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My last day as an intern was today and coincided with the studios pop up which was in celebration of the expansion. this consisted of small businesses from around Dundee all getting involved and selling their products. Today was an emotional yet rewarding day, knowing how grateful the studio were for me really made me feel confident within my skills. Knowing i will have long-term connections with the people in the creative hub after being given the studio space as well as a job as a sewing teacher a couple of nights a week is something i will be forever grateful for!

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Today i worked along side Georgia and assisted her on her photoshoot at The Botanic Gardens in Dundee. This was my first real out of studio photoshoot experience. this was an amazing day, although very tiring carrying around all the clothing and equiptment.

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Today me and Georgia worked together to produce patterns for some new items she was designing as part of her new collection such as playsuits and jumpsuits. I felt confident today in my skills and ability and i was able to produce these with little assistance. In the afternoon today I also got to see where the studio was expanding to within the building we are in just now! Due to the large expansion Gill has offered me a small space in the studio where i can work whenever i want - this is amazing, my own studio space.

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As part of the creative Hub they also have the sewing school where in m last couple of weeks i have stayed late a few nights to teach. Today i was invited along to work at the Kids Sewing easter camp which was so fun and rewarding hearing the feedback from parents of how their kids enjoyed it!

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I had to package the orders i had completed yesterday and also deliver the dresses I had completed for the dancers. I then organised the studio as it was a bit all over the place.

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Today I was given a long list of tasks which needed to be completed that day. I had to use my time keeping skills wisely and delegate what tasks i should prioritise. I was given a range of things from unnpicking items and basing patterns of them, button holes and hemming. I also was assigned the job of cutting and sewing a few Tshirt dresses for the same dance group we had a couple of weeks back - It felt great being given this job to take on alone and I enjoyed the challenge (and the feeling of relief when i went home)

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Today I was given the task of going through Gillians Easter photo shoot and editing out any 'bad' images that werent up to standard. I also had to then go onto edit the selected images to ensure they were up to standard for the website to be published. This felt like Gill had a great deal of trust in me to be responsible for such a big part of her brand.

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Going in today, my first task was to shoot some content for Gillians new 'Tarot' collection of vinyl tshirts she had released. I created some promotional tik toks of these and then had to press them all.

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Today I worked with Connie creating a new item. After discussing with her a few weeks back about how much fabric she is stocking that is going to no use - we decided to give these a lease of life as 'limited edition pieces' which could be sold for more due to the lack of them. I sewn up the 'jamie style' dress for connie as a limited edition piece and was elated by the response it got from both of our social media pages.

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Throughout my placement, I have been assisting Goergia with her rebranding and also creating her new website so that it was cohesive with her brands new style. Her new labels had arrived which I had ordered for her , so i went on to sewing these onto her new collection of clothing.

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After working with Georgia to produce Technical Flats of her work yesterday, we began sewing up her products in different size ranges in preparation for a pop up she was participating in.

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Today with Georgia, she had shown me her plans for her new collection and wanted me to do some technical flats for her. I was quite excited to shown Georgia this because as she was self taught she had never used adobe software.

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Today I had a day of doing lots of errands such as collecting rolls of fabrics (in my fiat 500 so... yeh) and purchasing items needed in the studio.

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In the studio today we had a pattern grading workshop. I was feeling a bit deflated at the start of the day as i felt like i shouldve been better at this than i was. However with the motivation of my peers i began to understand and was so grateful for this day of knowledge.

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As mentioned before Gill was extremely busy this week. going into notes left for you with a list of what to do at times felt worrying as i felt more pressure to get the work done in a bid to try to prove something. However i got on quite well and i fairly enjoyed being left to it.

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Tonight at placement I was invited to work along side other members at the studio at an evening event. Gill has an events business on the side and wanted to merge the sewing and events ideas together. Tonight was a fake 'hen' night style event where Gill invited influencers, business owners and friends to join us in an underwear design and creating night. I had so much fun mingling with the girls outside the studio and i truly feel like part of the team.

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Today i was working for Gill cutting a wide range of orders that had been waiting , and then spending the afternoon cutting. It felt good being left to work independently and knowing Gill didnt feel the need to watch me 24/7 was refreshing.

