Hi!
So I'm new to all this blogger stuff, so I thought I'd begin by introducing myself!
My names Bethan Rose, I'm 18 years old and quite frankly the youngest of ALL my friends (everyone was 18 before me, and now everyone's 19 and I'm not!). I've just completed my first year at the University of Derby, studying Textiles Design! It's kind of mad I ended up there, I never really new what I wanted to do when I was growing up- as a child I've been a nurse, a zoo keeper, a mechanic, a chef- I even went through a period where I wanted a princess. Or a fairy. Or a dog....
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I've always been arty though, my Nan was a Tailor in her 20s, and always had her sewing machine out when were growing up. Me and my brother and cousin used to stay with her in the summer holidays, and we've made some pretty hideous hand puppets and dolls clothes over the years! My Gran was quite crafty too- I think it's something to do with their 'make-do and mend' generation (as my nan would call it!). Between the two of them, I could use a sewing machine by the time I was 10, even getting a cute little purple sewing machine for Christmas- it sang when you pressed the foot paddle! I can remember being taught to knit as well, making my favourite teddy bear a brightly coloured stripped scarf!
Despite all the colouring books, make-your-own-pom-poms and fuzzy felt, I never took textiles at A-Level. Don't get me wrong, I loved Textiles Design at GCSE, but I'd always been an Art & Design kinda' girl! So I applied to do Fine Art, English Literature and Language, Biology and Psychology... LUCKILY, I changed English last minute and have absolutely no regrets! Ever since I started Textiles Design, I fell in love! I even began to make my own clothes- although I soon discovered it wasn't a career in Tailoring or Fashion I was heading for!
I really enjoyed the few years I studies it (I've never been very academic- I can apply myself much more with fabrics and dyes and a sewing machine than with writing an essay) and if I'm being honest, it was the subject I excelled in the most! So there you go, one thing led to another, and my life long ambition of being a dog went out of the window!
So here I am, a year into my degree, and absolutely loving it! It's changed me so much as a designer! Now everything I see is a piece of inspo, every tree, every house, every little cupcake with the cute icing and sprinkles on! It amazes me now that I once didn't think I wanted a career in design...
So anyway, there's what you need to know about me! My blog, is looking to follow my journey through design, both at Uni, as well as my own little projects!
Bethan Rose x
