Design Technology
For design technology this quarter we made the shirt makeover. The goal is was to find old shirts in our houses and reconstruct them into a better shirt. Well it was difficult because I wasn't used to sewing however I managed. The file that I put in the website is the journal or the process of me reconstructing the shirt.
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Criterion
D: Shirt Makeover Reflections
Aditya
Design Technology
1. Do I follow the plan?
2. Is there anything to change/modify from my plan?
3. What should I do next?
1st 16/04/2012
This is the first session for the makeover. Based from my plan, the first week will be for extending the t-shirt and it was exactly what I did. From the plan I made, there was one change that I did. The change was to extend the cloth which was going to be used as the extension. The original length was 50 cm however it was slightly short compared to the shirt which was why I made 60 cm instead. Which meant that I didn’t completely follow my plan. I had some modifications, but those modifications had to be made so the shirt would be better. The extra 10 cm were safety precautions, incase I needed the extra cloth. Since today I just took out all the seams on the side of the shirt, what’s left would be sewing the cloth to the shirt since I took out the seams already.
2nd 19/04/2012
The second session for the shirt makeover. During the previous session I finished taking out the seams, so what’s next is sewing. Sewing was harder then expected, it took longer then taking out the seams. Well today is only one period, but I didn’t even finish sewing one side of the shirt. In other words, I wasn’t able to follow my plan. But the reason was I didn’t anticipate that sewing and taking about the seams would take so long. I should have somehow knew about this and reduced my modifications. There wasn’t anything modified from the plan though, except for the fact that I didn’t finish on time. I may have to use my lunch time tomorrow and any other lunch time so I can catch up. Study hall time may be included too. The next thing I should accomplish would be finishing the sewing.
3rd 23/04/2012
For this session, I should have been on to the next part of the shirt makeover which is working on the v-neck. However, I still had to work on the the shirt extension. I stil had to sew the other part of the whole shirt so I guess I didn’t really follow my plan today. I spend the whole first period on sewing for the extension. I should have been done with the first stages of the 2nd modification which is about the v-neck. The second period though I started to work on my v-neck, however I wasn’t even able to finish taking out the seams. I got to half of the neckband which gave me some panic because the next period of the week is only one period. Which means that I will have to rush on Thursday, with the seams and then sew the v - shape. I will also use my lunch time in case.
4th 26/04/2012
By the end of this period I should have been done with my v-neck. That is according to my plan, however I wasn’t even done with taking out the seams. Today I had to rush, really rush. As soon as I got in I immediately got working. Took out the seams and sewed the v-neck as quick as possible because there wasn’t much time left. It was rough, espacially when I had to sew the v shape to the shirt, there were moments when the needle hit my hand. Actually a couple of times which hurt. However I was able to finish it today, I was also surprised, sewing the v-neck is much faster rather then the shirt extension. This means that I follow my plan because I was able to finish both modifications by the end of the second week. There wasn’t much that I modified, actually nothing at all. What’s next will be the third modification, sewing the words which will be held next week.
5th 30/04/2012
Today I was in time regarding to my planning, I am just in time to start my third modification which is to sew writing characters to the shirt. Well according to my plan there should be 5 worlds that I cut out from my white shirt and then sew it to the shirt. But as I cut out the words, I relized that I will never make it in time if I used this method. Which is why I took 3 long words from one of my spare shirts, this definitely saved time. I then sew the words on the location, however sewing the words were far more difficult. It somehow took so long, I wasn’t even done by the end of the period. Not even done for one word. I definitely need to work faster because this is the last week. It is clear I will have to do next, I have to sew the remaining words to the shirt.
