Robin Althouse is a textile designer and recent graduate of the MS Textile Design program at Jefferson (Philadelphia University + Thomas Jefferson University). Robin concentrated her work in knit design, but she also fell in love with material exploration and development during her studies. Her previous experience is in product development and project management, during which she developed a keen eye for color trends.

She is actively looking for a full-time position as of November 2020.

Stay up to date on current projects on Instagram: @robinalthousetextiles

If anyone is #makingmasks and having issues with the edges getting pulled into the feeds, I learned that a bit of tracing paper underneath solves the problem! I'm also using my walking foot as my basic (and 10+ years old) machine was struggling to se
For the last two weeks I've been working on a project related to fabric face masks with my job and have sewn a variety of patterns for testing. Now I'm getting ready to sew more in my free time for donation. Maybe I will end up not being frustrating
Trying to find a short description for everything that finishing this object represents is hard! But since I last posted I started an internship/apprenticeship learning to use all my creative skills for designing and fabricating thermal blankets for
I'm back! I finished my thesis, and it's so much longer and detailed than I ever thought I could write 😭 This year has been such a struggle with back pain and pulled muscles, which is still not resolved but slowly improving. But my thesis is done an
Editing photos of my thesis collection 📸
The Magpie Collector ~ hard to believe it's been two weeks since the opening!
Summer shapes 💮🌊
Had a wonderful thesis show opening on Friday, my cheeks hurt from smiling at the end 😁