Many of you may recognize Jennifer from her fantastic quilts and dolls she has made for the Riley Blake Designs Blog Tours. Today we are thrilled to share that Jennifer is one of the newest designers to join the RBD Family! Today we want to share a bit about Jennifer and introduce her debut collection!
Jennifer has been creating artistically her whole life! Throughout her schooling years, she trained full-time to be a professional ballet dancer.
During all those years of training in the Ballet world, she also dreamed of designing costumes! Everyday she would walk by and peek into the Ballet Costume Wardrobe – what a MAGICAL space! She experienced first hand this magical transformation, when all the training and rehearsals would be brought to life by putting these costumes on! She learned to sew from her mother and grandmother (who owned a fabric and knitting store) and often made ballet skirts, costumes and knitted legwarmers for herself and other dancers. Jennifer’s love of children inspired her to take her Early Childhood Education degree. She draws on both of these skills in her designs – aesthetics, imagination and play!
This journey has inspired her to make a positive difference by designing dolls and quilt patterns for others to be EMPOWERED! Jennifer has designed Modern Rag Dolls for individuals, organizations, authors of children’s books, and International companies for mass production. Jennifer is an embroidery digitizer, professional Rag Doll Designer, Quilt Pattern writer and online educator. She creates both doll and quilt patterns under her own label – Bee Sew Inspired. Jennifer is also the founder of the Modern Rag Doll Membership.
What Jennifer LOVES the most about creativity, is finding INSPIRATION everywhere and in turn, INSPIRING others to do the same! Thank you for joining her creative journey.
Jennifer’s first collection is a fabulous, and unique one! Be A Superhero is a collection of panels that come together to make the sweetest dolls and quilts. Keep scrolling to see a preview of the designs.
How fun is that?! Be A Superhero is available for wholesale pre-order now!
Want to see more of Jennifer’s work? Check out her preview projects on the blog and be sure to follow her to stay updated on new patterns, projects, and more!