I started with the top, a very easy and well-written pattern, all the details are there, they are a beautiful fit, I did lower the dart. I wanted to sew something this week so I made a dress toile and again very easy but in slippery viscose. It is fabulous and slinks over my hips. I will be keeping this for next summer but in the meantime I will make a long sleeve pattern piece and it will become a warm dress suitable for this winter

Super quick and satisfying sew! The pattern all lined up well once printed, the instructions were clear, and the design of the shorts is perfect. I recommend!

I really enjoy wearing my culottes from this pattern, I love the elastic in the waistband and the button details. They’re super comfortable. I found the corner where the waistband joins at the sides to be a little difficult to make it look clean, but that could have been user error. Either way, I wear the pants all the time, the fit is great!

A great pattern to try out pintucks! I ended up just doing elastic instead of ties because of personal preference, and used bias binding to finish the seams, they turned out beautifully! I recommend watching Carly B’s video on this pattern, lots of inspiration!

I love this pattern, the instructions are very clear with illustrations, the pieces fit together well, and the design choices are really nice! I love the top stitching and the facings.

The versatility of this dress - which can also be worn as a light jacket - is what drew me to purchase this pattern. In this regard, I am extremely happy. However, if it were not for the YouTube sew-a-long by Sewing Therapy, I would have been lost and frustrated. I am relatively new to sewing and had not done a collar or buttons/buttonholes before, and the printed instructions were both cryptic and fragmented - with the illustrations and written instructions separated from each other - and some instructions entirely missing. For instance, there were no instructions regarding cutting out interfacing for the placket - this I picked up watching the video. It can be argued that a more experienced sewist would have such knowledge, but it is still an assumption. Fortunately, being able to watch the video over and over again meant success was attained.

Since I did want to wear it as a jacket, I used French seams throughout, which was time-consuming since the usual 1cm seam allowance is a little scant for a French seam, but it was manageable, and the superior finish for the interior when using it as a jacket was worth the extra time and effort. I used a quilt foot and figured the extra 2mm addition (taking the seam allowance from 1cm to 1.2cm) was sufficiently negligible as not to matter. I didn't add pockets - as Sewing Therapy did - since I also wanted to use it as a summer dress, and felt the pockets lock it into only being used as a jacket. I made it in linen, and used linen instead of interfacing at the cuffs and the collar, and am pleased with the result. It has a lot of affordance, which I think works better with the jacket option, it could be sized down if only wearing it as a dress. Despite the challenges, I am really happy with it and intend to make at least one more in a different colour.

Perfect size bag for everyday use. Fits my phone, keys and purse comfortably. Easy to follow instructions and comes together quickly.

The True Bias Tobie Jacket A0 copy shop printed pattern arrived in good condition. Unfortunately, it came folded up. I would have preferred an option to purchase the A0 printed pattern rolled up and shipped in a tube packaging, so I am only giving 4 stars for this reason.

Received the PDF straight away and is accessible to read through the instructions for the True Bias Tobie Jacket.

I am new to sewing but had seen this pattern all over my YouTube feed and I had a elasticated waist trouser-shaped hole in my wardrobe. I sewed the pattern with tan coloured cotton that had a slight stretch.

The pattern was easy to follow and has lots of resources to draw from. There are also lots of videos of people making the trousers. The deep hem is lovely. I love wearing them. You’ll see the errors I have made in the photo but that is down to my inexperience and not the pattern.

I am a real beginner - I have only been sewing for 2 months - and while this had some tricky techniques (okay, just one - tubing!) it was fairly straightforward and the instructions were excellent. I made it with flat double gauze which was probably not the easiest fabric to use. I'm planing another one in a tartan fabric!

I made view B, first in some thrifted fabric (linen weight) as a wearable toile. They fitted well so I went and made a denim version, which is a lot heavier, so I wasn’t completely sure how they would turn out. The result was so nice and I think I’ll be wearing them all autumn and winter! I can’t wait to make some more pairs of this trouser 😌

I made a lovely shirt for my son using this pattern. I did have to redo the collar as the edges didn’t line up on my first attempt. But the second attempt was good, and my son loves his new shirt!

love this magazine. We used to get a copy in the college library.❤️

Construction a bit fiddly but gives a really professional finish, and the instructions are good. The seam allowance varies so be sure to check as you go along. True to size and a really flattering fit.

This is my first ever printed PDF pattern. I have been avoiding them until now but really wanted to make this dress for a wedding. PDF printed pages were really easy to order and arrived quickly along with a nice storage A4 envelope. Paper is good quality but all sizes are all in black rather than coloured lines. Overall I am very happy and I am much more confident to order A0 sized printed pages from now on. All I need now is to make the dress !

The pdf printed pattern arrived very quickly. TFL supply a handy A4 envelope to store it in. All sizes are printed in black, if the pattern had been printed in different colours for different sizes I would have given 5 stars without a doubt.

I don't know how I managed without these pins for my delicate fabrics. Super rubber ends make it easy to hold on to and they stay in the fabric. I would highly recommend them and would order them again.

This was my first shirt pattern and the shirt I made turned out really well and fitted my husband very well too. I did find the WBM sewalong video and instruction a bit. confusing, however I found an alternative video by Minerva on YouTube which explains the steps beautifully. I will return to this pattern again in the future.