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Today I was invited to a pop up, networking event with the studio team which was extremely exciting. There were organisations such as Womens Business Station and Dundee E3 - both were very interesting to speak to and will be of a great advantage to me when i leave uni as they will give me the support, knowledge and even financial help if/when i decide to have my own brand.

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Today i created a boys shirt for Georgia for a custom order for one of her family members. She gave me no specifications other than it needed to be a shirt. I enjoyed having the creative freedom today.

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Today I worked with Connie by sewing zips and pockets on different orders. I then also moved onto packaging orders and preparing them to be shipped.

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After our meeting yesterday, i had to do some research into looking for items we as a studio need and doing price comparisons so that they can spend as little money as possible on most of these items. I felt like this was a massive responsibilty and i was so nervous incase i messed up.

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Today we had a studio meeting where we discussed how we will probably be expanding in the studio space and ways we can save costs in doing so. Instead of everyone buying their own supplies for personal use they will now put in money every month and order what is needed as a collective. I then had to do a massive stock count today which was slightly boring, however i know will help in the long run.

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Today I was with Connie and she had discussed with me she wanted to make use of her scrap fabric from her valentines collection. I created a mismatched jumper which was a hit with Connies followers today. Me and Connie also made some content for her instagram where she done a 'day in the life of a young designer' video.

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Myself and Charly worked through the contemporary dance dresses together the wholeeee day. very repetitive and stressful day however still thankful as always.

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Today i went into a massive order. Gillian takes custom orders occasionally and an order had been put in for around 25 dresses in a variation of sizes for a local contemporary dance group. Me and another studio assistant Charly, worked through these together by first of all adjusting a tshirt dress pattern we already had in studio. Today was quite stressful as we had cut the same size at the same time to avoid confusion with each another.

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After my last freelance job, i recieved some attention on instagram from a small brand in manchester. Aiden the manager had discussed how his brand was all made in factories and he was looking at the option of handmade items. He gave me a brief of a shirt and sent me over the technical flat along with calico to sew up a toile. He was happy overall with the result and was looking for another sample in wax cotton in a few weeks time.

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Today i had to do some prep for orders Georgia had. I sewn some zips onto clothing and then helped Georgia with her new p and coming website. We also worked on taking some images of her clothing she has not managed to sell so that she could do a 'flash sale' on her social media.

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Today Georgia had a large order from a local gym to create an order of hoodies,totes,tshirts and lots of other merch. This was a very repetitive day of having to use the cricut machine, weed the vinyl and use the heatpress.

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After yesterday we had to get making our garments that were needed for the shoot. We were under pressure as Gill was slightly unorganised with this, however we pulled it out the bag and managed to complete our list.

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Today was the beginning of a new week and i worked with Gill to prep for her easter shoot. We sat down and organised what garments she needed and what sizes they needed to be in. She then gave me the model list and let me assign garments to models.

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I was with Georgia today and spent the day unpicking garments that had errors and doing some alterations. I also added buttons and finishings to orders that were waiting to go out.

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Today i was working with a similar product to what I was the week before with Gillian, However this time round we were experimenting with the form of the shirt and adjusting the pattern and sewing it up. This was a good, hands on day as there was alot of experimenting happening.

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Today I worked with Connie to produce products for her valentines collection. I worked on her fleece jumpers which involved cutting, sewing and sewing the bands onto these as well.

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After cutting, constructing and sewing some items with Georgia yesterday - I worked on finishing these and sewing buttons and button holes into most of these items.

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I was working with Georgia today getting through her orders as she had fallen behind slighty. I really enjoy Georgias company as she is very upfront and real and isnt scared to admit if she is falling behind or slacking. I worked by cutting out a load of items then beginning to construct them all in the afternoon.

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Today I worked with Connie and she was looking for more ways she can advertise her brand. I looked into QR codes for her and created this. I also put an order in for her for new items she needed due to a rebrand such as labels,flyers etc. I felt like a lot of trust had been put into me and i actually enjoyed doing this research side of things.

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ORGANISING!!! The studio was totally neglected as we all had been working towards deadlines. It was stressing everyome, myself included out! I organised the whole place and sorted out pattern pieces so that they were easy to find. Everyone was extremely greatful.

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Today a few of us worked in a production line to get a load of orders out. Although this was extremely repetitive, i know that i will improve skills by doing them over and over.

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Today I viewed more proeprties with Gill and got to sit in on meetings and zoom calls. I never expected to get the chance to do this and deal with some sensitive information.

