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Fabrics aren't the only things that Anna Maria Horner fills with saturated, effervescent colour. Anna Maria's latest patterns

A box of her latest patterns for the shop all wrapped in intense lime green tissue paper and sealed with pink stickers.

There's the Evening Empire Dress sewing pattern with four different construction options.

You can mix up your fabrics in a zig-zaggy fabric affair or make it out of one fabric. It is possible to make it in different lengths, to have shoulder straps or be more daring and make it without. A versatile dress suitable for sunny days, holidays, as well as evenings out.

The Sidewalk Satchel is a curvy, special looking bag which would sit easily on the shoulder when you need your hands free for browsing the shops, steering small children around or meeting and greeting friends.

The fabric on the front pattern cover is a cotton voile from Anna Maria's Little Folks fabric collection. (although she does stress the need for interlining if you use this fabric which is a lot lighter than usual quilt weight fabric)

The Roundabout Dress and Slip sewing pattern contains the pattern pieces and instructions you need to create an easy to wear slip on dress from your favourite fabrics. There's no zip to sew in, no buttons or buttonholes to fret over. It has pleats and gathers around the neckline and a deep waistline, making it an easy style to wear for most body shapes.

There are suggestions and instructions for mixing up two fabrics or three fabrics and for making the dress shorter, essentially making it a blouse which ends on the hip. It also contains a pattern and instructions to make a bias cut, full length slip or a shorter length camisole.

The fabrics shown on the front pattern cover are again from Anna Maria Horner's Little Folks cotton voile fabric collection, which incidentally are absolutely scrummy. (I hasten to add that I don't often use words like that :) Not even about fabric!)

I hope you like them.