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How can I be a fashion designer?

January 6th, 2013 2 comments

I’m turning 12 and I wanna be a fashion designer.
I’m good in math, drawing, and im sort of good in knitting (im learning, but im good enough now)
I ADORE fashion designing specially the part when you end up with alot of clothes 😉
but i need tips.. any help?
thnx in advance!! 😀

psst… the rules of Yahoo answers say you need to be over 13 to post questions…Can you edit out your age? I don’t want your question deleted before seeing my answer.

To answer your question: at your age you should be learning how to make clothes and how to take the clothes you have an make them different and special. You can add beads, trims, appliques, sparkly things, paint…anything and everything creative. At your age you should be developing your imagination and exploring your creativity. You are too young to worry about the business and the technical stuff, you can learn that later…when you are young it’s more important to unchain the imagination and let your thoughts run free and untamed. Pattern making is easy to learn…creativity can’t be taught.

You should be experimenting with a sewing machine and fabric, trying to turn your sketches and ideas into clothes. Try to make a dress form based on your body and then drape fabric on it, pin it together, sew it ups and see how it looks. Don’t be afraid to make mistakes and learn from mistakes. All designers are willing to fail, because a failed experiment can pave the way for a successful design. Keep a record of what you have made, fabric samples, and write out what worked, what didn’t any lessons learned, and what you might do different next time or what you will do the same. I have kept a record like that since I was about 13, and I still keep a record of experiments, special pieces, or any new tricks or techniques.

Try sewing from commercial patterns and become the best sewer that you can be. The clothes you make from patterns should look like you bought them in the store. (fashion schools ALL require the student to be able to sew, some will take an accomplished seamstress with few sketches and lots of completed clothes over someone with a thousand drawings. and no clothes. When you sew with patterns try to make each piece unique and add touches of your own personality. As you progress you will discover that you are naturally attracted to certain colors, certain motifs, etc, this is your person artistic style developing. This is a good thing, everyone needs a personal artistic vision and personal artistic style, even fashion designers. You might find you put turtles on everything, or maybe flowers…that’s part of your style. (I put mushrooms on everything and my favourite print is almost always paisley)

Develop a love for fibers and fabrics, all textiles, clothes, sewing and the creative process that goes into creating the clothes. Develop a love for all things hand crafted and hand made. Try other crafts along side sewing and clothing, such as knitting, beading, applique, patchworking and quilting, fabric embellishments and hand embroidery. All these can be used on clothes to make them special

And that’s what you can do at your age. That’s how many of the designers I have met started. If you read designer biographies most will say that they started at about 12-14 making crafts and clothes and discovered that they loved doing it and they just kept doing it until it became their career.

That’s what you need to do at your age.

where can I find a good web site for Free embroidery sewing downloads?

December 3rd, 2012 1 comment


Are you looking for machine embroidery designs? Try the machine brand web sites, they all have downloads of free sample designs of the collections that they sell. Also, most designers have a free sample of the work that they sell. Some of my favorites:

http://www.husqvarnaviking.com/uk/1556.htm
http://www.brother-usa.com/HomeSewing/GetCreative/free-designs.aspx
http://www.elnausa.com/
http://www.singerco.com/projects/
http://www.pfaffusa.com/4704.html
http://www.embroideryonline.com/products/SpecialDeals.aspx
http://www.emblibrary.com/EL/default.aspx
http://freeembroiderystuff.embroiderydesigns.com/stockdesigns.aspx

Have fun!!

How do you digitalize embrodiery patterns?

November 27th, 2012 2 comments

I know you can make your on embrodiery patterns and sell them. How do you start this?

You need to have embroidery design software. Many sewing machine companies have their own program that they sell, but most sewing/embroidery machines can use more than one format.

You can buy something simple, like Embird, or spend thousands for a professional-type program. You also need to have a machine so that you can stitch out the designs to test them. Most designers aren’t real good for awhile and give away their designs for free to get people to know them. Some designers have a web site and sell their designs and also have some freebies that you can try to see how good the designer is.

Have fun with it!

How much do I pay a designer to design Tshirt Graphics for me?

November 9th, 2012 3 comments

I am starting a clothing store and need designer to design the clothings. I’m too busy to design it myself. I know what I want but do I charge by hour or per design?

