Jan Donaldson Designs

Hello to everyone and welcome to my  website.

  Hi,  I’m not sure if I’m setting up this weekend but…  I have 3 places I’m supposed to but we shall see about the roads. With freezing rain in the forecast……Check my calendar to the right for all the details of where I’ll be setting up my musicians stagewear and clothing this weekend, 

   Saturday afternoon… Summer and the Sinners  Blues Jam …. yup 3 to 7 pm what a great way to start your Saturday with a Blues Jam .  At MY BAR and GRILL in Victoria.  I have a great spot there.  Phone me if you have any questions.  250-743-8845

        Saturday evening at the “3rd Saturday Jam”  near Shawnagan Lake with “TUBER” hosting. 9pm till midnight or 1 $5. door and well worth it.

 

       Sunday Evening at the BLACK SWAN PUB for the “COOKIE MONSTER” Jam 7 to 11 pm, no cover and courtesy shuttle

         EVERY SATURDAY AFTERNOON …COME AND SEE MY MUSICIANS STAGEWEAR AND MY OTHER CLOTHING AT THE NEW BLUES JAM IN VICTORIA AT MY BAR AND GRILL WITH THE FABULOUS “SUMMER AND THE SINNERS” HOSTING.. SATURDAY AFTERNOONS 3 TO 7PM.  See more info on my calender to the right.  

   I’ll be in Vancouver and surrounding area soon so if you would like to see my clothing over there call me 1-800-442-6446  and we can set up a time and place to meet.

     I’m back  from my travels of selling my musicians stagewear at a number of music festivals.  What a fabulous time I had.     Come and see me in my studio on the farm  or phone me and leave me a message and I’ll call you back  …My hours are by chance or by appointment… Check out my calender to the right for more details..  I’ll be in my studio a lot for the holidays so please call if you’d like to see my “stuff”

  If you are looking for some off my musicians stagewear, I have some on my musical attire page as well as on my facebook page I have lots more to see. On facebook   “Jan Donaldson’ in Cobble Hill B.C.  friend request and send me a message or phone.

My studio and home are 250-743-8845  and toll-free for business 1-800-442-6446 .  I’m going to have some contests and customer stories coming up too. What fun…Do you have a great photo of you in my clothes? Please e-mail it to me and I could put it in my customer link page. How about a great story? 

 My hours are by chance or by appointment.   My address is 3500 Telegraph Rd, Cobble Hill ,B.C.  V0R 1L4 on Vancouver Island, but the entrance to the farm is on Hutchinson Rd.                                 

In 2010 I celebrated my 31 years of living the life of a craftsperson. Wow!!. Quite a feat…. “Imagination in Stitchery “ is how I look at my work and business. I’m so lucky to have discovered early on what would become a life time passion and job and would take me to wonderful places and meet fabulous people.

To celebrate my 30 year anniversary I asked myself..”How big can I create a hand stitched quilted wall hanging in the work space that I have?” “Tide Change in Paradise “ was the answer. It is 14′ 2” wide by 6′ 2” high and draws your eye into the rich colours, textures and glitz of this ocean landscape. It depicts the beauty of the west coast with sunset, distant mountains, incredible ocean and my “Jan Trees” as my customers call them, dark statuesque silk velvet silhouettes. A photo just doesn’t show the magic of this piece. Sigh!. The hand applique work reflects my whimsical look and love of life,music, the ocean, gardens and the world around me. I realize now that I could create bigger still if I wanted. Any orders?

I’m having a blast designing and sewing up muscians stagewear and performance wear of all types this year. My shirts and jackets are on stages and streets all over the world. My booths at festivals like “Roots and Blues” in Salmon Arm B.C. And “ Music Fest” in Comox B.C. and many others give me contacts with so many world travelling musicians.
As part of this music line I have been taking wonderful men’s suit jackets and hand stitching them into wonderful unique street or stage wear jackets For the past number of years I’ve had the privilege of designing and creating stagewear for musicians, magicians, clowns, strippers, ventriloquists dummies and many others. I love a challenge.

My other passion is clothing for kids and adults, and hats, hats and more hats. I first started as a quilter, and then changing into clothing designer which incorporates my love of applique with whimsical designs for kids and adults.

Throughout the years, I have done almost every major show across Canada, including the “Salon des Metiers d’Art” in Montreal (my first show), “One of a Kind” in Toronto, “Circle Craft” in Vancouver, and Filberg Festival” in Comox, BC. Now I find myself doing more music festivals with my music themed clothing and hats.
I have ALSO taught all over, including hosting my own television series for three years, “Jan Donaldson’s Quilted World” in Montreal, and received an “Excellence in Programming” Award for it. I also taught in the Provincial Museum in Edmonton and Adult Education in Quebec.

My main line is the incredibly comfortable clothing for men, women and children – 100% cotton, machine wash and dry:

Or challenge me – you never know!

Now I travel across the country to Craft Shows and doing “Home Parties” Music Festivals, Farmers Market and Craft Shows
Or you can visit my overcrowded studio in Cobble Hill on Vancouver Is..

HI TO ALL MY OLD FRIENDS AND CUSTOMERS. Please drop me an email via CONTACT and say hi.and let me know where you are now