6th 03/05/2012
The is the last class session given to work on the shirt makeover. I am actually working according to my plan, doing my last modification which is to sew the writings on the shirt. Just like I have stated in my previous reflection, I have decided to only sew 3 writings. Last session I finished 1 writing, yesterday afterschool I was able to finish the second one. So today I just had to finish the last word. There wasn’t anything that I change from the plan, I simply had to sew the word quickly in order to finish on time. Luckily I was able to finish by the bell rang. There was actually one thing though that I changed and it was the method. For the last word, I didn’t completely hold the edges when sewing so it would look neat, the reason was because it would have consumed more time. I had to make that decision to finish on time.
7th 07/05/2012
We are now out of time when it comes to sewing by hand. This week will be perfecting the shirt with the sewing machine. For my particular design, the sewing machine can only be used for the 1st and 2nd modification. It would be very hard to use the sewing machine for the words on the shirt. I would have needed to take out the seams again and that would be such troublesome. So I decided just to use the sewing machine for the v-neck and the shirt extension. Today I wasn’t even done with one of them because I spend most of the time getting familiar with the sewing machine. However in the end I managed to start using the sewing machine for the shirt extension. With the sewing machine, the shirt definitely looks neater, what’s next on Thursday would be to finish everything I need to finish with the sewing machine.
8th 10/05/2012
This is the second session of doing the sewing with a sewing machine. Today the task I should be working on is using the sewing machine for the rest of the extension and the v-neck. So I worked on each thing to be sewed with the sewing machine. By the end of the period I was able to finish the shirt extension. However, because today was only a one period session to work the shirt makeover, I wasn’t able to finish the v-neck. Also, using the sewing machine for the v-neck is very hard, it requires different method. What’s next to be done in the next session would then be to sew the v-neck with the sewing machine.
Aditya
Design Technology
1. Do I follow the plan?
2. Is there anything to change/modify from my plan?
3. What should I do next?
1st 16/04/2012
This is the first session for the makeover. Based from my plan, the first week will be for extending the t-shirt and it was exactly what I did. From the plan I made, there was one change that I did. The change was to extend the cloth which was going to be used as the extension. The original length was 50 cm however it was slightly short compared to the shirt which was why I made 60 cm instead. Which meant that I didn’t completely follow my plan. I had some modifications, but those modifications had to be made so the shirt would be better. The extra 10 cm were safety precautions, incase I needed the extra cloth. Since today I just took out all the seams on the side of the shirt, what’s left would be sewing the cloth to the shirt since I took out the seams already.
2nd 19/04/2012
The second session for the shirt makeover. During the previous session I finished taking out the seams, so what’s next is sewing. Sewing was harder then expected, it took longer then taking out the seams. Well today is only one period, but I didn’t even finish sewing one side of the shirt. In other words, I wasn’t able to follow my plan. But the reason was I didn’t anticipate that sewing and taking about the seams would take so long. I should have somehow knew about this and reduced my modifications. There wasn’t anything modified from the plan though, except for the fact that I didn’t finish on time. I may have to use my lunch time tomorrow and any other lunch time so I can catch up. Study hall time may be included too. The next thing I should accomplish would be finishing the sewing.
3rd 23/04/2012
For this session, I should have been on to the next part of the shirt makeover which is working on the v-neck. However, I still had to work on the the shirt extension. I stil had to sew the other part of the whole shirt so I guess I didn’t really follow my plan today. I spend the whole first period on sewing for the extension. I should have been done with the first stages of the 2nd modification which is about the v-neck. The second period though I started to work on my v-neck, however I wasn’t even able to finish taking out the seams. I got to half of the neckband which gave me some panic because the next period of the week is only one period. Which means that I will have to rush on Thursday, with the seams and then sew the v - shape. I will also use my lunch time in case.
4th 26/04/2012
By the end of this period I should have been done with my v-neck. That is according to my plan, however I wasn’t even done with taking out the seams. Today I had to rush, really rush. As soon as I got in I immediately got working. Took out the seams and sewed the v-neck as quick as possible because there wasn’t much time left. It was rough, espacially when I had to sew the v shape to the shirt, there were moments when the needle hit my hand. Actually a couple of times which hurt. However I was able to finish it today, I was also surprised, sewing the v-neck is much faster rather then the shirt extension. This means that I follow my plan because I was able to finish both modifications by the end of the second week. There wasn’t much that I modified, actually nothing at all. What’s next will be the third modification, sewing the words which will be held next week.
