This week OHS Senior Brinkley Sonntag is our Tiger of the Week! Brinkley is one of OHS's talented fashion designers, but it wasn't always that way according to Fashion Design teacher Lexy McNew.

"Brinkley actually started in the Introduction to Design Fundamentals class saying that she 'hated sewing,'" McNew said. "I asked her to give it a chance and see if she might be able to have a different experience than she did in junior high. Since then, Brinkley has taken every single fashion class that we offer. She is always willing to learn new skills, ask for help when she doesn't understand something and redo if she doesn't get it right the first time."

McNew continued adding that, "while Brinkley is not planning to major in fashion in college, she is very equipped for a lifetime of 'recreational' garment construction and quilting. She is now the example I use for my reluctant sewing students — explaining how far practice and a positive attitude can go."

Brinkley is pictured in her 1/2-Zip Pullover that she constructed last year in Fashion Design and Construction, along with her is the fashion sketch she created prior to making the design to illustrate what she wanted the finished product to look like.

Congrats Brinkley!