Are you sewing along for Kids Clothes Week this season? Â The theme is “disguise”, which of course plays well into timing for Halloween preparation. I was all set to make a pair of princess costumes, but then Arden started brainstorming different costumes, and somehow we got around to gnomes. Â I’ve gathered patterns and fabrics now {…Continue Reading}
Last week I shared the dress I made using the #21100 Fun Tee pattern as a base. Â Today I’m showing you the unadulterated and mistake-free version of the pattern. I was already planning to make Arden a tee, but then last week her school had a series of color days and we had zero clothes {…Continue Reading}
Have you heard about the new designer Sew by Pattern Pieces? Â I made up a couple versions of Lauren’s first pattern, the #21100 Fun Tee and it’s amazing! Lauren may be new to the independent designer world, but she has loads of industry experience. Â With that comes a lot of lovely details like great fit, {…Continue Reading}
I meant to share my Uptown/Downtown Dress on Friday, but things got a little busy so here we are! The Women’s Uptown/Downtown Dress by Sew Straight & Gather has sooo many options. Â This is the cowl neck, long sleeve dress length. Â There are three necklines – high, medium and low, plus the cowl neck. Â There {…Continue Reading}
Moving away from the True Bias portion of my Momiform Capsule Wardrobe, today is all about the Boyfriend Cardigan by Love Notions. This was my first time using a Love Notions pattern, and I was not disappointed.  Tami is a fellow Pattern Workshop (*affiliate link) student so I’ve been watching from the sidelines.  I knew she had {…Continue Reading}
Moving along in my Momiform capsule wardrobe, I made the Southport Dress by True Bias. I was a pattern tester for the Mini Southport Dress (I still owe Arden another in a color she appreciates more than the gray one I made during testing), but I hadn’t made the jump to making one for me {…Continue Reading}
One of the pieces I shared yesterday for my Momiform MAKEover was a pair of Hudson Pants by True Bias. If you’ve been reading A Jennuine Life long, you’ve seen that I have a slight obsession with the Mini Hudson Pants and have made several pair for my daughters: for the pattern tour, as part of {…Continue Reading}
When Lauren pitched the idea of a series to examine our “Momiform” and update it by sewing some pieces – a MAKEover, I was on board immediately. There has been a lot of focus lately on building capsule wardrobes, which according to Wikipedia are “a collection of clothing that uses only interchangeable items to maximize {…Continue Reading}
I made this cute little bag as my project for the Color Me fabric line to send to Quilt Market.  I’m calling it the Plié Bag as it’s just the right size for toting ballet shoes and other dance gear to class. Hadley was my very willing model for these photos.  We haven’t enrolled the girls {…Continue Reading}
Hello! Â Now that I’m off pattern design/testing mode, I took a little time to participate in a pattern tour for Call Ajair’s NOT Just a Sunsuit pattern tour! Ajair and I go way back – virtually. Â We both were avid followers, sew-along-ers and later contestants in Project Run & Play, and are members of several {…Continue Reading}
