Born in Memphis, but raised in the Chicago suburbs, Hilary has been engaged in music and creative arts her entire life. After years of piano study and French horn performance through college, she realized the musical stage wasn’t for her and transitioned to the visual arts. Hilary then moved to Chicago proper, where she obtained a second degree in graphic design. As Hilary likes to say, she was “trying to figure out her life” while doing some freelance work, networking, working retail, and still taking on a few performance gigs.
One day, a friend convinced Hilary she should learn to knit. After becoming immediately obsessed, Hilary began designing her own knitwear patterns under the name Hilary Hues and sought out a part-time position at Nina, her favorite Chicago LYS. She never left, and nearly 10 years after having walked into Nina’s doors for the first time, Hilary became the new owner of Nina Chicago in 2017.
While co-founding GoSadi alongside Michele, who has been a longtime collaborator and friend, Hilary still owns and operates Nina Chicago which has relocated and become a thriving creative hot spot for Chicago area fiber artists and sewists. Hilary splits her time between Nina Chicago and making sure GoSadi looks good, overseeing the branding and design elements alongside Michele.