Dawn began sewing when she was 5 years old and it has since become a lifelong pursuit. She has worked as a custom tailor and dressmaker as well as designed and created costumes for theatre and dance. Dawn earned a B.A. at Shenandoah University and M.F.A. in Theatre Costume Design from Indiana University. While attending college, she taught sewing for 7 years. She worked as a costume designer, and cutter/ draper, making custom clothing for performers, specialty garments, historic reproductions, corsetry, and millinery. Dawn then began to work for Custom Clothiers as a freelance designer and cutter in Scotland and England and as a custom tailor in Washington DC where she also began her small ready to wear line and sewing pattern company. She currently sells sewing patterns for clothing and hats on her website, as well as hand made Men’s Jackets. She is currently expanding her women's ready to wear lines. Dawn teaches sewing and couture techniques at Sewing Conventions and in Northern Virginia. She has begun writing sewing articles for national sewing magazines. She is a member of the American Sewing Guild and leads her own group dedicated to Couture Sewing in Northern Virginia.

About Sam Schons (Draftsman)
Sam earned a Bachelor of Fine Arts degree in Theatre Scenic and Lighting Design at at Shenandoah University where he met Dawn. Sam enrolled at North Carolina School of the Arts and earned a Master of Fine Arts Degree in Technical Direction. At N.C.S.A. students are given hands-on training for production management. During Sam's three years at N.C.S.A., he developed a knowledge of CAD. (Computer Aided Drafting), while drawing stage sets and machinery for theatre shows. After school, Sam worked as a draftsman for Fisher Dachs Associates in NY. Sam worked for a museum fabricator and Sam was the Drafting Supervisor for the Oceans Hall Museum in DC. Sam is now the CAD Specialist for BDI High Performance Furniture in Chantilly, VA.

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