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Today I had got to see the shirt I had created from my freelance work being posted all over instagram as it was being shown in Copenhagen, It felt amazing. At placement I was surprised to go in to find out the next couple of days we would be viewing different properties and sitting in meetings as Gill is debating moving property or expanding.

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Today i created a second sample for Georgia of the Kimono i had worked on my first couple of days here. I created this version with the adjustments we had previously discussed.

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Today Gill had shown me a boys shirt she was debating adding to her Spring collection. We then worked on creating a pattern for this sample. I was quite frustrated today as I had never worked with kids sizing and this was something totally new to me, however i was grateful i was being shown new things. Once we had worked together on the pattern i created a sample from this.

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After my previous day with Connie discussing new garments we could make. A bowling shirt was mentioned which is what i had previously made for Postal. We discussed how this could suit Connies target market. I edited the pattern I had made for postal and developed one for Connie so that she could then grade this into sizes. I created a couple of bowling shirts from start to finish using her signature digital prints. This felt extremely rewarding as i had played a big part in this garment.

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I was working with Connie again today as she had a a back log of orders to be packed etc. Connie talked me through the quality checking process and i carried this out on most of the items, i then went onto packaging these and printing shipping labels, or letting customers know their order was ready to collect. Me and Connie also looked through her fabric stock and thought about how we can produce these into sellable garments.

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Today i was working with Connie by preparing for a photo shoot in the studio and setting the photo room up. This was a pretty cool experience as i have never needed to do this before. It was interesting sitting in on the photoshoot as i feel like i took alot of information in which can be transferable to me if/when i have my own brand.

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Today was my first day working with Gillian who is the owner of the creative hub, so I was extremely nervous for this. Her task for me was to follow a set of instructions for a childrens dress/pinofer to see where my skill set was and how well I could follow instructions. I was quite nervous to follow written instructions as its not really the way i enjoy learning. I am definitley a visual learner. Despite this, the dress turned out pretty good for my first try. It was great hearing positive feedback from Gill and even better seeing a customer come to collect the product and being pleased with it!

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I had recently taken some freelance work on for a brand named 'Postal' I had only been informed of this the day before I began my placement and was unsure if I could facilitate this from my wee flat. After discussing it on placement with Gill she motivated me to go for it and said I could use the facilities in the studio for my own work whenever I wanted. I had spoken with Neil at Postal who had shown me the vision of the digitally printed bowling style shirt. I created the pattern for this last night late in my room and used an old shirt pattern I had created in 2nd year and adapted the collar and sleeves. I then produced the garment from the fabric supplied by the brand today. Overall I was impressed by the work I had produced and also how well I was paid for such a small job. The brand was extremely happy with how quickly I got the job done for them as well has the overall quality. I was later informed that the shirt was featuring in a showroom for LFW as well as being shown in Copenhagens international fashion fair. I am over the moon with my first freelance gig and how it went, this has encouraged me to look for more jobs like this.

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Today was a less hands on day, however I still felt needed and as if I had learnt some useful skills. I was shown how to use the cricut machine - this was something all of the brands in the creative hub had access to. I done a lot of prep involving vinyl today for a couple of the brands upcoming Valentines day collections.

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Today I had finished off the sample of the kimono which myself and Georgia had worked together to create the pattern for yesterday. Once I had sewn the sample up we photographed it and also sat down and had conversations about what we could adjust. I suggested an overall baggy look and that we could lower the under arm slightly - to which Georgia was in agreement over as we both thought this way the product can reach a bigger target market by not making it such a fitted garment. It felt good having such a hands on day today.

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I was extremely nervous going into the studio today. On arrival Georgia (Owner of OFF the hook) and Gillian who is the studio manager, owner of the creative hub and owner of brand 'Andie' shown my around the studio, made me familiar with everyone who works there as well as showing me all the equipment they had to offer. Straight away I was thrown into the deep end by having to create a pattern for Georgia which she was looking to add to her range, a kimono. I was feeling a bit rusty with my skill set as being honest I had barely put any of my skills to use since the semester 1 hand in and was feeling like I may look inferior. The studio staff made me feel extremely welcomed the whole day and I loved the fact we do a social lunch every day where we all take a turn every day to create a lunch in the kitchen we have in the building - even better for me not needing to stock up on lunch supplies daily.