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Simplicity 4712 – FO 4 & 5/2011

February 7, 2011

I’ve given up waiting for good light to photograph these little pinafores, so please excuse the slightly weird pics.

Both are made from this pattern:

It’s such a simple pattern which makes up in no time at all.

I’m sure you’ll recognise that the navy dress is the last of the nasty polyester. The pink is a piece of floral corduroy given to me by Himmelbjerget.

Both dresses have a straightforward lapped zipper at the centre back:

with armhole and neckline facings which you can just see peeping out on this picture.

The navy dress has a ribbon faced hem just because I could:

and the pink hem has the best top-stitching I have ever achieved.  I’m mighty chuffed with it:

I’ve fiddled with the exposure here to show the stitching

The stash gets smaller!

 

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Comments

  1. jane says

    February 7, 2011 at 5:39 pm

    I love pinafore dresses for little girls, these are lovely. I bet Button is pleased as Punch

  2. KC says

    February 7, 2011 at 5:51 pm

    Love the roses and the topstitching! Good luck at the adoption hearing tomorrow.

  3. Niece Stitches says

    February 7, 2011 at 6:27 pm

    Those are absolutely adorable!!!

  4. Kelly Lewis says

    March 15, 2012 at 3:37 am

    Very cute, about to try my own couple, making them for a friends daughter, I have 2 boys *cry*, Im going to attempt some alterations to the pattern so I hope they turn out alright. Thanks for posting photos so we can see how the pattern comes out, and in my case where I will make the changes.

    • PendleStitches says

      March 21, 2012 at 12:38 pm

      There’s a definate shortage of adorable patterns for small boys out there, so I feel your pain.

      Would love to see your versions.

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