Nicole Smith moved from Texas to Brooklyn, NY, where she teaches sewing workshops, private lessons and classes at 3rd Ward. She is part of the Etsy marketing and merchandising team and designs clothing, jewelry, accessories and sewing patterns. She is a regular contributor to "Stitch" magazine and has also written for "Seventeen, Teen People, Cutting Edge, Adorn, SewStylish, CraftStylish, " and "Threads".