Patterns from the Past

Every year the 2nd grade classes from my town go to the local Garrison House . They dress up in "Colonial" style clothing. The gi...

In the past few years I have had discussions with Girl Scouts in my town about doing her Gold Award around having our town not use plastic...

Between 1949 and 1950 Simplicity produced a line of patterns. They started the same time as Vogue's Paris Originals Line. The pattern...

I will be hosting a 1950's tea party at Costume Con 26 in San Jose, CA and giving a talk about the history of sewing patterns. This brin...

In honor of Mr. Roger's 80th birthday - March 20th, 2008 is " sweater day ". I grew up watching Mr. Rogers. I loved the sh...

One of the most memorable clothing exhibits I saw the Yves Saint Laurent retrospective at the Metropolitan Museum of Art in 1983. I clearly ...

Not one but two teen idols wore double breasted coats for the Macy's Parade! I really liked Jordin's coat, but Ashley's had W...

Prince William and Kate Middleton will be married at the end of April. Let's take a moment to look at Will's mom's famous gown...

Halloween is one of my favorite holidays. I love sewing costumes for my kids and seeing all the creative costumes out there. Let's go ...

Every once in a while I get an order for a Butterwick pattern. Who was Butterwick, and when did they produce patterns? The Butterick Patte...