Alexa Karrenbauer
TEXTILE DESIGN
STUDENT PORTFOLIO
Table of Contents
FTD 104
Avant-Garde Models
Circle Skirts
Line Project
FTD 200
Course Overview
T-Shirt Project
Upcycled Collections
FTD 201
Print Project
Knitting Project
Weaving Project
FTD 373
Yarn Design Studio
FTD 374
FTD 375
Woven Samples Final Woven Goods
Kaftan Project Interior Spaces FTD 376
Knitted Textile Design Studio FTD 475
Woven Textile Design Studio II FTD 476
Knitted Textile Design Studio II FTD 479
Senior Textile Design Studio
FTD 104: AVANT-GARDE MODELS
Fashion and textile design students spend their first year mastering the fundamentals: color, line and form.
For their final fall semester project in first-year studio, students create avant-garde garments in half scale.
Designers had to incorporate 10 different shapes, as well as surface design and texture elements, into their final product.
Sophie Clark
Abby Galbo
Bailey Sigmon
FTD 104: AVANT-GARDE MODELS
Kate Ergenzinger
Tessa Dionne
FTD 104: CIRCLE SKIRTS
For the color project, students create surface designs based on a photograph of their choosing. The designs, which must center around the interaction between colors, are then translated to a 3D design software called Clo to simulate how the pattern would look on a draped circle skirt.
Amelia Boys
Amelia Boys
FTD 104: CIRCLE SKIRTS
Jamie Piraino
Jamie Piraino
FTD 104: LINE PROJECT
For the line project, students develop a portfolio of 25 pieces. Five subjects are each drawn or painted in five different styles of art.
Amelia Boys
FTD 104: LINE PROJECT
Bailey Sigmon Harper Wilcox
FTD 200
In this course, students produce multiple textile products such as accessories and garments. They begin each project by gathering inspiration and information on their target customer, and each project concludes with a critique. Students learn how to design clothing and other sewn textile products, gain experience with new studio equipment and also explore digital repeat pattern design. Below are two examples of projects that may change from year to year.
Beasley and her classmates designed their own print patterns and then incorporated that print fabric into a product of their choice. Beasley designed the lining fabric of her skirt.
For this project, students were tasked with elevating tote bags. They had to use two different surface manipulation techniques, such as pleating and embroidery.
Beasley Gordon Abby Galbo
FTD 200: T-SHIRT PROJECT
For this project students are tasked with modifying a tshirt sewing pattern into their own unique design. These garments are a culmination of what the students have learned thus far in the course, from pattern manipulation techniques to garment construction.
Bella Cybulski
Amelia Boys
FTD 200: UPCYCLED COLLECTIONS
First-year fashion and textile design students in studio course FTD 200 are tasked with creating three-look collections with at least 75% upcycled materials. They collaborate in groups of three to make a cohesive collection and learn more about the sustainable design process.
Students typically approach projects by sketching and then selecting a textile, but for this project many students had to overcome the challenge of selecting their textile first.
Amelia Boys, Clara Jelenevsky, Hope Faircloth
FTD 200: UPCYCLED COLLECTIONS
Kate Ergenzinger, Ethan Sadler, Lucy Dewolf
FTD 201: PRINT PROJECT
For this project, sophomore fashion and textile design students learn about color perception and reduction, develop color palettes, and explore repeats and motifs. They apply this knowledge to design a digital print collection using computer-aided design (CAD) software. They then develop textile samples and use texture mapping to show how they would be applied as products.
Anna Oliver
Eliza Sweeney
FTD 201: PRINT PROJECT
Bella Cybulski
Lauren Jones
FTD 201: KNITTING PROJECT
For this assignment, students use trend forecasting websites to select an inspiration of their choice. They then blend this trend data with their personal aesthetic to create two marketable knit textiles, either for an apparel or furnishing end-use.
