Meet the Shop

We're starting a new segment on the blog that I'm calling "Meet the Shop." We thought that it would be nice to put faces to the great products, classes, and customer service we offer at Sew Unique Threads. I should be starting with the owner, proprietor and sewing rock star of this lovely fabric oasis but she's been out of the country and I thought it might be a bit much to ask her a bunch of interview questions while jet legged. In that case, we're going to start with me. I'll do my best to give you information that I think makes us more personable but if you have questions you'd like asked please leave them in the comments.

I'm standing in front of my current favorite fabric
"Cooking Italiano." It sums up
my love for cooking in a funky vintage print.
Click HERE for details.

I'm Jessie Heninger I'm 33 years old. I'm a married mother of two boys and I'm a vintage girl at heart. I blog about my experiences trying to find that elusive fifties housewife buried deep inside me at www.jessieheninger.wordpress.com.

I've been sewing for twelve years. When I was a newlywed my husband and I were buying our first washer and dryer and I fell in love with a small blue ultra light kenmore sewing machine. I walked past it and I swear it spoke to me. I've been slowly increasing my skills ever since.

I love to sew and craft and I've made all kinds of things including toys, dolls, clothes, crib blankets, pillows, and bags. My favorite things to sew are decorations for the home, nerdy messenger bags, and most of all women's apparel. I really love taking fabric and turning it into a well fitting garment... It doesn't always work out that way of course, I've made plenty of duds, but I keep on stitching.

The last thing I made was a cheery knit strawberry dress for my birthday and patchwork pillows for my some-day camper. I'm hoping to make a teal colored dress for fall soon. On my table now is a fabric for a couple of placemats and cloth napkins for a wedding shower gift.

My new project. There's never a shortage of ideas and inspiration in the store!

My role in the store is that as blogger and tech girl. That means as far as our online presence goes you probably hear from me more then the others. I get to shop sit once in a while and I love working with customers in the store.  My favorite part of working for Sew Unique Threads, is getting to make projects and feature them on the blog. I love sharing ideas and my love of fabric with other like minded people.

That's me, in a felt nutshell, pleased to meet you.
Happy Sewing,
Love, Jessie