Free Heart Pocket Tutorial featuring The Storybook Pinafore Sewing Pattern

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For this Late for a Date blog hop, we chose two of our patterns that suit the Wonderland collection perfectly. First we made an Easy Peasy Peasant dress from the adorable pocket watch print Late for a Date in Blue and paired it with a solid white Storybook Pinafore made using the Cross Back Modification…

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Vintage Inspired Cross Back Pinafore Tutorial

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[edit: Get the look straight from the pattern with our Sugar Dot Pinafore for Girls 12 months to 10 years! But read on if you have Storybook Pinafore and want to modify it] Have you ever wanted to make a classically vintage cross back Pinafore?  Today we will show you how to do just that…

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Make a Wear-Alone Dress from the Storybook Pinafore Pattern

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Pretty, frilly, pinafores! Originally pinafores were a protective apron designed to keep the dress beneath clean. (The word ‘pinafore’ comes from the fact they were originally just “pinned” to the front, or “fore” of a dress.) Tie Dye Diva Storybook Pinafore Pattern What if you love their vintage, ruffly goodness but … well … just…

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