It all begins tomorrow on June 1!! I can’t wait to kick off Jennuine June with sales and giveaways!Use code JENNUINEJUNE to take a whopping 40% off all single patterns in both my self-hosted shop at www.ajennuinelife.com/shop or on Etsy at www.etsy.com/shop/jennuinedesign.Then check in each day for a chance to win your choice of pattern {…Continue Reading}
Project Jet Set
The latest Project Run & Play designer collaboration has released and now I’m going to share the sewing I did for the collection! The theme for this edition is Jet Set, so we all focused our energies on creating a wardrobe perfect for travel – whether local or far-flung. Today in our imaginations we’re going {…Continue Reading}
Very Peri Pantone Party
Very Peri Pantone Party – what’s better than rhyme with alliteration thrown in for some extra fun? How about one of my most favorite colors ever – periwinkle!! I knew both girls would love this color, but they are – alas – growing up and preferring more mature schemes in their clothes. When I began {…Continue Reading}
Project Happy Holidays
With pretty much every new Project Run & Play designer collaboration, I’ve set myself grand goals to sew most of the patterns in the collection. For Project Happy Holidays, I mapped out a plan to make 11 items, using 8 patterns. I didn’t quite make my goal, but I got close-ish! I planned out my {…Continue Reading}
Hols and Fete for Project Happy Holidays
It’s time for another Project Run & Play designer collaboration! This time we worked around a central theme of Happy Holidays, which encompasses any holiday you might celebrate! I contributed the Hols Dress Shirt and Fete Slacks for the collection. I wanted dressy basics that could be jazzed up or left simple. There are so {…Continue Reading}
Waterproofing Board Short Fabric
Finding raincoat fabric in cool prints isn’t always the easiest, so I conducted an experiment to see if I could make a waterproof raincoat using board short fabric… Spoiler alert, it worked beautifully!! Raspberry Creek Fabrics sponsored my sewing for the Project Smooth Sorbet collection with Project Run & Play. Because of that, I didn’t want to {…Continue Reading}
Project Smooth Sorbet Sewing
This is the post where I share ALLLL the details about the sewing I did for Project Run & Play’s latest pattern collaboration, Project Smooth Sorbet! Raspberry Creek Fabrics provided me with a great big stack of fabrics for my sewing plans and they were perfection! I even used some RCF fabrics that I had {…Continue Reading}
Three! New Patterns for Project Smooth Sorbet
You know by now that I love participating in the Project Run & Play designer collaborations, and every time they become my new favorites! This Project Smooth Sorbet collection is no exception and I was so excited that I submitted three different designs! The Baie Blazer, Bacio Basic Tee and Limone Lounge Set all work {…Continue Reading}
PR&P Pantone Party
I always enjoy participating in events with Project Run & Play, and today is no different! This party is all about the Pantone COLORS of the year (2!): Ultimate Gray 17-5104 and Illuminating Yellow 13-0647. I partnered with Raspberry Creek Fabrics, who provided all the fabrics for this post. Let’s start with the swimsuit I {…Continue Reading}
Hypnos Sleep
The Hypnos Sleep Set pattern is here, and ready for your kiddo to whisk them off to dreamland! Hypnos is a cuffed raglan sleep set. Make separates with the shirt and bottoms option, or a cozy nightshirt (thanks Schitt’s Creek for bringing back the nightshirt!!). Either option can have the optional Henley placket added for {…Continue Reading}
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