W.I.S.E. Moments

So I'm converting this previously aimless and pointless blog into something school related. Hopefully, the people reading this don't hate me for writing it so late, but unfortunately...actually, I don't have an unfortunately.

Anyways, my W.I.S.E. goal was to get an internship at a major fashion label in Boston for clothing design and pattern-making, and then to use those skills to make a 30 PIECE collection by the end of the school year (and then to divide them into 12 LOOKS). For college purposes, I am trying to make up 12 pieces by January 1st--the deadline for most of my applications, including the two most important ones, FIT and Parsons.

I have now been attending this internship every Tuesday for the past five or six weeks. The first visit I had with Ms. Wiener (one of my WISE teachers) went splendidly and Peter Wheeler, the man I interviewed with who is also one of the heads of the company, seemed to like me quite a bit, and decided to give me a shot.

MY second visit had not really been scheduled, so I was given the monotonous task of counting and sorting zippers for five hours. However, I didn't NOT enjoy myself, as I figured this was what I was going to have to deal with for the first part of my internship to make me earn my cred.

However, the third visit proved this theory wrong, as I was immediately thrust into the hands of Marie Rosa and Pina, two of the pattern makers at the company (Maria Rosa, I believe, is the head of that dept.) They gave me a basic skirt pattern to try out, and they helped me draft it into a skirt. The first day I got very, VERY much done, as I converted a simple a-line pattern into a pencil skirt pattern. This was mostly due to the fact that I had this day off from school, and was fully rested and able to get a lot done.

The past four or so times have been less productive, as I don't want to do anything wrong, but I also don't want to disrupt the workroom flow. I have also been slown down by having to use the industrial machines, which are quick and very hard to manage, especially compared to my personal machine at home.

I am almost done with the muslin of the skirt at this point, and would very much like to include a photo, but I'm not very technically savvy--as you can see below--so I'll figure out how to do it later.

Currently, I am working on four garments: A jacket and dress of my own creation; a pair of wide-legged pants from a VOGUE pattern; and the skirt I manipulated from the Sarah Campbell pattern.

I'm VERY busy.