NANCY FOSTER,

Founder & creative mastermind


It all started when...

Nancy doesn’t remember a time when she wasn't creating something with fabric and a sewing machine. In 5th grade she decided to be a Hershey's chocolate bar for Halloween. That's not a costume you can just go buy a pattern and throw together. The next year, she upped the level of difficulty for Halloween and created a costume in the shape of a roll of Lifesavers. She realized then she needed to follow this path of creativity and design.

Nancy is an interdisciplinary artist, maker and entrepreneur who relishes problem solving and pulls inspiration from the materials she works with. Based in the Las Vegas Arts District, her studio produces prototypes for all types of sewn goods; bags, medical devices, apparel, costumes and more.

Over the last 30+ years, her varied creative career path enabled her to travel the world costuming large scale musical review productions, create mascots for professional sports teams and engineer props for commercial clients. For ten years she was the gear and mens accessory designer at Eddie Bauer. 

She founded FoMo Design Lab ten years ago as a way to use her extensive design, development and commercial production experience to help others bring their dreams of new sewn good products to life.

With degrees in Apparel Design from Seattle Central College and a BFA in Fiber Art from the University of Washington, she has broad base of technical knowledge that enables her to dive confidently into any project.

When she’s not bringing clients ideas to life, you can find her helping artists of a wide range of mediums translate their ideas to wearable art. She’s also building a full size llama puppet named Llama Mia who you can catch walking around First Friday’s in the Arts District very soon.

Recent projects include: a giant salmon puppet; a stilt walking chicken riding cowboy; a line of yoga mat bags utilizing repurposed / recycled materials; a line of high end bags for the equestrian market, furniture and home goods; and more. 

Nancy Foster

Founder / Creative Mastermind

Creative mastermind of FoMo Design Lab

I'm fortunate to work with an incredibly talented team of stitchers, artists and local manufacturers on a project by project basis.