Week 4- I have now finished all my samples for the jumpers and shorts. Really have enjoyed my time here at the academy. They have asked if i would like to stay on until September ,and have also agreed to pay me a minimum wage. I will only be doing 2 days a week from next week tho because of other commitments but will still be nice to carry on there and gain more experience from it. These 4 weeks have really been a great experience for me and has built my confidence up loads , it has been extremely important and helpful for my personal development. It has broadened my independence, self-confidence, common knowledge, views and attitudes enormously.

Week 3 of placement has been the best week as i have done all my designs now for the new range and the final six have been chosen ready to start getting fabric samples, and then i can start the pattern cutting! really looking forward to seeing them all done and made up. I think this part will help and prepare me the most for my 3rd year collections. I can see how much work will need to be done then. it is getting slightly stressful now trying to get all the patterns done as i feel this is my weakest point, but I'm managing slowly.

Week 2- This week I've been to get the t-shirts with the new logo printed out, and they look fantastic! :) really happy with the outcome and its a real achievement for me to see my actual design being worn by the gym members. Makes all the hard work worth it!. I've also started on the new range starting with the hoodies and shorts, just doing a few design developments from each f them to show my supervisor and manager. From them i will be creating samples for each design. Still enjoying it here although i am starting to feel the workload is getting a bit much for me as im also still doing my part time job alongside it.

Week 1 at the Jawaid Khaliq Boxing Academy- Really enjoying it here , lovely people to work with and great atmosphere. Ive been working on the logo for printed t-shirts which has been fun. A little task to start with then I've been asked to start designing some new t-shirt, shorts and hoodie designs aswell for next week. Start time has been 10am the whole week and most days have been finishing around 4/4.30. Learn a few new editing skills on photoshop from kamran khaliq who I've been working with.