I’m so glad I started preparing for Halloween last week, because I spent quite a bit of time working on the dresses for my Happy Gnomes! Â First, did you know that gnomes come in pairs? Â That little detail was what sold the girls on the costume idea since they’re always playing and pretending they’re twins. {…Continue Reading}
Are you sewing along for Kids Clothes Week this season? Â The theme is “disguise”, which of course plays well into timing for Halloween preparation. I was all set to make a pair of princess costumes, but then Arden started brainstorming different costumes, and somehow we got around to gnomes. Â I’ve gathered patterns and fabrics now {…Continue Reading}
Since this is by far not the first time I’m sharing my love for True Bias‘ Mini Hudson Pants, this will be a relatively short post. Â I’ve made three Mini’s previously, a duo for the pattern tour and a slightly modified version for Arden in my Top Stitchers entry. You’ll recall from my Momiform MAKEover {…Continue Reading}
Last week I shared the dress I made using the #21100 Fun Tee pattern as a base. Â Today I’m showing you the unadulterated and mistake-free version of the pattern. I was already planning to make Arden a tee, but then last week her school had a series of color days and we had zero clothes {…Continue Reading}
Have you heard about the new designer Sew by Pattern Pieces? Â I made up a couple versions of Lauren’s first pattern, the #21100 Fun Tee and it’s amazing! Lauren may be new to the independent designer world, but she has loads of industry experience. Â With that comes a lot of lovely details like great fit, {…Continue Reading}
I meant to share my Uptown/Downtown Dress on Friday, but things got a little busy so here we are! The Women’s Uptown/Downtown Dress by Sew Straight & Gather has sooo many options. Â This is the cowl neck, long sleeve dress length. Â There are three necklines – high, medium and low, plus the cowl neck. Â There {…Continue Reading}
Moving away from the True Bias portion of my Momiform Capsule Wardrobe, today is all about the Boyfriend Cardigan by Love Notions. This was my first time using a Love Notions pattern, and I was not disappointed.  Tami is a fellow Pattern Workshop (*affiliate link) student so I’ve been watching from the sidelines.  I knew she had {…Continue Reading}
Moving along in my Momiform capsule wardrobe, I made the Southport Dress by True Bias. I was a pattern tester for the Mini Southport Dress (I still owe Arden another in a color she appreciates more than the gray one I made during testing), but I hadn’t made the jump to making one for me {…Continue Reading}
One of the pieces I shared yesterday for my Momiform MAKEover was a pair of Hudson Pants by True Bias. If you’ve been reading A Jennuine Life long, you’ve seen that I have a slight obsession with the Mini Hudson Pants and have made several pair for my daughters: for the pattern tour, as part of {…Continue Reading}
When Lauren pitched the idea of a series to examine our “Momiform” and update it by sewing some pieces – a MAKEover, I was on board immediately. There has been a lot of focus lately on building capsule wardrobes, which according to Wikipedia are “a collection of clothing that uses only interchangeable items to maximize {…Continue Reading}
