Browsing on Amazon, one of the cool things for books is the “Look Inside” feature.  It’s a great way to virtually flip through the pages and decide if the book is what you’re looking for.  That’s what I want to do for my patterns – give a tour to help you make a buying decision. You {…Continue Reading}
Satya season is coming around again! Â The first Satya Romper I made for Arden still fits, but there isn’t any extra room to spare. So I thought I’d make Arden a new one and pass the original to Hadley. Â In my eagerness to make sure there was a little room to grow, I made this {…Continue Reading}
I finally listed my printed patterns in my shop! Â The holdup was twofold: I was trying to figure out shipping on a physical product, and I wanted to have a single listing for the patterns with a toggle for the type. Â After some tinkering with my e-commerce program I finally figured it out! Â As for {…Continue Reading}
G’day! Â Today’s my stop on the Sewpony Vintage Miss Polly Dress pattern tour! Â Suz is an Australian designer, so I thought a little Aussie greeting was in order 😉 Â Take 15% off Miss Polly and the rest of the Sewpony Vintage patterns with code MISSPOLLY15 through April 15. Miss Polly has many cohesive options for {…Continue Reading}
Welcome to the first Fitting Files post! Â I intend for this to be a regular post here on A Jennuine Life as a companion to my Jennuine Design patterns. Â This post will cover how to make a narrow shoulder adjustment specifically for the Satya Romper pattern. While kids generally require fewer fitting adjustments than adults, {…Continue Reading}
Wasn’t the Naples Dress blog tour amazing?  I’m really impressed with how much variety we saw with one pattern and a few fabric lines from Art Gallery! I want to say a special thank you to Stephanie and the shipping team from Art Gallery for supplying fabrics to our tour participants and me.  While most of {…Continue Reading}
It’s always bittersweet coming to the end of a tour, and that’s where we are today on the Naples Dress blog tour. First up today is fellow designer Mel from Filles à Maman with a duo of Naples Dresses for her two daughters.  I love Mel’s designs so having her on the tour is quite an honor! {…Continue Reading}
We’ve been having fun seeing all the amazing Naples dresses and tunics so far, are you ready for more? Another familiar face around Jennuine Design is Shelly from Sew Shelly Sew.  She’s tested with me from the beginning and I know with every test she’ll be the first one to ask when she can try it {…Continue Reading}
We’re at the halfway point of the Naples Dress blog tour; haven’t they been amazing so far?? Up first today is a Rachel from Handcrafted by RED. Â Rachel has been with me on almost every pattern I’ve tested and you can see her daughter in the pattern on the page with the line drawings. {…Continue Reading}
Wasn’t yesterday’s kickoff to the Naples Dress blog tour fun? Â Today we’re continuing with three more stops, but first I have something fun to share! Today I’m guest posting on Project Run & Play with a quick tutorial to show how to draft a collar for a bodice. Â While I was working on that post, {…Continue Reading}
