About the Studio
Cherylene Rosenvall
Costume · Fashion · Celtic · Kilts · Couture
Through Knotty Stitches Couture, Cherylene has spent more than thirty-five years building custom kilts, Highland and Irish dancewear, theatrical wardrobe, bridal gowns, museum exhibit pieces, and one-of-a-kind couture commissions from her Magna, Utah studio. By day she leads the costume studio at Pioneer Theatre; she also teaches fashion and costume at Salt Lake Community College.
Professional Services
Specialties
A short list of the kinds of work the studio takes on most often.
Custom Pattern Making
Drafted to measurements for theatre, dance, bridal, and couture.
Custom Kilt Making
Traditional Scottish kilts and contemporary kilt work.
Highland & Celtic Attire
Highland dance, Irish dance, lyrical, ballet, ethnic.
Costume Design & Construction
Theatre, film, dance, and special events.
Couture & Bridal
Bespoke bridal and one-of-a-kind couture commissions.
Hats & Headpieces
Period millinery, fascinators, and structured headwear.
Private Sewing Lessons
Beginner through advanced couture finishing techniques.
Exhibit Costuming
Garments and props for permanent and traveling exhibits.
Ethnic & Period
Renaissance, Comic Con, Steam Fest, Fantasy Con builds.
Experience
Thirty-Five Years of Stitches
Teaching, designing, costuming, and building — across higher education, regional theatre, museums, and private commissions.
Costume Studio Manager & Resident Designer
- Leads the Pioneer Theatre costume studio and resident design team for the theatre's season of productions.
- Oversees costume design, construction, fittings, and studio operations for professional regional theatre.
Costume Designer & Couture Artisan
- Couture, bridal, costume, ethnic, museum exhibits, and dancewear commissions for clients across Utah and beyond.
- Scottish attire specialist: traditional kilt making, Highland dancewear, and full Highland attire.
- Dancewear for lyrical, ballet, Scottish Highland, and Irish dance.
- Past and current clients include museums, choirs, theatres, weddings, Comic Con, Steam Fest, Fantasy Con, proms, and lingerie commissions.
- Produces fashion shows and supports fundraisers throughout the Salt Lake area.
Adjunct College Professor — Fashion Institute
- Teach Millinery, Advanced Millinery, Costume Construction, Costume Design, Kilt Making, Surface Embellishments, Corset Making, Intimate Apparel & Swimwear, Outerwear & Performance Apparel, and Knitwear Design.
- Serve as a mentor bridging the Fashion and Theatre departments.
- Lead the annual LA Fashion Industry trip and coordinate the MAGIC trade-show trip in Las Vegas.
- Run high-school concurrent-enrollment workshops to introduce younger students to the program.
Costume Designer
- Lead costume and millinery designer for the Black Box Theatre's theatre, film, and dance productions.
- Own budget management, sourcing, character renderings, fittings, and run-of-show rehearsals.
Assistant Costume Shop Director
Supported the Tanner Dance costume shop with build, fitting, and shop operations across the season.
Warehouse Operations & Branding / Millinery
Warehouse operations alongside branding and millinery work for a Utah-based hat label.
Foundational Experience
- Accounting Clerk — Womack Supply.
- Alterations Seamstress — ZCMI.
- Internships — Gateway Children's Museum and SLCC Black Box Theatre.
Education
Formal Training
Four associate degrees from the Salt Lake Community College Fashion Institute, and an ongoing teaching practice in the same program.
- AAS, Technical Apparel Design — Salt Lake Community College — Fashion Institute
- AAS, Fashion Merchandising — Salt Lake Community College — Fashion Institute
- AAS, Fashion Design — Salt Lake Community College — Fashion Institute
- AS, General Studies — Salt Lake Community College