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Sufficient Grace

SCAD Senior Capstone Collection
 

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Designer’s Statement

 

​This collection was born from my faith in God, the struggle with perfectionism, and the growing pains of my spiritual journey. 

From being isolated from friend groups, 
a pastor asking me to leave his church,
To questioning my worth,
And searching for it in other people.
All born from a lack of grace given and received.

I thought perfection = worthiness in the eyes of the divine.
And that despite my strive for such, 
I would never be enough to God or anyone around me.

But still, 
grace is given to me,
light is still within me,
and beauty never left me.

I’m not an angel.
I’m not perfect.
But I’m still worthy.

And the same applies to you.


 

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Solid Rock (1992) Jimi Claybrooks

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Park Güell Barcelona, Spain

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LOOK 0
(Toile only)

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FINAL TOILE

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111 Hours and 48 Minutes

LOOK 1 

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TOILE

70 HOURS & 50 MINUTES

WIP

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FINAL

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FINAL:  70 HOURS & 51 MINUTES

TOTAL TIME:
124 HOURS & 55 MINUTES

LOOK 2

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TOILE

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75 HOURS & 24 MINUTES

FINAL

FINAL:  72 HOURS & 30 MINUTES

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TOTAL:  147 HOURS & 54 MINUTES

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LOOK 3

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- Mesh and Georgette stretched while sewn (didn't do a stay stitch)

- Started over the mesh patterns, stay stitched

TOILE

39 HOURS & 18 MINUTES

This is when I learned that Mesh had to be stay stitched so it wouldn't stretch, especially sewn with wovens.

I also learned that georgette warps if it is stretched while sewn.

I wanted to add princess seams in to have as much control as I can with fit.

I learned that the stretched georgette significantly affected the fit around the bust and how the seams matched with the mesh.

By critique, my professors advised that I kept the fabrics light-weighted and woven.

FINAL

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Perfecting fit

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Handsewn chiffon textile on base

After making a quarter toile in muslin, I edited my patterns and walked them to assure perfect construction and fit.

FINAL

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FINAL:  70 HOURS & 54 MINUTES

TOTAL:  113 HOURS & 42 MINUTES

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LOOK 4

Originally, like shown before, i wanted a nude base corset with patches of chiffon, but overtime, I liked the idea of covering the entire thing with my handsewn technique.

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TOILE:  38 HOURS & 32 MINUTES

This is when I learned that corsets are always made a big snugger to make up the stretch/movement of skin vs. the rounding up of model measurements.

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FINAL

For the final, I took in the corset patterns by 1/4" on side and princess seams, 1/2" in CF to better fit the model.

Now I know for next time that true-to-size doesn't always mean perfect fit!

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FINAL:  132 HOURS & 54 MINUTES

TOTAL:  171 HOURS & 26 MINUTES

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LOOK 5

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TOILE:  33 HOURS & 26 MINUTES

FINAL

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FINAL:  85 HOURS & 41 MINUTES

TOTAL:  119 HOURS & 7 MINUTES

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