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 {...Continue Reading}

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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}

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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}

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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}

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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}

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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}

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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}

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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}

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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}

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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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