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Exhibition
DSGN - Apparel Design

“Modern Crossing [Quilt]”

Quilt selected for a three year traveling exhibition for the American Quilt Study Group Biennial Quilt Study "Quiltmakers and Designers: 1945 to 1979." Double-blind juried competition. 62.5% international acceptance rate.
Inspired by Nancy Crow’s 1976 Crosses, my quilt reinterprets her early asymmetrical Log Cabin design using modern techniques. I drew color gradations from Oregon’s landscape and used strip piecing and matchstick quilting to emphasize form. This work honors Crow’s traditional roots while exploring scale, symmetry, and contemporary quilting aesthetics.
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Exhibition
DSGN - Apparel Design

“Motherhood meets Workwear”

This creative design project addresses the need for work-appropriate postpartum clothing that enables discreet public breastfeeding without requiring garment removal. Rooted in the Functional, Expressive, and Aesthetic (FEA) consumer needs model, the design integrates cultural identity, nursing access, and professional aesthetics. The final artifact is a peplum top and pencil skirt made from green and black Nigerian Ankara fabric. It features invisible zippers embedded in neckline princess seams, allowing private nursing access while maintaining privacy. The sloper was drafted from scratch, then refined and simulated in VStitcher for precise seam placement and fit analysis. The zipper structure also provides subtle abdominal support, enhancing comfort and confidence. This work offers a novel contribution by uniting Nigerian traditional textile and digital garment simulation to meet the real needs of postpartum professionals. The design affirms the multifaceted identity of mothers as caregivers, workers, individuals through fashion that is both expressive and functional.
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Exhibition
DSGN - Apparel Design

“Mülch [Garment]”

mülch is redefining outdoor wear that prioritizes sport and competition driven activities.
Reconnecting people with nature through simple, stylish, and function-driven clothing. Nature is a captivating medium for humans due to its necessity for self-sufficiency as well as propensity to inspire confidence and joy. We hope to inspire individuals of all abilities to go out and appreciate nature as everyone should be able to. To recapture the childlike carefreeness and innocence that the outdoors elicits. Through end-use driven design principles our products connect people with nature like no other outdoor brand.

The garden acted as inspiration for our design decisions, from the fiber content to the natural dyes, to the functional details. The look features a crossover top, and skirt made
from hand dyed 55% hemp/45% cotton blend fabric. The top was dyed with marigolds and iron-shifted. The skirt was dyed with a natural logwood dye. The skirt is an adjustable, full-length skirt with a tie/flap closure at the waist and adjustable cinch-ties at the bottom that allow the wearer to customize the coverage of the hemline. We designed the look with the end-use of harvesting in mind. The wide, open sleeves of the top provide sun coverage and allow for airflow. The top features a hidden interior pocket for storage. The skirt’s large panel pockets maximize storage capacity for harvested fruits and vegetables. The adjustable full-length skirt provides protection when farmers are on their knees and can be cinched up for ease of walking.

The nature of the dyes and coloration methods of the garments used invites stains, dirt, and sun-bleaching. Our garments are meant to be imperfect and to us, wear and tear is promoted.
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Conference
DSGN - Apparel Design

“Qualitative survey methodology and data collection for performance glove design and fit”

Performance gloves worn for work, sport and thermoregulation are
known to have fit challenges because there is a lack of accurate and relevant
civilian anthropometric data for product manufacturers. Fit challenges also exist
because manufacturers neglect to communicate with users at the point-of purchase and during the design process about their experiences and needs with
glove fit. Poor fitting gloves can interfere with sensory information, accuracy,
protection, mobility and blood flow. There is a considerable opportunity to
improve glove fit. This qualitative study addressed the issue of communicating
with users during the design process, by collecting fit data directly from users
about their experiences with performance gloves used for work, sport and
thermoregulation. Results from the study uncovered that both men and women
have fit challenges across all performance glove market segments and simple
user check-points during the design process could help to develop better performing
products.
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Exhibition
DSGN - Apparel Design

“Quilt along with me: Finding communal creativity "inside the block" [quilt]”

This design reaffirms the role of community in quiltmaking and brings a physical dimension to its influence on creativity and learning. The quilt is unique to its maker and shares an intrinsic connection with the collective creativity of the quilt along. Insights from this experience reveal new avenues for collaborative creativity and the need to study the design process within communal contexts. The experience of participating in the quilt along introduced me to foundation paper piecing, a technique that has since become a staple in my quilting process. The use of techniques and materials from previous workshops and quilt alongs underscores the cumulative impact of communal activities on skill development and creative exploration. This quilt embodies over a decade of personal learning and communal interaction. It reflects my continual learning to create a distinct creative voice “inside the block.”

50.7% international acceptance rate
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