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Nov. 4, 2009  In the fashion world, creating a truly unique,
100% original design is difficult to produce without the help of
an extended budget and flexible time limit. While sometimes the
initial concept takes a little time to grasp, sketching and
choosing color pallets usually come quickly and at no cost to
the designer. And, as the TV show Project Runway has shown wide-
eyed and in-awe viewers, actually sewing and completing a
professional-looking garment can be done in a matter of days, or
even hours.  What slows down the process of originality and ups
the cost of production is creating a unique pattern and in turn,
an original fabric design. Usually a designer must sketch out a
pattern, send it off to a mill, and have his/her pattern
recreated onto the desired fabric. However, for Baylor fashion
design students, this process is a thing of the past.  Thanks to
donors Phil and Susan Parker of Odessa, Baylor was able to
purchase a new digital