We learned a variety of skills (planned and initiated activities), some skills were more difficult than others, but all of them were greatly helpful for the making of our shirts (developing new skills), some of the skills we learned were sewing, how to make stencils, how to use fabric paints, etc. Most of which I haven't experimented with or used before in the realm of art (undertaking new challenges), such as sewing and stencil making.
All the skills were quite a challenge and required quite a bit of practice before it could be applied to our shirts, but one of the more difficult skills was sewing for me (increased awareness of areas for growth). As there were multiple skills and techniques involved in this skill, such as the 'hem-stitch,' which was the basic stitch in sewing and held to fabric together, and was quite easy to tackle. One of the more harder stitches was the 'chainsaw stitch,' which added a design to the fabrics as well, and required quite a bit of practice, but I managed to get the hang of it after a lot of practice and the help of the teachers and other peers (working collaboratively with others).
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For the final product; the shirt, I started off by sketching out what type of design I wanted on my shirt on a piece of paper, and I deduced I wanted something simple, but still would stand out, so I went for a shape type pattern like the shirt shown below:
except my shirt will involve more shapes and such, but still uses the same idea as the shirt above. After I figured out my design I started to make a stencil for this design. Once that was done I glued my stencil to my shirt and painted it with bright colours; such as red, yellow green, sky blue, purple, etc. It turned out really good, especially the colour combinations, but it still needs work and some finishing touches, perhaps with some sewing.
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