AVA WATTS | SEAMSTRESS

(314)-799-6754 avawjeanne@gmail.com

705 S Euclid Ave. Oak Park, IL 60304

PROFILE

  • Ava Watts is a seamstress and costume designer living in Chicago. She owns a small business, RadCat Creations, that produces costumes and costume accessories. Her costumes have been entered in many competitions and receivedawards such as “Best Master’s- Fan Expo Chicago 2024” and “Judge’s Choice— Exceptional Sewing.”

EXPERIENCE
RadCat Creations—Owner—2016-Present

  • Started a costuming company that produces costumes and costume

    accessories

  • Made over 3,000 sales and sold to 19 different countries

Seamstress and Fabricator—Chicago Mascots— February 2023 - Present

  • Patterned and built mascot heads and props

  • Foam work, draping, sewing, vacuum forming, painting,

Seamstress for Lemonbrat—June 2022-October 2021

  • Head of Fleece Department—Patterned, draped, cut, and sewed original designs and designs by customers

  • Used Clip Studio and Photoshop to create reference images and mock ups for customers

  • Operated an Industrial Embroidery Machine and digitized images

    Head of Wardrobe

Head of Wardrobe —Film— “Love In Process” 2024

  • Designed wardrobe for entire cast, sourced pieces, made custom costumes, dressed cast on site, maintained wardrobe on set

Wardrobe Assistant—Film— “Departing Seniors” 2022, “Hamster in My Head” 2024

  • Assisted the head of wardrobe to dress actors, repair costumes, and to steam and maintain costumes

  • Bought and returned costume items are needed

EDUCATION

• Graduated from Columbia College Chicago Major: Fashion and Costume Design/Construction

SKILLS

  • Sewing (Industrial and Domestic Machines, Overlock machines)

  • Embroidery (Domestic and Industrial machines and software)

  • Digital Art (Photoshop, Clip Studio)

  • Fabrication (Foam and plastic)