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djackman

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I am 53 years old and have been sewing since I was 17. I started our making things for myself, then my sons, now my neices and newphews. Renaissance and gothic Victorian clothes have always facinated me, on a Renaissance costume you can go as much overboard as you like and it only makes it better. So I read up on corset making and started selling Renaissance corsets on ebay. I love making clothes espcially costumes. With my Emboridery machine I can create my own crests and emblems for the corests.

craft interests: embroidery, fashion, sewing

my etsy page:
http://www.etsy.com/people/sewwitchy?ref=si_pr

Member Since: 01/09/2009

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Black Renaissance Costume

Jul 18, 2011
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This is the second full length renaissance dress i made. Given to my daugher-in-law. It is done in black woven suede, and white satin. The lower sleeve band is covered in hand sewen pearls. The...

Mother Nature halloween 2008

Jul 18, 2011
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Halloween 2008, this was a formal skirt and strapless top pattern. I used it just as it was with a green dul satin. After completed i went to the local Michael's store and purchased a vine with fall...

costumes and corsets

Jul 18, 2011

I love to make corsets, mostly renaissance. We had tickets for Halloween night to a play of Dracula. I thought it would be fun to go in costume. So I made my idea of a victorian corset, skirt and off...

First Communion Dress

Jul 18, 2011

This was the first time I have made a first communion dress. But my neice wanted a dress done her way. So I agreed. She choose an out of print Guinne Sax from my collection. We removed the 3 teir...

Dress form for the American Heart Association

Jul 18, 2011

This was a fun project, The American Heart Association provided small wire dress forms for us to create clothes for. I took mine added fleece to cover the wire frame, then to complete the look of a...

Victorian costume

Jul 18, 2011
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This is the first part of the costume which includes a jacket, blouse and skirt. The fabric is a taffeta blend i found on sale. Originally the sleeves were to be short with elastic. I added a lower...

Pin Cushion First Prize State Fair

Feb 13, 2009
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This won first prize at the state fair. The Cross stitch is from Stoney Creek magazine with a few changes. instead of friends around the order, i put pins and needles. the cushion is my own design...


recent comments

Re: Corsets from the Hardware Store!

I have been using Zip ties in my corsets for the past year. They are very comfortable and give good support. But mostly they are affordable. Since I make renaissance corsets with as much as 30 rows of boning front and back, this works really well a bag of 500 8 inch is 15.00 or a bag of 200 11 inch, in some cases i used the really thick 24 inch ones. you do not get nearly as many in a bag, but when you need extra support, these are great and i like to use them down the center front for that stiff flat effect.

posted: 10:05 pm on September 9th  

Re: Finally! Project Runway is Ready to Roll

GREAT!! have been waiting a long time.

posted: 8:32 pm on July 2nd  

Re: Book Giveaway: "THE VICTORIAN TAILOR" by Jason Maclochlainn

This book looks great. I make and sell costumes. Both Renaissance and Gothic Victorian. Several books are available on Renaissance clothing and sewing. this is the first I have seen on Victorian tailoring. It would be great to have to expand my Gothic Victorian costume line with true techniques.

posted: 8:47 pm on April 11th  

Re: Couture suit

I also thought this was Vogue. I have been looking at this pattern to decide if it would look good on me or not.

posted: 10:09 pm on February 7th