I’m participating in Sew Mama Sew’s Giveaway Day with your choice of patterns from my shop. I’ll make it easy and just ask for you to comment with your favorite sewing technique to enter. Â I’d love it if you followed A Jennuine Life on Bloglovin’, followed my Facebook page, or Instagram. Â If you do any {…Continue Reading}
I am giddy with excitement to share something fun I’ve been working on!  I got the chance to play with some wonderful fabrics from Andover Fabrics to display at the International Quilt Market in Houston October 25-27. Rewind several months, and you may remember that this summer I went on a trip to NYC to meet {…Continue Reading}
Today I’m participating in Emily from Nap Time Creations’ series Sew Many Books where we are creating looks inspired by our favorite children’s stories. One of our girls’ very favorite books is Stand Tall, Molly Lou Melon by Patty Lovell because of the crazy antics in the story.  I love it as well for it’s message {…Continue Reading}
You’ve heard that September is National Sewing Month, right? Â Jo-Ann is celebrating by asking you to #SewYourStyle and create a non-quilted, non-traditional project using quilting fabrics. Â They’ve asked a blogger to share a sponsored post for each day of September as inspiration and today is my turn. Â I made this adorable Cozy Cakes Backpack using {…Continue Reading}
It’s my turn to play the reviewer (reviewist?) for a pattern for September Showcase! Â I jumped at the chance to try the Serendipity Swing Coat by Destri at Sewlosophy. I did a mild flip of the pattern, adding a cowl-shaped collar, welt pockets, and extending the buttons along the entire front of the coat. Â I {…Continue Reading}
It’s been killing me to have to wait to tell you that I am participating as a designer for Frances Suzanne’s Flip This Pattern September Showcase! September Showcase will highlight ten designs by upcoming indie designers with five or less children’s patterns – hey that’s me! Â Bloggers and designers will be sewing up selected patterns {…Continue Reading}
One of my fab-u-lous testers is hosting a fun event to celebrate her daughter Ruth’s 1st birthday in pdf pattern style! For the next 12 days, Rebekah of Rebekah Sews is featuring one of the patterns she tested with baby Ruth’s assistance, and my LOL Swing top will represent 10 months. Be sure to {…Continue Reading}
You guys! Â YOU GUYS!! I am beyond excited about today’s post! Â The lovely folks at Michael Miller Fabrics (yes, THAT Michael Miller Fabrics) invited me to be a guest “counselor” for their new Kids Summer Craft Camp. The Michael Miller Fabrics blog is called Making it Fun and the Kids Summer Craft Camp is a {…Continue Reading}
I’m back! Â And I sewed something besides version after version of the LOL Swing Top! Â Terri from the brand spankin’ new label Terri Lin Collections and Sew Straight and Gather invited me to participate in her release tour of the Uptown/Downtown Dress – who could say no to such a sweet little dress? Sized for {…Continue Reading}
The “official” tester tour is over, but I reserve the right to share a few more as my testers blog about their experience with the LOL Swing Top. Nicki of Sonicka Made was one of my flash testers and made up two LOLs. Â The first, while still cute, showed that there was too much {…Continue Reading}
