Welcome to Day 2 of the Haven Acres Mini Collection Tour! Do you wonder how I came up with the names for the collection?  A year ago, I made an equestrian-inspired look as my first entry as a competitor in Project Run & Play. It just so happens that I have a cousin with a pony {…Continue Reading}
It’s here! It’s here! Â After months of hard work, countless test garments, and thorough proofreading, my first little pattern collection, the Haven Acres Mini Collection has been released! Many of my fab-o testers have blogs and signed up to tour with me. Â Today we have three sewing bloggers who will share some of their {…Continue Reading}
We’re all wrapped up with the testing portion of this whole pattern making process for the Haven Acres Mini Collection. Â Now we’re left with editing; creating charts and graphs and layouts. I need to take a minute to talk about pattern testers. Â They have been so fantastically amazing. Â This has been like six weeks of {…Continue Reading}
So, I have been so busy working on the Haven Acres Mini Collection that I haven’t had much time for sewing, much less blogging. But IÂ really wanted to participate in Kids Clothes Week, so I managed to pull together a Haven Acres Blouse in a couple of hours’ worth of sewing. This is the long {…Continue Reading}
I’m trying to build a well-rounded catalogue of Jennuine Design patterns in 2015, and grow my brand.  For the wider selection part of things, I’m starting things off with a bang with the three patterns I’m currently working on, the Haven Acres Mini Collection.  After that I plan to release a coat pattern and then a {…Continue Reading}
Testing a pattern is a group effort, requiring a team of volunteers to sew trial garments, proofread, and tech edit.  Every person is unique in the testing process, each bringing their own particular skills to the table.  I’ve been thinking a lot about how all these different types of testers work together to become an amazing machine, {…Continue Reading}
*Disclosure: I have included affiliate links in this post.  I will receive a small percentage of purchases made using the links included. The drive to create is something we have in common, right?  Creative people tend to be multi-faceted, showing interest and talent in many areas, like sewing, crafting, photography, DIY and more!  There’s this {…Continue Reading}
Sometimes I get invited to participate in pattern tours, and if it’s something I like and my girls or I will wear and I have time, I’ll happily join. Â Then there’s the Mini Hudson Pants, where I cold-called Kelli, the designer behind True Bias and essentially invited myself to be on the tour! I’m {…Continue Reading}
A LOT has happened in 2014 around Jennuine Design and A Jennuine Life! Â Here’s a review of everything: January: Project Run & Play and Tiny Sewists series A long-time dream was realizes when I had the opportunity to participate as a competitor on Project Run & Play. Â I made it through the first round with {…Continue Reading}
Maybe you’ve heard the buzz in the digital products community, and maybe you’ve been blissfully unaware. Â But if you’re an EU, or European Union, consumer of digital products, or a seller of digital products to EU customers, you might want to read on: VAT, or Value Added Tax, are taxes applied to products from B2C {…Continue Reading}
