End of Summer

 Morning! How is everyone out there in blog land? I feel kind of out of my element blogging this morning, it's been awhile. Summer is winding down here and so we have been doing lots of end of the summer cramming. You know, trying to get in all those things you swore you were going to do when you were staring down the start of summer. It's been a good one, but no one ever really wants it to end, right?

 I have also been very busy in the studio, working on a new fabric line, so far it's titled "number six" because that's what line it will be be! I am still in disbelief. Don't worry it will have a different name. I've got a few I'm tossing around. I have to have everything finalized next week so it's good that these boys are getting back to school.

I have also been sewing like a mad woman. If you have been following me in Instagram or seeing them in the blog side bar, you might have seen a few sneak peeks of projects. I am starting to accumulate quite a pile. Some will be on the blog, some will be new patterns, and some are just for me. I will share lots soon. I just need to remember to bring my camera in the sewing studio.

I also have been loading up the Etsy shop with goodies. I've added some Halloween and Christmas, it's that time of the year to start on your projects. Plus some Crafty pendants made it in the shop as well. I just photographed a big ol batch of new and standard Jennifer Jangles pieces to get in the shop this week. I am going to attempt teaching Fletcher how to edit my photos. He's a computer and video game guy so I thought this could be good computer experience beyond gathering coins and racing toads. I've got my fingers crossed he enjoys it because it takes me forever to do. 

Is your summer winding down? What have you been up to?

Have a good one,
Jennifer
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Been Sewing

 Morning....
I have found myself at the sewing machine lately... a lot. I showed you my bib tutorial a few days ago. While I was sewing it for my baby shower gift, I made some burp cloths as well. The reverse side has a cloth diaper. In a nut shell you sew the two pieces of cloth together with right sides facing. Turn, sew up the turn opening, and quilt a few straight lines on top. Easy Peasy Lemon Squeezy!

 I did a little stamped tag too, before wrapping.

 We also had a dinner party this past weekend and I wanted to bring a hostess gift. I have found my latest obsession. Mug Rugs... oh so much fun to make. These are my first two that I made. I have two more sitting on my desk just waiting for the binding to be sewn on. Hopefully I will get to that this evening.

 If I have you wondering about mug rugs here's the place to go. Be warned, they are addictive. I think there are going to be a lot of mug rug Christmas gifts in my house.

Let me know in the comments if you have made mug rugs. Give me a link to your photos of them, I would to take a peek.

Have a great day!
Jennifer
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Ruffled Baby Bib Tutorial

Hello, Hello,

I got to go to a baby shower this past weekend. I knew that our friends, Amber and Ryan were having a girl. I was so excited! I have two boys and here was my chance to make something with ruffles. I came up with this bib pattern and wanted to share it with you. The three pattern pieces can be found here, here, and here for printing. Tape them together if you want to make the one ruffle bib. This pattern can be shrunk or enlarged to suit the size you need.


Here's the fabric you will need to cut....

One Ruffle Bib(black)
2 full bib pieces for front and back (tape the three pieces together to make one bib)
1 full bib piece from fleece
2.5" x 44" fabric strip for ruffle
piece of hook and loop tape

Three Ruffle Bib
1 piece of fabric cut for each of the 3 bib pieces
1 full bib piece for bib backing (tape the three pieces together to make one bib)
1 full bib piece for bib back
2.5" x 44" fabric strip for ruffle
Two pieces of 2.5" x 22" fabric strips for ruffle
piece of hook and loop tape


Just in case you're wondering, all of the fabrics I used here come from my Polka Dot Garden Collection of fabric.


After cutting out all of the pieces out, fold the ruffle pieces in half with the right sides facing outward.
With your machine or by hand run a gathering stitch along the raw edge of the fabric strip. Do this for all of the ruffle strips you will need for your bib.

Pull one of the threads of your gathering stitch to gather the ruffle or ruffles.

If you are making the Three Ruffle Bib, Start by pinning one of the short ruffle sections across the top of the second bib piece. Pin the ruffle so the raw edges hang over the side of the bib piece. It will eventually get sewn over with another ruffle. The second short ruffle section will get pinned across the top of the third bib piece.

Before sewing the ruffles, pin the bottom of bib piece one to the top of bib piece two. Sew together.

Pin the bottom of the second bib piece to the top of the third bib piece and sew together.

If you're making the One Ruffle Bib this is where you jump in. Both bibs have the outer ruffle. This ruffle will vary in length because of the gathering. Th make sue the ruffle is center fold it in half to find the center. Pin the center of the ruffle to the center of the bottom of the bib. Continue to pin up each side. Turn the raw edges of the ruffles into the fold of the ruffle before pinning.

You bib should look like either the picture above or the picture below depending which bib you are sewing.
Next place the right side of the bib backing facing the right side of the bib front. Place the fleece on top of the back of the bib back. Pin all of the layers together. Sew these layers together leaving a 4 inch opening towards the top for turning. Clip the round edges up to the thread, taking care not to cut the seam. Turn and press.

*Note* Because seam allowance, ruffles, etc, vary, when pinning the Three Ruffle Bib start at the neck and work your way down the sides pinning the layers. Smooth as you go and you might find there is a bit of extra fabric left at the bottom of the bib back. After sewing the three layers together trim the excess away.

Hand sew the turning hole closed. Top stitch around the edges.

Sew a piece of hook and loop tape at the top of the bib for opening and closing. Trim and loose threads.


I hope you enjoyed my Ruffled Bib Tutorial, thanks for stopping by the blog and I hope you stop back by again soon.

Have a great day!

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