Welcome! Â Today is my turn to play hostess for the Sewing Block Party presented by Petit a Petit Patterns. Celina has set up a great tour with a new host every day for the entire month of November. Â Even cooler, we were set loose to play with any of her patterns; even the Loveralls and {…Continue Reading}
The Tunic Bible is a new book from C&T Publishing, written by Sarah Gunn and Julie Starr of Goodbye Valentino. Â Their take on the classic tunic shape and using interchangeable components is such a cool way to offer a huge variety of looks from one base pattern. Â Be sure to read to the very end, {…Continue Reading}
I’m breaking the recent silence with something great today – I’m participating in the Chalk & Notch Top Knot pattern tour! Â When Gabriela set up the tour with different categories to show the pattern’s versatility, I jumped on the pattern hack option. Â But then I took my hack and applied it to a dress and {…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}
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}
Woohoo! Â It’s here, it’s here! Â The Naples Dress blog tour begins today and goes through Friday. Â There’s a discount, a giveaway (read all the way to the bottom!), and lots and lots of Naples dresses and tunics! Â Art Gallery Fabrics has generously sponsored the tour, providing fabrics to the tour participants and also to the {…Continue Reading}
