Emma

I'm a seamstress and designer who loves turning ideas into something beautiful and one-of-a-kind.

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About

The Hands Behind the Work

Completely self-taught over the last twelve years, I turn sketches, fabric, and a lot of patience into gowns, costumes, and tailored pieces — each one entirely one-of-a-kind. I'm headed to Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology for Engineering Design, where I'll also be designing costumes for their productions.

12Years Sewing
100%Self-Taught
4.2Weighted GPA
4Awards Won

My Portfolio

Every piece below I designed and sewed by hand. Click any photo to see how I made it.

Services

What I Make

Custom Gowns

Eveningwear, formal, and bridal-style gowns drafted and sewn to fit one person perfectly.

Costume Design

Theatrical and character costuming — I was head costume designer for three high-school productions.

Tailoring & Alterations

Hems, take-ins, and refits — the kind of careful finishing that makes off-the-rack feel custom.

Pattern & Bespoke

Original pattern drafting and from-scratch design for pieces that don't exist anywhere else.

Experience

Awards, Education & Beyond

Sewing is one half of the story — the other half is engineering, theater, and a lot of curiosity.

Awards & Honors

  • 1st & 2nd Place — Local Design Competition Competed two years running — first place one year, second place the next.
  • 1st Place — Local Engineering Competition Ranked #1 for my engineering project.
  • Automotive Excellence Award For dedication and for helping prepare the class for future students.
  • Most Compassionate Student — Operation Catapult, Rose-Hulman Recognized for kindness and dedication to my classmates.

Experience & Projects

  • Building a 4×4 Workbench · IN PROGRESS Currently designing and building a 4×4 workbench from scratch.
  • Woodshop — Chairs & Table Built 2 custom Adirondack chairs & a table in woodshop class (pictured below).
  • Head Costume Designer — 3 Drama Productions Designed and built costumes for three high-school theater shows.
  • MIT Beaver Works CubeSat — Finalist With friends, helped design a satellite to support NASA's Artemis missions, scouting lunar points of interest (full project below).
  • Costume Design Program — UCLA Completed a summer costuming program at UCLA.
  • Operation Catapult — Rose-Hulman Summer engineering design program.
  • Autoshop Car Show Helped organize and run our autoshop car show.
  • Alterations & Tailoring Ongoing hemming and alterations for family and friends.

Education

  • Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology — Incoming Engineering Design. Already in touch with the department and set to design costumes for their productions.
  • 4.2 Weighted GPA Top of my class while taking the most demanding course load offered.
  • Completely Self-Taught Seamstress 12 years sewing — 8 of them serious — with no formal training.

Coursework

Took every tech-ed and engineering class my school offers:

Applied Physics & Engineering (Honors) Calculus AB Physics Independent Art Stagecraft Design & Fabrication Autoshop Advanced Autoshop Woodshop
Adirondack chairs and table I built in woodshop
Woodshop Build2 custom Adirondack chairs & a table that I made in my woodshop class.
Engineering · Aerospace

The CubeSat Project

A finalist in the MIT Beaver Works CubeSat program, run by MIT Lincoln Laboratory. The project's goal was to support NASA's Artemis missions — designing a miniature satellite to orbit the Moon and scout surface points of interest. Independently, with a small team of friends, I helped build and test imaging against simulated lunar environments.

I designed 3 simulated lunar environments (as seen below), which the team photographed using their CubeSat — a miniature satellite that can study points of interest. Both the model and the CubeSat are scaled to a realistic orbit around the Moon. I was solely in charge of designing, carving, and finalizing the simulated lunar environments, and also helped build a rig for the satellite to orbit around them. Click any photo to take a closer look.

MITBeaver Works
FinalistPlaced
MoonOrbit & Imaging
ArtemisNASA Missions
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Let's Make Something

Have a gown, costume, or alteration in mind? I.d love to hear about it — every piece starts with a conversation.