Show us your vintage patterns!

[swinggal]

Some great ones at the link I posted too

 

[Lauren]

(BixChix26) '20s house dress and early '30s day dress. I tried to copy pix here but it didn't work. so here are the links.

Those are cute! The first one looks really easy, and the second one is adorable! It would be so cute in those repro vintage feedsack fabrics.


swinggal, I love the top one! The ruffles are great! Are those originals or reproductions?

 

[swinggal]

Originals. Check my link to them from a previous post.

 

[VintageSwank1]

Vintage Patterns

If you are looking for original patterns we have over 1000. Most of our orginal patterns are form the 40s-60s. We have a ton more than listed on our site so let us know if you are looking for anything specific.

www.vintageswank.com

 

[MissTayva]

I have a bunch of patterns that I'm getting ready to take to a seamstress...
I am excited because I won't have to throw away a lot of money on some crappy repro (I am fed up with all of these reproduction brands... they either suck, as in are made from the wrong sort of fabric), and I don't want to browse forever to find the perfect vintage piece.

Do you ladies that sew have any good online resources for purchasing gabardine? I have found a few, but wasn't happy with the color selections.
I'd also like a Rayon blend, wool and I don't cooperate together

 

[ITG]

MissTayva, not sure if this might be what you're looking for, but check this out:
http://www.fashionfabricsclub.com/catalog_items.cfm?Query=wool+gab+8.00

 

[Lauren]

Vintage Patterns period.

Hello Gals,
I went to costume college out here in CA a few weekends ago and some lovely ladies had a booth selling repro vintage patterns. I told them I'd post about them here, so you can check it out. I haven't tried them yet, but they're supposed to be coming out with more as time goes on, and they revamp the instructions so that they are more "user friendly" and multiple sizes from 30" bust to 55" bust, kinda like making the old ones like the new ones, but retaining the vintage lines. Check it out here:

Decades of Style Pattern Company

 

[MissTayva]

Here is another new one!
http://www.scissorhappy.com/page/page/1744458.htm

She has her own pattern line (it's meager-- only a sarong and teatimer/tie top/capri... but then again, how often do you come across those sort of patterns?)... plus a whole bunch of vintage patterns!

 

[Lauren]

Those are really cute! Did you see the new sarong pattern Simplicity has?
Simplicity
Don't think it's that period acurate, but it sure is cute!

 

[MissTayva]

The link doesn't work! It takes me to some strange site with a PDF file about running Javascript. I'm interested in seeing it!

 

[Lauren]

Sorry bout that! Here's the page, and it's a few down. For some reason it's in the "fantasy/cultural" section.
Simplicity

 

[Vanessa]

Not quite a "new" pattern company - but have you seen the Vintage Vogue patterns? How accurate are they? I've had my eye on this one for awhile now.

 

[Lauren]

They're very accurate! When they were starting I used to see ads from Vogue that advertised that they would buy vintage patterns made from their company (they must have not kept many as history). They basically take the old patterns, make them modern sizing (I am supposing, since sizing was different back then), and elaborate on the sewing instructions. I don't think I've ever actually made one up, but I have several from when Joann has 75% off Vogue pattern sales every now and again.

 

[Lauren]

Here's a link to a thread we had a while back on Vintage Vogue patterns too:

 

[Vanessa]

Thanks, FEF. (fellow ebay fiend) We'll have to give them a go-round.

 

[Vanessa]

How many gals use outside (read: not yourself, or your mother) seamstresses? Have they been successful?

 

[Vanessa]

Guide to Pattern Collecting. . .

Just ran across this site & thought it might be of interest to some others. (I know Lauren's a pattern fiend, as our recent ebay adventures will testify)

A Beginner's Guide To Pattern Collecting

 

[Shorty]

Hey Girls! It's long time since visiting here...

Could you help me with sizing? I'm about to purchase the Simplicity sarong pattern but I'm not used to US sizes (I'm from Finland). My measurements are bust 38, waist 28 and hips 40 these are approx. measurements, what is my size, maybe 12????

P.S Sorry about my bad english, I'm trying to learn to write better in english all the time :cheers1:

 

[LaMedicine]

Whoops....
This one http://www.scissorhappy.com/catalog/item/1744449/1200908.htm looks familiar...I think it's the same one as for the skirt my mother made for me...
And I had a couple of the dress in the middle http://www.scissorhappy.com/catalog/item/1744449/1200906.htm in madrass print which was teenage vogue at the time...
My, my, how time flies

 

[Vanessa]

Shorty - I think you might be better off using size 14 or 16. It's been my experience with Simplicity that everything runs a tad large, though. So I usually cut one size smaller than given measurements. Your measurements are closer to a 16, so that's why I said 14.
(I'm making the same pattern right now for a trip to Hawaii in a few weeks).