Thanks

I think per design basis is the best solution for you. The reason why I say this is that when you say you don’t have much time on your hands, you won’t be able to keep check on the hours put in by the designer in your designs and you might as well end up paying for something extra – and not getting any value for it. On the other hand, once you’ve made a deal with the designer on a specific, per-project, or per-design basis, you’ll be free from the trouble of keeping check on the designer’s hours. Hence, it is always better to cut a deal with designers on a per design basic. On another note, you might as well want to check out our work for any designing needs you have. Please email your requirements to: shabbir.terai@gmail.com and we’ll make sure you get the right designs in the right price!

Lastly, if you ever are in need of bulk orders with custom printed designs, you can check out www.lovethoseshirts.com – these guys are a real pro and experience in screen and embroidery designing.

Information Regarding Machine Embroidery Designs

August 19th, 2011 No comments

The artistic curvatures and patterns that are made out of an embroidery machine can be very delightful and attractive to the human eye. We enjoy seeing these beautiful designs on our favorite clothing and accessories, bringing out our own taste, fashion and style.

To do this there are a variety of machine embroidery designs. Many of them can be downloaded from the Internet. Some can be bought from designers, independent companies and machine manufacturers who sell their own-made designs for those who don’t want to create their own. You can also buy software programs to digitize graphics and convert them into designs compatible to the machine’s hardware. Software can also edit and resize the installed embroidery designs.

For more information on machine embroidery designs click here

Free Embroidery Designs Jeff

July 19th, 2011 No comments

Mental models or mind sets describes the brain processes used to make sense of our world. Mental models have an effect on all phase of professional and personal lives as well as society at large. For example, personal wellness, corporate growth, society (diversity and affirmative action) and thinking the impossible all have an important role in our thinking and actions. Taco Bell is undergoing change to increase business and profits and it must be able to be in the proper mindset to move forward with change (Wind, Crook, and Gunther, 2005). According to Wind, Crook, and Gunther (2005) there are choices for change. The first part is to recognize the power and limits of mental models. To understand how models shape the fast food restaurant business is the first objective to consider. While taking a closer look at the Taco Bell restaurant a person thinks that a fast food restaurant cannot serve food at a faster pace while being good at any time of the day.

The managers and stockholders also have to change their thinking to have an optimistic view on the building of the machines to run a 24 hour business. There will have to be designers brought in to establish the best coordinates for the machines. The designers will have to have a positive outlook on the project also. If all the players in the project can keep an outlook that is positive at all times than the mental model that is set will power the project. The step that will keep mental models relevant will be a primary concern for the managers and designers. They will need to keep an open mind at all times while creating the new machines that will make the food. The different systems that Taco Bell uses during the automation process are checkout machines that collect money and dispense change. The person will type in the order by pushing the pictures of the meal or item he or she desires. After they place the order the board will show a compilation of the final selections for the person to confirm. After the confirmation of the order, the person pushes enter for it to be sent inside for the machines to make the meal. All decisions made on coordinates, models, processes, and procedures are under evaluation by all staff at all times.

The constant evaluation will help in the creation of the best processes. Creative and innovative input is an important quality that Taco Bell employees, managers, and designers must have while building the machines for this project. As noted by Jeff (2003), in times of change, human resource are very vital in determining the rate at which such changes will take before becoming fully embraced. The transformation to automation will not be an overnight change. For automation to work properly and be successful, all employees must have the same mind set, be flexible, adapt, and welcome change. Management and employee buy in will be the deciding factor in the success of automation in Taco bell restaurants. Internal changes happen daily in businesses worldwide. With change, there will always be inhibitors that will slow down or prevent the change from taking place within the organization. For example, fewer employees mean fewer jobs. Automation eliminates jobs and with the current state of the economy, no one wants to lose their job. For the employees that will stay with Taco Bell, the question to be answered is will there be an increase in pay and benefits. There will be one employee or a small group of employees that will refuse to change with the times because the mind set of these people is why fix something that is not broken. It is therefore important to change peoples mindset in good time so that when changes are introduced, they cope with them without much hustle (Nilakant, 2006).

The availability of funds or getting funds for this project will be difficult. Investors will, at first, question the change taking place and will want answers as to how this change will benefit everyone involved and how long do the investors have to wait to get a return on their investment. As noted by Cameron (2004), change is inevitable and should be embraced when needs arises. Overcoming inhibitors to change is most difficult to accomplish, but with the proper mind set, the change to automation will succeed. Mental models or mind sets describe the brain processes used to make sense of our world. Management and non management employees will have to adapt and accept change at Taco Bell as the organization prepares for future success in the fast food industry.