Maggie Hofmann has been working professionally as a costume cutter/draper for theatre and tv/film for nearly 15 years in the Chicagoland area and is a member of IATSE Local 769. She has freelanced at various theatre throughout the region as well as being a staff draper at several Chicago area theaters and is currently the Head of Costume Technology at DePaul University. Maggie is also a veteran award-winning cosplay maker with 10 years experience creating cosplay costumes for herself and others and is the author of Smocking Secrets (C&T Publishing, 2022). She holds a BA in Drama from UC-Irvine and an MFA in Costume Design from UW-Madison. Her work has been published in several cosplay and theatrical magazines and has been featured on websites such as CosplayCentral and marvel.com. She creates educational maker content online under the name PaisleyandGlue on all social media accounts.