Jennifer Long

Hi Friends! I am so happy you are here. My name is Jennifer Long, and I am a Riley Blake Designs Fabric Designer, Quilt & Doll Pattern Writer, Machine Embroidery Digitizer, and online educator. I am also the founder of the Sew A Story Pattern Club and the Modern Rag Doll Membership. I am married and a mom to (4) pre-teens / teens and live on a little hobby farm in rural Prairie Canada. I grew up training to be a professional ballet dancer, and later studied Early Childhood Education. I taught ballet and ran my own dance studio all the while sewing and designing costumes for myself and many of my colleagues and students. I am passionate about all things FABRIC, imagination and design and am so blessed I can share this passion with others. This journey has inspired me to make a positive difference by designing dolls and quilt patterns and fabric for others to be EMPOWERED to sew themselves! I have designed dolls and quilts for individuals, organizations, companies, designers, authors of children’s books, and international companies for mass production. What I LOVE the most about creativity is finding INSPIRATION everywhere and, in turn, INSPIRING others to do the same! Thank you for joining me on this creative journey.

Introducing Frog Felt Dolls with HeatnBond Fusible Interfacing

The NEW non-paper doll for “on the go” play! Hello! This is Jennifer Long of Bee Sew Inspired – Modern Rag Doll Designer, Educator, and former professional Ballet dancer. Do you remember playing with paper dolls?  When we were young, my sister and I loved collecting, dressing, and acting out elaborate scenes for our paper […] Read more…

Bumble Bee Little Friend with Fusible Interfacing and Fabric Stiffener

It’s our Sunny Days week and you ask…what does the sun have to do with bees? Why something quite interesting… Bee Trivia…when navigating, bees are able to use the sun as a fixed reference point. This allows them to fly in a compass direction simply by keeping the angle between their line of flight and […] Read more…

Believe it is Possible Unicorn Mini Quilt: Using Heat n Bond and Fabric Stiffener

Hello, this is Jennifer Long from Bee Sew Inspired and today is my first post as a new designer for the Therm O Web Education Team. I am a Modern Rag Doll Designer and Quilt Pattern Designer and I love to blend both these worlds together and design monthly mini quilts to accompany the dolls!  […] Read more…

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