About ME

~ Wow! Plot twist! ~
I’ve recently moved from outside Nashville TN to a suburb of Chicago … yes, I know what you’re going to say … WHYYYYY? The short answer is “to seek an adventure.” So, now I’m up for anything! Middle or High School or maybe Community Theater, more commission work or whatever happens along…

I have been sewing since I was a little girl. I made and sold things when I was a kid, teen and young adult. I made countless items for my growing children, including toys, clothing, decor, costumes, you name it. I studied Technical Theater in college, where I learned stagecraft & carpentry, lighting & set design.

In 2012, I volunteered to start a drama program in a local middle school. I have been directing, designing the sets, building them, choreography, making props, hand painting backgrounds and other graphic art and, of course, making all of the costumes. I would do all of this for each show, with up to 45 students per show. With no staff or budget, I enlisted the help of my family and used local free resources and recycled materials to create our sets and costumes.  I developed a quirky skill of being able to "make stuff out of stuff." I've made things out of many different types of draperies, bedding, misprinted t-shirts, old clothing, pieces of lamps, book bindings, a million different plastic containers, socks/gloves/scarves,  you name it. And I can make ANYTHING out of cardboard & coat hangers. 

Those years were some of the best in my life… despite the many tears, lots of stress, hundreds of props & costumes, I miss it very much.

Flash forward to the present. Covid put theater on an unexpected hiatus but I continued to work on commissions and delved deep into historically accurate costuming, specifically mid-late 1800s.