Costuming

She learned to sew at the young age of 10 with Barbie clothes and by high school was making the costumes for the school plays. In 1987 she joined the Society For Creative Anachronism, Inc (SCA, Inc) and quickly moved up the ranks in the field of historical costuming. In 1999 she was inducted into the Order of the Laurel which is the SCA’s highest level of expertise in the Arts and Sciences for her beautiful Elizabethan clothing and hat making skills. Between 1996 through 2005, Mazelle had her own custom sewing business in Memphis, catering to bridal parties, pageant, dance competition and Civil War re-enactors. During this same time period she also worked in the Wardrobe department for Opera Memphis. She went back to college and now has an MBA in Accounting so she can work to support her hobby of making costume for herself not only for the SCA but also for Sci-Fi/Fantasy conventions. Over the years she has won and judged numerous competitions at Costume Con, ShadowCon and MidSouthCon. Mazelle has been the Costuming Guest of Honor at ShadowCon for the last two years. She currently lives in Memphis, TN.