Beasley Gordon
Morgan Eastling Bailey Sigmon
FTD 201: WEAVING PROJECT
In addition to learning print and knit design, students in FTD 201 are also exposed to jacquard weaving. For this project, students complete simulation workshops on technical logistics, the effect of filling color and presentation techniques. Using this information, students design digital weaving patterns that are then woven by the college’s Jacquard loom.
Julia McNamara
FTD 201: WE
FTD 373: YARN DESIGN
In this course students learn how to differentiate fibers and their applications. They begin by spinning and designing their own yarn and then using that yarn for apparel and home interior end uses. Students also build a library of skills such as spinning, dyeing, braiding, weaving and knitting. Students then apply their favorite techniques they learned in this class to the interior spaces they design in FTD 374.
FTD 373: YARN DESIGN
FTD 374: KAFTAN PROJECT
Second-year textile design students create surface designs by hand and through software. Their designs are then printed on silk habotai and sewn into kaftans.
Beasley Gordon Brenna Buzzacco
Cadee Gafford
Mary Mac Lyons
FTD 374: KAFTAN PROJECT
Julia McNamara
Hollis Faulkner
Tessa Dionne
FTD 374: FINAL PROJECT
Utilizing the techniques learned in FTD 373, students in groups of four collaborate to design all aspects of a living space. From furniture and pillows to wallpaper and lampshades, students must consider every detail to fulfill the needs of their selected target market.
Kate Ergenzinger, Eliza Sweeney, Anna Oliver, Morgan Eastling
FTD 374: FINAL PROJECT
Julia McNamara, Hollis Faulkner, Beasley Gordon
FTD 375: WOVEN SAMPLES
In this class, textile design students learn about color, texture and structure in woven fabrics and weave three sets of samples as well as a final project. They also begin to learn about computer-integrated design for woven products.
Grace Avery
Julia McNamara
Morgan Eastling
Lilly Carl Richards
FTD 375: WOVEN FINALS
Beasley Gordon
Mary Mac Lyons
FTD 375: WOVEN FINALS
Tessa Dionne Alexa Karrenbauer
FTD 376: KNITTED TEXTILE DESIGN STUDIO
Lilly Carl Richards
FTD 475: WOVEN TEXTILE DESIGN STUDIO II
This course focuses on Jacquard design for diverse end uses, from art fabrics to unique specialty products. Students will explore advanced weaving structures, color and textural effects. They design wovens through electronic production methods and expand their knowledge of computer-integrated design systems and exposure to industrial processes.
Jaymie Googins
Alaina Withers
FTD 475: WOVEN TEXTILE DESIGN STUDIO II
Andrea Hunnicutt
Chloe Belton
FTD 476: KNITTED TEXTILE DESIGN STUDIO II
In this course students further develop their knit design capabilities by learning about different knit structures and their product applications. Students create knit products through hand and machine production methods, including advanced methods of utilizing computer-integrated design system for both technical structures of knits and designing of garments.
Leeman Smith
Alexa Karrenbauer
FTD 476: KNITTED TEXTILE DESIGN STUDIO II
Brianne Haas
FTD 479: SENIOR TEXILE DESIGN STUDIO
During the second semester of their senior year, students create a living space as a culmination of all they have learned over the past four years. Students get the opportunity to explore new techniques and continue to master the ones they have learned in previous years to create a immersive rooms that are presented to the public at the Emerging Designers Showcase.
Cadee Gafford
FTD 479: SENIOR TEXILE DESIGN STUDIO
Lilly Carl Richards
FTD 479: SENIOR TEXILE DESIGN STUDIO
Chase Woodson
SENIOR TEXILE DESIGN STUDIO
Mary Mac Lyons
FTD 479: SENIOR TEXILE DESIGN STUDIO
Chloe Belton
TT 630: INDEPENDENT STUDY
Textile design student Alaina Withers created a clothing collection with original textiles that she also designed. She presented the line at the Wilson College’s Threads fashion show.
TT 630: WEAVING INDEPENDENT STUDY
Students further explored hand weaving techniques.
Lilly Carl Richards
Chase Woodson