take my hand lets fly

Friday was me and Angie's day this week to work our four hours for Natasha our third year, we both got there about 10.30 and as Tasha didn't need us until after lunch we both concentrated on our own projects and the looming deadlines ! I went back up to illustrator and worked on my skull pattern, separating the individual shapes (that when on the laser cutter just fell through) and began to erase sections out of them so that the overall shape would be cut but there will be enough fabric in between so the shape doesn't fall through and its like it has been engraved ! I will be trying this out on Monday and hopefully will be able to put up some samples that have worked ! After lunch we met with Tasha and she gave us each jobs, because i had worked on illustrator previously she asked me to create a pattern on it like abstract heart shapes that repeated across a piece of fabric 1 metre by 1 metre. To do this I opened a new file and set the document size to 1 metre by 1 metre and then began to use the pencil tool to draw these shapes, i was entirely confident with what i was doing and when tasha came up she showed me how to use the pen tool to make neater shapes with more accurate curves and a much easier and less time consuming process which im really glad i was shown as it would of helped me alot when doing my skull ! But atleast i know it now for the future, she also showed me how to make sure each shape was 1inch big and then how to repeat it across the fabric quickly and then how to change the scale ! Pattern and print definetely interests me the most and i was glad i got given this job to do and then also how she came up and made sure i was doing okay ! As working with third years i was scared we would be left to get on with it then we came back and it was wrong theyd get angry!! Because Angie had worked with leather on her shoe as she's in the first shoe workshop she worked on putting a zip into a top, however it didnt go according to plan and so after Angies 3rd attempt Tasha let her go buy us all some drinks and we took a break which was really nice as we got to talk to Tasha about work experience opportunities and get more of an insight into how they work and the things we will learn and also the things we can learn off of them ! To begin with like many of my classmates we didnt want to help the third years as we have so many deadlines but im really enjoying it because theres so much we can learn its such a good opportunity ! After we had all taken a break i then helped Tasha cut out some pattern pieces and then took the pieces down and used the sonic welders to create a zig zag shape around the edges of the fabric, i was more than happy to do this job as i wanted more practise at using the sonic welders as im using them for my skull top and i worked with such concentration scared i would go wrong that i can definetely say i am good at it now ! After that it was time to leave for the day, knowing next week i am going to lasercut out the pattern i produced on illustrator when i lasercut my own and also that on wednesday tasha said she would help us out with an patterns we need to produce which i was so happy about as i am really struggling with the pattern making process ! It was so hot when i left the room i was walking outside in just a tshirt and shorts and with the clocks going back this weekend its the start of a beautiful few months regardless of the stress that will ensue.