Let's start with the positives, I really like the dress, it looks great on, I love wearing it. The sizing was spot on, even though I didn't trust that negative ease at the waist was a good idea and sized up and then had to size down to the size originally suggested. Since making the dress, I've taken the skirt pattern pieces, drafted my own waist facing and made two skirts. So it's a well drafted pattern. However I just hated making it. The pattern markings were really poor, practically scribbles. The pattern instructions were the same, everything was rough and ready and felt really unprofessional, there was almost no guidance on fabrication or sizing. I regularly use Style Arc 'Archive' patterns so I'm used to brief instructions, but these were all over the place. The seam allowance changed dependant upon which seam you were sewing - why? why make things so unnecessarily complex? The instructions said there was no seam allowance included but then in a different file, it said that there was seam allowance in the pdf and that it was only in the magazine that seam allowance wasn't included - how long would it have taken to alter the instruction file sent with the pdf! a minute! And here in I think lies the problem - these patterns are designed to be published in a magazine. The process which converts them to individual pdf patterns isn't good enough. I think that's why I hated the making process, I had absolutely no confidence in the pattern or the pattern company, I felt like they were adding unnecessary hurdles to trip me up and assumed, wrongly as it turned out, that the pattern drafting would be as slap dash as everything else. I couldn't believe it when I tried the dress on and it looks fantastic.

I have made 5 of these so far. I did need to play around with the crotch curve on the first version. I also sized down as they came up a bit bigger that the garment measurements suggested. I make them an inch or so bigger on the waist that I need and run some wide elastic through the waistband, it doesn't look like they are elasticated but I can have a big meal without them digging in. They are a great simple relaxed flat fronted straight leg fairly smart trouser, which doesn't overwhelm my petite (5'2") frame and doesn't emphasis my mum tum. They are full length on me, which I prefer. Because the lines are so simple they go with everything, they look great with tops tucked it, crop tops and tops left out, drapey flowy blouses, structured shirts, you name it. I've made them in fairly drapey medium weight linen and viscose/Tencel so far, I'm not sure how they would look in a stiff structured fabric but I might try a soft lightweight Demin next. They are a pretty quick make, I can finish these up in an afternoon now. My biggest criticism is that they don't have any side/front pockets, and with a side zip it's awkward, but not impossible to add them. With my last pair I moved the zip to the back and added in seam pockets, which are fine but I would prefer jean style pockets, though I'm not sure how to add draft them - maybe I'll get my ginger jean (closet core) pattern out and see if I can figure it out.

This fitted me without any alterations. Not the easiest/quickest jersey top that I have ever made but worth the effort. I like the way there is a separate tutorials for each of the main 3 variants of top/dress. I did find the instructions a bit confusing especially with respect to the lining but once I'd watched the relevant tutorial (with subtitles, it's in French) it was obvious how to make it. I will definitely be making a dress using this pattern.

This top took me ages, there are a lot of pieces and the fitting practically required me to remake the whole top as it came up bigger than the garment measurements stated - not massively but definitely bigger and a baggy fitted top doesn't look good. This was particularly galling as my measurements fell exactly halfway between the sizes C and D so I had carefully graded every single pattern pieces between the two sizes and in the end the straight size C fitted perfectly. It was also too long for me and I had to adjust both the strap length and the bust to waist length. I'm just over 5'2" so this is standard for me.
It's not a difficult top to make but there are lots of seams and because it's both closely fitted and lined, accuracy is paramount. Even though I almost never toile, especially when using scraps, if I had my time again I'd toile this, or at least make up the lining and fit that BEFORE cutting out and making up the main fabric, it would have saved a lot of time.
I made it in linen and lined it with cotton - another mistake, the linen grows as I wear it but the cotton doesn't, so the linen bags a bit after a while - nothing terrible but I can see it and it irritates me. I made it reversable - a really easy hack, just use a reversable zip or as I did make a non reversable zip, reversable, using a little kit from Amazon.

Now the pain of fitting it is over I'm pleased with it and have worn it quite a bit. I will be making more.

As the pieces are all pretty small, it's perfect for using up scraps from other projects, which is what I did. You could also do a bit of colour blocking with all the panels. This top is ideal for a fairly lightweight but stable fabric. So perfect for using up all my beautiful quilting cotton scraps.

I haven't made the skirt yet but have just bought some lightweight faux suede to make it up with for fall. I'll leave a further review for that when it's done. I was also thinking of getting some boucle to make a channel type mini skirt. So I'd say there are loads of different looks that could be created using this pattern

I do think that given the complexity of drafting and the fact you get both a top and the skirt, this pattern is great value for money. Both pieces have simple classic lines, which are unlikely to go out of fashion This is my first Elbe pattern, I'm very please I tried it.

Great pattern. Simple design that looks amazing. I made mine in 8oz denim lined with cotton poplin. I added 1 inch to the length and darts in the back to compensate for my sway back. This can be made in cotton for a summer dress or heavier fabric for a winter pinafore.

great pattern, liked thst it gave you two options. easy yo sew made seversl dresses already