I have been drawing a lot lately, trying to get my never-ending ideas on paper before I lose them. The only issue is I'm really not great at drawing human figures at all. So when I was approached by Valeria of HWardrobe and ValeriaSpeck.com to try her ebook that promotes focusing on your own body as the central piece in designing and sewing garments, I jumped on it.
The ebook is titled "Designing your Handmade Wardrobe in a Creative, Fashionable and Sustainable Way". I must say that I overestimated my "interest" for drawing out my ideas. It took me 3 tries to get the instructions right but was finally able to draw up a template for my body based on my own body measurements (pictured above).
I was so proud of myself. Now that I have the basic drawing of my body, I can draw any clothing ideas that pop up in my head before I lose them. Remember my Ray of Sunshine dress I posted recently? Drawing it out helped me figure out if the lace sleeves would work fine. I'm also currently working on a blue striped dress pictured below.
What I love about this book is that it gives you step-by-step instructions on how to draw your body with your measurements. Valeria shares her story about why she wrote the book and decided share tips on how to draw your own body. I believe a lot of sewers will be able to relate to her story. There are also links to video snippets in the book that help clarify how to get your measurements. Here's another polka dot dress I am working on.
From my experience with this book, I think having full video tutorials instead of words explaining every step may work best for me as I generally prefer videos to reading when it comes to sewing but look at the progress I have made? I'm very happy with the results and will love to keep practising to get better.
Anybody interested in giving this ebook a try can use this code theravelout to get 10% off until September 15. Do you lovely readers also have any suggestions for drawing or illustration for me? Let me a comment below so I can check it out.
Sylvia
The Ravel Out
XOXO
