About the Author

Frances Tobin trained in Fashion & Textiles and graduated from London's prestigious Royal College of Art. She has designed clothing ranges for many leading fashion brands, including Gucci, Les Copains, Espirit, French Connection and Warehouse. In 2014 Frances founded her dressmaking pattern brand, The Maker’s Atelier, on the belief that the simplest shapes in the finest fabrics make the most successful clothes. www.themakersatelier.com