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ABSOLUTELY SMITTEN

Jenny Hall, the one-woman show behind Seamingly Smitten – a ‘something for everyone’, American online pattern shop and blog – is our kind of woman. Warm, friendly, and passionate about sewing and the creative community, it’s no surprise that she’s managed to turn her desire to create clothes for herself and her family into a thriving business.

WHERE IT ALL BEGAN

"MY GRANDMOTHER HAD A SEWING CLOSET THAT WAS JUST MAGICAL. I'ILL NEVER FORGET RUNNING MY HANDS ALONG THE SEQUINS OF THE GOWNS"

Jenny first caught the sewing bug at a young age, when she and her sister spent summers at their grandmother’s house while their parents were at work. “My grandmother, Ona Claire, had a sewing closest that was just magical!” she smiles. “I remember opening it up and finding all the costumes she had made over the years for Halloween, and the dress-up clothes and ball gowns she had designed for her own children. I’ll never forget running my hands along the sequins of the gowns and wondering how anyone can turn something so sparkly into something so beautiful. Grammy taught me how to sew – first it was sewing straight lines on old, raggedy towels we found in her

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