Longtime Janesville seamstress Diane Jacobson likes to keep her sewing machines busy and in light of the COVID-19 pandemic, she’s donating reusable medical gowns and cloth masks to Rock County first responders.
Jacobson donated 11 reusable cloth medical gowns to the Beloit Fire Department last week and is in the process of making 20 more for Janesville Fire Department staff.
“This time of year I am normally busy with prom dresses,” Jacobson said. “The hardest part was coming up with the pattern from the design they wanted. This is keeping me busy.”
Jacobson, who has been offering her seamstress services for 55 years, has a history of creating things from wedding dresses to high school lettermen’s jackets. In 2018, she was inducted into the Janesville Sports Hall of Fame.