Make It Work

I’m stuck at home cause of this stupid sickness. To be honest, I really want to be back to school now. I take back everything I’ve said during the Christmas break. I need school. As for the moment, I am bored and I decided to make this.

Last December 16, 2011, our school had its annual Lantern Parade and my blockmates and I were all very excited to participate. Last year, our class made one dress out of recycled materials. For this year, we wanted something that would really last, something that can actually be worn. So, we decided to use muslin… What made us more excited was that we were tasked to make 3 dresses!

To be honest, we really didn’t have a lot of time to make the dresses. We had to squeeze it all in during our very short breaks. We even had to ask permission from some of our professors to allow us to use the time to work on it. But, we all managed to finish the three dresses on time. How? By simply applying what we’ve learned in class! Haha. We basically planned it all out and developed a system where certain people will work on certain parts of the dresses. As we liked to call it, we were all on ‘Pabrika mode’ during those weeks. It was a lot of work, but a lot of fun as well.

What’s funny about how we work is that during the last week, every day after working on the dresses, we’d all treat ourselves and go out and eat. I  had a lot of fun especially during that week. We’d all work so hard during the day and reward ourselves with a night out. God, I love my block.