5th 30/04/2012
Today I was in time regarding to my planning, I am just in time to start my third modification which is to sew writing characters to the shirt. Well according to my plan there should be 5 worlds that I cut out from my white shirt and then sew it to the shirt. But as I cut out the words, I relized that I will never make it in time if I used this method. Which is why I took 3 long words from one of my spare shirts, this definitely saved time. I then sew the words on the location, however sewing the words were far more difficult. It somehow took so long, I wasn’t even done by the end of the period. Not even done for one word. I definitely need to work faster because this is the last week. It is clear I will have to do next, I have to sew the remaining words to the shirt.
6th 03/05/2012
The is the last class session given to work on the shirt makeover. I am actually working according to my plan, doing my last modification which is to sew the writings on the shirt. Just like I have stated in my previous reflection, I have decided to only sew 3 writings. Last session I finished 1 writing, yesterday afterschool I was able to finish the second one. So today I just had to finish the last word. There wasn’t anything that I change from the plan, I simply had to sew the word quickly in order to finish on time. Luckily I was able to finish by the bell rang. There was actually one thing though that I changed and it was the method. For the last word, I didn’t completely hold the edges when sewing so it would look neat, the reason was because it would have consumed more time. I had to make that decision to finish on time.
7th 07/05/2012
We are now out of time when it comes to sewing by hand. This week will be perfecting the shirt with the sewing machine. For my particular design, the sewing machine can only be used for the 1st and 2nd modification. It would be very hard to use the sewing machine for the words on the shirt. I would have needed to take out the seams again and that would be such troublesome. So I decided just to use the sewing machine for the v-neck and the shirt extension. Today I wasn’t even done with one of them because I spend most of the time getting familiar with the sewing machine. However in the end I managed to start using the sewing machine for the shirt extension. With the sewing machine, the shirt definitely looks neater, what’s next on Thursday would be to finish everything I need to finish with the sewing machine.
8th 10/05/2012
This is the second session of doing the sewing with a sewing machine. Today the task I should be working on is using the sewing machine for the rest of the extension and the v-neck. So I worked on each thing to be sewed with the sewing machine. By the end of the period I was able to finish the shirt extension. However, because today was only a one period session to work the shirt makeover, I wasn’t able to finish the v-neck. Also, using the sewing machine for the v-neck is very hard, it requires different method. What’s next to be done in the next session would then be to sew the v-neck with the sewing machine.
Reflection
For the t-shirt makeover, I am pretty sure I have done a good job with it because I have done my best effort. Well as a boy, I am not that talented with sewing, however I tried my best and it was enough for me. In fact, I actually did pretty good with the detailed parts of the shirt. There was one factor that kept me from getting a full score and that was that my shirt wasn't unique enough. But I didn't really mind because as a boy sewing is just not my main thing. However I guess I will try to make it more distinct next time. The IB learner profile which I learned is balanced because as a boy I have showed balanced by working hard in sewing. Usually boys are more into sports but based on sewing it makes me more of a balanced person.
For the t-shirt makeover, I am pretty sure I have done a good job with it because I have done my best effort. Well as a boy, I am not that talented with sewing, however I tried my best and it was enough for me. In fact, I actually did pretty good with the detailed parts of the shirt. There was one factor that kept me from getting a full score and that was that my shirt wasn't unique enough. But I didn't really mind because as a boy sewing is just not my main thing. However I guess I will try to make it more distinct next time. The IB learner profile which I learned is balanced because as a boy I have showed balanced by working hard in sewing. Usually boys are more into sports but based on sewing it makes me more of a balanced person.