When I made the orange pinafore dress using Simplicity 4789, I was testing the pattern to see what changes, if any, I needed. For the orange one I dropped everything from the shoulders down by 2cm. I decided to change that for this version and just drop the bottom of the armholes and the bust […]
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My lovely sister, who I rarely see as she lives in the UK, gave me this pattern, so I thought about her the whole time I was making this pinafore dress. It’s Simplicity 4789 and I see that it’s still available even though mine is pretty old now. It has so many lovely pieces, but […]
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I’m doing a course at Fibres West 2025 which involves geli plate printing and I thought I’d get a head start so that I would have a basic understanding. My first task was to make a geli plate, which is basically a sturdy lump of gelatine used to carry the paint and stencil material. Bought […]
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