Sewing

Simplicity 4789: the pinafore dress

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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Sewing, Zero waste

The low waste Smith Pinafore

As soon as Liz Haywood released the Smith Pinafore low waste pattern I knew I wanted to make it from recycled jeans. It took me a while to buy the pattern as I was busy with other things, and then I had to finish the Clair skirt, but I was impatient to get going. I […]

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