About Heather

Sewing has always been an escape for me.  Putting needle to thread both soothed and fueled my artistic creativity and passion in a way that no other medium could. I’ve been sewing since I was a young girl. After college, however, I added performing to the mix, and things got very interesting indeed.

When I was in a production, I couldn’t leave costuming alone, mainly because I am a tall woman and a lot of costumes didn’t fit quite right. Even after the costumer had her way with things, I would often come in behind her and fix things myself. Once I started getting juicy lead and supporting roles, I didn’t want to settle for just any old costume, so I started making them myself.

Folks started to take notice. Other actors began asking me to make their costumes as well. It went from two, to four, to half the cast, and then full productions rather quickly.

Somewhere in all of this, a fellow actor asked me to make him a Santa suit. He was so impressed that he got me in contact with the biggest regional Santa group in the nation. I went to their annual shindig to hawk my wares, and these folks were so impressed that they got me an invite to the largest Christmas performer group on Facebook. From there, I posted pictures of the suits I created. My Santa business grew by leaps and bounds and I quickly became the “Head Wardrobe Elf” of the North Pole.

Sometime after the Santa suit, another actor friend contacted me to help her BFF with his daughter’s wedding gown. They had originally taken it to “a lady at church,” but the gown still needed a lot of work. Even though the only wedding gown I had ever worked on at that point was a dress I found at Goodwill and modified to be a Halloween costume (Bride of Frankenstein), I figured it couldn’t be all that complicated.

Well, I was both right and wrong about the last bit. It was a steep learning curve, and I only had a week and a half to sort it out. I managed to get everything in the right places, so I realized I could really make a go of this and decided to start networking in the local bridal industry.  I have since won eight industry awards for my bridal work and am in The Knot’s Hall of Fame. I discovered that I truly, thoroughly enjoy playing a real fairy godmother.

If being the Head Wardrobe Elf and a fairy godmother wasn’t enough, I am also now the official seamstress of an NFL mascot and the unofficial seamstress to several other mascots. My client list is now extremely diverse: old elves, young princesses, and a variety of animals. I am truly blessed to love what I do.