Essential guide making pineapple blocks

■ Pink fabric for the fruit flesh – One (1) fat eighth ■ Pale green fabric for the inner flesh – 9in square (for bias-cut strips) ■ Mid-green fabric for the middle flesh – 9in square (for bias-cut str

Sleeves are fun to experiment with and quick to sew up as a toile, as they have fewer pattern pieces and no darts to consider. It can be very difficult to gauge volume on a flat sleeve pattern, so I a

■ Background Fabric A PE408 – 4yds ■ Fabric B FE511 – ½yd ■ Fabric C BLC11105 – ½yd ■ Fabric D BLC21108 – ⅜yd ■ Fabric E BLC31105 – ⅞yd ■ Fabric F BLC31108 – ½yd ■ Fabric G PE443 – ⅜yd ■ Fabric H BLC3

We present to you the dress that you will want to wear everyday this summer – The Dillon Dress, designed by Christine Haynes, is a modern apron wrap dress that's absolutely perfect for layering over a

■ Background fabric – Moda Chambray linen in grey – 2yds ■ Blue stripe ticking fabric (borders A and B and binding) – 1yd ■ Beige/blue print for borders D and E – 2¼yds ■ Light mixed prints – Nine (9)

“I always love a fabric line that contains just monochrome prints. In this range, Sacré Bleu by French General, there are creams, beiges and light, medium and dark blues, which combine to make a very