the final year! Some of the girls got their entire fabrics over there and I don't think anyone's spent anything like that which is good news!
I've still got a couple of fabrics left to get and it's frustrating me. There's one fabric I need fairly immediately and I've somehow not managed to get hold of it!
I also want a couple of jerseys for the tops within the range and I'm still after the loop-backed sweat for one fo the jackets too!
Other than that, fabric wise I'm sorted (!).
There are a couple of other things coming to light now thought that I need to sort out really soon;

The embroidery on the back of the black bomber- I'm hoping the textile department will be able to help out with the technique for that!

The printing for the tops and labels- Again I'm going to fish for pointers on silk screen printing for these-I know the garments are simple for them thought so I'd quite like to get those finished so that I'm at least making progress!
Lastly on the crafty query list is that I want to have the belt buckles made, but I think I know a man who knows a man, so that one might be possible too! Anyway...

In terms of making progess...

I've got the first top done (for the black collection), as well as a second top ready for the general collection. I've also done the pattern for the first jeans, so that should giude me with the other pairs (hopefully will make the following pairs quicker to make!) Also, I'm now on the third toile of the velvet bomber. The instructions from the Winifred Aldritch book are (surprise surprise) entirely wrong! That means it's taking me an age to perfect the garment. It's so frustrating!
Well I think that's it for the update for now,
I'll keep trucking on and try not to get too stressed!
I'll be back as soon as there's more to tell!