((PKG))  WEARABLE ART  
((Banner:  Wearable Art))   
((Reporter:  Faiza Elmasry))
((Camera:  Adam Greenbaum))  
((Adapted by:  Martin Secrest)) 
((Map:  Severna Park, Maryland))
 
((NATS)) 
((Ellie Heath, Owner, Three Blue Bunnies)) 
Sewing is my biggest hobby.  It relaxes me.  It is very 
therapeutic to me.  I love just being able to create anything 
that I really think of. 
((NATS)) 
((Ellie Heath, Owner, Three Blue Bunnies)) 
Before I could even talk, I could always be drawing anything.  
And then as I grew older, I’ve always been creating things, 
like, it started off with earrings, then I changed to felted mice, 
and then, I eventually got into sewing and jean jackets.  My 
definition of wearable art is something that makes you feel 
unique.  It’s one-of-a-kind, often handmade.  First, I go 
through my fabric, see what I have, see what kind of jackets 
I have, find out a design that works on it through trial and 
error, or maybe just the design comes to me. 
((NATS)) 
((Ellie Heath, Owner, Three Blue Bunnies)) 
Then, I will cut it out and pin it on the jacket and then, sew it 
on.  And all of my jackets are finished with a custom label 
that I make, that says my name and the number of the 
jackets that I have. 
((NATS  
Ellie’s mom:  The darker color would look good on a lighter 
jean jacket)) 
((Ellie Heath, Owner, Three Blue Bunnies))  
My mom has always been a huge supporter of the arts, and 
she’s always given us a place to express our creativity. 
((NAT  
Ellie:  Oh, here’s a tee-shirt I can put on the back of one.)) 
((Amy Heath, Ellie’s mother))  
Creativity feeds kids’ brains, and with something they 
probably can’t get elsewhere.  She started making earrings 
and felting, and then exposing herself through church and 
craft fairs. 
((NATS  
Cheryl Crow:  So, show me what you are doing now.  Gosh, 
that’s just beautiful.))  
((Cheryl Crow, Ellie’s Mentor and Middle School 
Teacher))  
We introduced new classes called Project Runway and was 
it to be fashion, sewing. 
((NATS  
Ellie:  This one’s my personal one. 
Cheryl:  Oh, yeah!  That’s lovely!)) 
((Cheryl Crow, Ellie’s Mentor and Middle School 
Teacher))  
Ellie, I guess, would have been 11, and always was a dream 
student.  She was always very involved in the class, always 
working very proficiently, very creative. 
((Angela Germanos, Drama Director, Severna Park High 
School))  
I have been working with Ellie Heath for three years.  As a 
freshman, two years ago, she volunteered and helped with 
costumes. 
((NATS - Mamma Mia Musical School Production)) 
((Angela Germanos, Drama Director, Severna Park High 
School)) 
Last year, again, worked with us for Mama Mia and designed 
several costumes.  We’re excited that the students can take 
ownership of the process and be involved in the creative part 
of it, not just the singing or the dancing or the acting, but 
they can do the costuming or the makeup and the tech, 
these kinds of things themselves. 
((Terri Ann Stahl, Ellie’s Science Teacher and Key Club 
Advisor))  
Every year, we have a prom fashion show, which is the 
biggest fundraiser of the year.  So, we were thrilled to have 
Ellie volunteer to design a dress that could be modeled in 
the show. 
((NAT)) 
((Ellie Heath, Owner, Three Blue Bunnies)) 
All of my pieces have recycled fabric.  Everything I use is 
recycled or donated.  There are over 21 billion pounds (9.5b 
kg.) of textile in the US alone in landfills and I strive to 
reduce that number by at least a little bit.  My advice for 
young people is that if you have a dream or an idea, stick 
with it, pursue it, try to see if you can find people who can 
support your idea, and just make it a reality.