I thought it might be fun to share some of my original sketches for the Country Roads collection. It’s always interesting to me to see how the pieces change during the process… colours, fabrics, etc. Like the Highland dress above. Originally intended in a greenish chiffon, with a much lower neckline. The first test pieces were disasters. completely unwearable. But with changes to the fabric and making the neckline higher it became the dress i now love. The Sudley blouse & Chantilly skirt started out completely different colours/fabrics too. It’s funny, i can’t even imagine the collection in these colours anymore!!
And sometimes (unfortunately) pieces i love get cut, like the ones below. (though you may recognise that green sweater as being the early concept for the Briar sweater)
Since I got my Wacom tablet last year I’ve been using it for all my sketching and i absolutely adore it. I think my skill is definitely improving. Plus it really helps that since i’m using photoshop i can draw my form once, and then draw the pieces over and over – it just makes things a LOT quicker. Not exactly where i want to be yet, but i’m happy with the progress – thinking back to my Sunburnt Country sketches - I feel good about how much better these are!
Ah! so cute :-D
These sketches are adorable…I wish I could do fashion sketches like this, it’s such a cool skill to have!
super cute! love the colour palate on all of these looks. I have a Wacom tablet too but haven’t used it in a few months. this is inspiring me to hook it back up to the computer again today. thanks!!
She looks very cute & appears to be a really good elephant kicker, might be a future in that. :). Where do you typically get your stretchy knits for leggings?
We’re so excited to see & swap with you next week at TxSC!! I really like all these designs! I like how their all flowy.
Also, don’t forget to use the hashtag #SwapLulus – we want to see what you’re bringing to swap (and wearing! :) plus Lulu’s is picking one lucky blogger using the hashtag to win $100 to Lulus.com. Squee!