Elizabeth Baker

Design Assistant/Seamstress

Portland, OR, USA

Work Experience

Myriam Marcela

Seamstress/Patternmaker

Pattern drafting
Pattern making
Sewing
Design
May 2015 - Present Beaverton, Oregon, United States

Ruby Couture

Seamstress

Sew skirts, dresses, and pants for company
September 2013 - January 2014 Oregon, United States

Indochino

Fit Specialist

Fit Specialist for Indochino Traveling Tailor Event
Measured and styled men for custom made suits
September 2013 - September 2013 Portland, Oregon, United States

Nordstrom

Sales Associate

Customer Service
Train new hires
June 2013 - June 2014 Oregon, United States

Spoogie, Inc.

Freelance Surface Designer

Cut and sewed sample shirts
Created surface treatments on shirts (dyeing, beading, screen printing, embroidering)
July 2010 - 2013 Oregon, United States

R.A.W. Textiles

Apparel Design Intern

Created an avant-garde corset-like dress out of wallet paper and tea bag paper
Responsible for patternmaking/cutting/sewing/working with difficult fabrics (velvet,silk, etc.)
September 2010 - November 2010 Portland, Oregon, United States

Education

The Art Institute Of Portland

Bachelor of Fine Arts in Apparel Design

August 2008 - December 2012 Portland, Oregon, United States

Languages

French (Beginner),

Skills

AccuMark, Adobe Illustrator, Adobe Indesign, Adobe Photoshop, Create Surface Design Treatments/textile Manipulations, Excel, Hand Render Fashion Illustrations, Knowledgeable In Digital Surface Design/printmaking , Powerpoint,

Achievements

Designs featured in AVARI Magazine 2015
Collection in “Fashion Meets Film: The John Freeman Story” 2014
Collection in “Chance Fashion: The Northwest Collaboration” Fashion Show 2014
Collection in “Fire by Design” Fashion Show 2013
Fit Specialist at Indochino Traveling Tailor Event 2013
Senior Collection debuted at “Drawing the Line” Fashion Show 2013
Design exhibited at Portland Fashion Week Launch Party 2012
Host and Coordinator of "Celebrate Spring" fashion show 2012
Designs in Boonaroo Music Festival fashion show 2012
Designs in Fit2Print fashion show 2011