Wearing Your Heart On Your Sleeve: Making Process

The making process was a lot simpler than I'd anticipated in terms of the amount of steps. However I had not anticipated just how difficult working with lycra would be. Creating the front pattern out of lycra, attaching it to the mesh back panel and binding the neckline and arms was simple enough - it was the applique of the logo shapes I struggled with. Even though I pinned and tacked the pieces into place, they kept sliding and stretching which caused the pieces to be wrinkly once attached rather than laying nice and flat against the main black panel. I unpicked these applique pieces many a time before eventually accepting that I was making a prototype piece that I would never get perfect in the time scale.