About Me

After my marriage in 2007 to my fiancee, Christopher, I have been working from the home at sewing. My goal is to recreate as historically accurate as possible, garments from various past time periods. I specialize in the decades preceding and during the American Civil War, but I have been branching out into the 1700's, 1830s and Regency time periods as well. I create both men's and women's garments. All garments are custom and one of a kind.

As of this June, I now have a full time job, so please contact me early for your projects as my time to sew has been dramatically reduced. Please comment if you are interested in a commission.
Use missmacraes@gmail.com to send an e-mail request and to find out more about commissioning an article.

I am also available for lectures, presentations, and for workshops. A workshop is a great way to learn how to make an item of clothing that may be too expensive to purchase. Usually, minimal sewing skills are needed and the cost is usually very affordable. All of my workshops contain thorough research, visual presentations, and use period techniques and appropriate materials. Please contact me if you would like to have a workshop with your group.

Catching up

Since taking a new job with an amazing employer, it appears I have been quite remiss in blogging. I've been blogging for them really!
Anyway, this past weekend, Genesee Country Village and Museum hosted their first Immersion event for Civil War. Around 20 civilians and 100 military attended. The goal was to live in the past for the entire weekend with as few modern amenities as possible. Three buildings in the village were available for our use, we enjoyed period food in period packaging to cook with, cooks were assigned to buildings, and inhabitants slept on real rope beds with straw-filled ticks! Of course, the village looked wonderful, and the sun was shining brightly both days, especially rare in November! There were activities planned for us to do like packing a care package to send to soldiers, having a fun Saturday evening gathering with dancing and music in the stenciled ballroom of Hosmer's Inn, and daily chores like making apple sauce, cutting down trees, and dripping lye. Each person had a role to play out and objectives to accomplish as well as money and letters to give and send.
Since there's no modern stuff allowed, I have this one picture of all of us outside Hosmer's. If it gets done again, this was a GREAT even to attend and I highly recommend it!

Hello World!

After blogging for my employer using Blogger, it's hard for me to go back to my wordpress account, so I'm going to be switching things over here. Bear with me!