Patterns from the Past

There are  a variety of things you can do with vintage sewing patterns.  One of the many uses of the sewing patterns is as a costumes for th...

In my business you never know what you are going to find when you acquire a new lot of patterns.  I always wonder who the person was who had...

Do you remember wearing Dr. Denton's as a kid?  I have been seeing a lot blanket sleepers for the whole family lately. In the late 198...

Over the summer I was contacted by the costume department from the TV show: American Horror Story . Simplicity 3316 I waited w...

Time: the late 1940's early 50's.  The world is at war.  How did it effect sewing patterns in England? I had the opportunity to...

Simplicity 3309 In the Spring of 2009 my company was contacted by the costuming department for the TV show Mad Men . Season 3 had several p...

McCall's 7081 Every once in a while the owner of Patterns from the Past, Michelle Lee , gets her moment of fame. Here are a few blogs ...

McCall's 5550 Pierre Cardin The TV show Mad Men starts August 16th. Banana Republic held a casting call contest. When I was in San Fr...

Simplicity Designer's Pattern 8283 Patternreview.com is hosting a Vintage Sewing Pattern Contest .  First prize is a $100 gift certific...

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...