Who are Sacks N Brand?

We are Sacks N Brand, or to be more specific: Gunvor Sacks and Laurie Brand and we have a lot in common. Both of us are mothers of two figure skating daughters and both of us love to sew. So, ever since those little girls set out on the ice, they have been wearing custom-made figure skating apparel, made with love by Mom. We met when two of our daughters joined the same synchronized skating team. Soon the coach had asked us if we'd be interested in making the team's dresses. Now, many years later, those same daughters are adult skaters and we're gaining skating grandchildren!  We have made over 500 dresses for various teams and individuals.

But synchronized isn't our only forte and we each love to design and sew everything from the most simple practice attire up to the most intricate, character costume. We have also created designs for Theatre on Ice.  We create our own designs, construct our own patterns and use a wide variety of methods to create unique and fashionable designs.

After hearing the phrase, "wow, what beautiful dresses, you two should go into business" for about the fiftieth time, we thought we'd make a go of it and hence, Sacks N Brand Ice Designs came to be!

We don't employ a crew of people, except on the rare occasions when we rope our families into helping make a run to the fabric store or tag and photograph dresses. Our sewing centers consists of the spare bedroom and we like to frighten the family by setting up mannequins in the house and having our spouses scream in the middle of the night when they think there's an intruder in the hallway!! 

Also, in case you didn't notice, we enjoy a good laugh!