What a month! I have been slammed with work teaching, and also costuming for a show that is opening on SATURDAY! (5/8/21). I am really tired, but even though I am tired, I feel GREAT! I am crafting once a week with my kiddos, and teaching them new skills to take with them as they grow older. I am directing some new actors and actresses, and writing scripts for them so that they can tell their stories and shine!

Cosplay items have been a little on the slower end of things this month, but I have a historically inspired costume that I am, oh so very close to finishing, and some fabulous new ideas I am beginning to collect the materials for.

To check out my latest production, click here to be redirected to the site page, where you can see some pictures and a synopsis of the production.

If you are interested in checking out the subscription craft club I have made, click the tab "Crafty Kids Club!" you will be redirected to my education based site with all the information.

​I had a nice little break at the end of the year, culminating in finishing my original design Anna costume, adapting the colors from Anna's first coronation gown and the shape and design of Anna's intro gown in Frozen II during the song 'Some Things Never Change". This was a costume I started in March, but I lost steam due to interest in other designs. This costume started out the year 2021 with my first completed costume!!!

Upon reflection of all of the work I completed in 2020, I was really excited about all that I was able to do this year. With the world changing due to a pandemic, unemployment due to quarantine and shut downs, and such uncertainty with aspects in my own life, I am proud that I was able to create so many beautiful things. I know that many people want to move into 2021 and pretend as if 2020 never existed, but not me. I want to look back at 2020 with the knowledge that when things were bad, and looking bleak I was able to take time for myself and create. I plan on looking at 2020 as my year of inspiration and creation. Below I am going to share the photos of the 2020 costumes I created/photographed. 

Going back into the swing of work with a few winter workshops (a few of them Cosplay related). I have just been so excited to get back into my new and ever evolving routine of teaching people to create in whatever way that I can. 

​Would you like to see what I am teaching and WHERE I am teaching check out https://www.sewwhatlearning.com to see what classes are going on!

Would you like to have input on what I work on next or learn about Cosplay or Costume Design? Join my Patreon, to see all of this and more.  ( https://www.patreon.com/sewwhat ). Join me on my creative journey, and see some new concepts before anyone else.

The school year has started! I have been learning so much about technology with all of this distance learning. I have had so much fun planning my classes for this year. I am teaching Elementary Creative Writing, Elementary and Middle School Theater, Fashion Design, and Costume Design. I am also honored to have my first few Patrons! Thank you to Nick and Jen for joining me on my creative journey!

Guess what? I finished my Into the Unknown Elsa dress! This was a pattern that I drafted from scratch and that features many many rhinestones and some stellar embroidery. Hopefully I will be finishing my Fairy Godmother before the end of the month, so I can begin work on Princess Phillip or Belle's Green Dress.

Would you like to have input on what I work on next or learn about Cosplay or Costume Design? Join my Patreon, to see all of this and more.  ( https://www.patreon.com/sewwhat ). Join me on my creative journey, and see some new concepts before anyone else.

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​This has been a busy summer with lots of changes for me and my professional life, as well as the obvious changes that have been made due to Covid. I have been doing some soul searching, and do you know what got me through this challenging time? Just sitting back and letting my creative tangents fly! This summer I have created approximately 14 new cosplays, and began writing up a curriculum for release for my costume design passion, so that others can learn about costume design and my process of how it is done. I know this is just the beginning of the changes and challenges for me this year, but I am ready for the challenge. With all of these changes I have decided to create a Patreon where I can share things early with anyone who has an interest or just wants to be a part of the creation. ( https://www.patreon.com/sewwhat ) Join me on my continued creative adventure.

On another note, I have had a few socially distant photoshoots for some of the costumes you haven't seen yet! So stay tuned for some epic non-mannequin photos!

Hello one and all. I know it has been a while since my last written update, but as I am sure all of you have noticed, the world has been going through some changes. With all of these changes has been my feeling of needing to react. I am proud to say that I have been able to donate around 300 masks to various agencies that have called out with a need. I am a part of two separate Covid 19 reopening committees, so that I can be a part of the problem solving portion of reopening theaters and schools.

On a personal matter, all of my current productions from March through the end of the summer have either been postponed or cancelled and my classes have either been cancelled or moved to an online format. This has been an odd adjustment, but has presented a new and interesting adventure. I am finding new ways to continue my education in Fashion, Historical Fashion, Sewing, Corsetry, and so much more. Since I am unable to share my knowledge with my students at this time, I am happy to go out and learn more, so that when I can sit down and teach again, I can give my students even more than before, and hopefully in new and different ways.

While my teaching and theater productions have had to take a backseat to current events, I am keeping sane by keeping my creative juices flowing! As of this message I have completed 6 new cosplays, and have several in various stages of completeness. I am proud to say that during all of this I was able to finish a costume that has been waiting for me since 2015! As I finish things I will be moving them to the complete costumes portion of the site, but professional photos won't be coming for a while, so bear with me.

I hope all of you are staying safe, staying sane, and staying creative. Keep your brain on it's toes! Write, draw, sew, photograph, sculpt, or whatever your passion is. Learn something new, perfect a skill, but don't stop learning and growing just because our lives are changing.

Below are the new costumes! Enjoy!