I am so excited to share this Etsy shop with you! A Jennuine Life has its first sponsor – Sew Fine Fabric! I have several affiliate buttons on my sidebar, but this is my first honest to goodness sponsor people! When Jodi e-mailed me about an arrangement, I was so excited. If there’s one thing {…Continue Reading}
This is my favorite marriage proposal ever! Aside from my own, of course. Well, that one could have used some improvement – fewer mosquitoes, no kids riding their bikes past us as he’s popping the question… So back to this proposal: I received an e-mail from Michael that he wanted a nautical flag banner reading {…Continue Reading}
As promised, here are some more pictures from Sally Dress testing. I made the short sleeve version for this test. This was not the final version of the pattern, so if you notice the bodice is a little wide on Hadley; it is narrower in the pattern available for sale. The fabric is Running Stitch {…Continue Reading}
Hooray! I can now officially share the pattern testing I’ve been working on! The Sally Dress for Shannon from luvinthemommyhood and Very Shannon. It was a total no-brainer when Shannon sent out the call for pattern testers. I HAD to test this pattern! The combination of the pullover bodice, squared neckline and those ENORMOUS POCKETS {…Continue Reading}
So is the awkward smile better than the angry face? Dave snapped these quickly for me instead of having to set up the tripod, so maybe it helps a little to have an actual person taking the photos. Oh, and Dave will love you forever if you ooh and aah over the nicely trimmed hedge. {…Continue Reading}
If you remember my lovely Washi Dress I made recently, you’ll understand when I practically leaped to the computer to volunteer to pattern test for Made by Rae’s pending pattern for the Ruby Dress. It’s a super quick sew – I love that! For the body I used the same Lisette cotton lawn I used {…Continue Reading}
I’ve been hard at work grading and sewing a 2T sample for my LOL Swing Top. Well, as hard as I can work in stolen moments while the girls are occupied or asleep. It needs a tiny bit of tweaking; more in the construction than the pattern itself. The way I put on the bias {…Continue Reading}
Recently we purchased this cute patio set from Sears. Â We thought the banquette seating would work well for the girls. Â A tablecloth using laminated fabric seemed like a perfect addition. It’s already been put to hard use, with the tabletop often becoming scattered with pine tree leaving and dust. Â Additionally, the decorative cutouts along the {…Continue Reading}
I originally shared this post at Mama Says Sew in May to show how to accomplish curved seam piecing and thought I’d bring it home today.  Enjoy! One of my really popular sewing projects was this pieced rainbow dress I made for Arden’s fourth birthday party.  It’s been pinned like a bajillion times – don’t you {…Continue Reading}
Yeah, I know I’m late to the party!  In my defense I did sew this within the time frame of the summer challenge for Kid’s Clothes Week but I wasn’t able to edit and upload the photos because we lost our data line for several days after a powerful thunderstorm blasted through our city.  Trees and {…Continue Reading}
