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Patterns from the Past

Sewing fills my days, not to mention the living room, bedroom, and closets. ~Author Unknown

About Me

Owner of Patterns from the Past for 10 + years.

Patterns from the Past (www.oldpatterns.com) sells original, dress and vintage costume patterns. My items are original, recently out of print and vintage sewing patterns of all kinds, and older knitting, crochet and tatting patterns and shuttles. I have thousands of sewing patterns!Please swing by my website to see what I have in stock!

I have been involved with researching Historical Fashion for 20 years.

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My Interests

Girl Scouting , Vintage Fashion, Sewing patterns, Vintage Dancing , letterboxing and contra dancing.

I'd like to meet:

People interested in Vintage Sewing, Vintage Fashions, Vintage Dancing, Historical Sewing, Retro Fashion, Fashion Design, Rockabilly, and Swing era fashion!

Music:

They Might Be Giants, Elvis Costello, The LeeVees, Bond, Klezmatics, Ben Folds.

Movies:

Roxanne, Singing in the Rain

Television:

So You Think You Can Dance?, Dancing with the Stars, Project Runway, Ugly Betty, Men in Tree's, Top Chef

Books:

Memoirs of a Geisha, The Eyre Affair, Time And Again, Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone

Heroes:

Juliette Gordon Low

My Blog

Vintage Sewing Pattern Contest w/ prizes from www.oldpatterns.com!

Vogue 7400 - dress and boleroPatternreview.com is having a Vintage Sewing Pattern Contest this month. Get out your favorite original pattern from the 1920s - 75s and get sewing! My company is spons...
Posted by Patterns from the Past on Thu, 15 May 2008 07:06:00 PST

Black Meringue Magazine - Spring 2008

My company got mentioned in Black Meringue magazine! An alternative British Wedding magazine under the topic of something old. Pretty cool, ehh??...
Posted by Patterns from the Past on Wed, 19 Mar 2008 10:26:00 PST

Overall madness on Project Runway

Either you love or hate Jillian Lewis's overall look on Project Runway. Can't draft your own patterns? I can't either. Here are some patterns to get you started. McCall's 5338 McCall's 6242 Vogue ...
Posted by Patterns from the Past on Tue, 18 Dec 2007 07:19:00 PST

The age of elegance!

Where would you wear this dress? To a night at the opera? An amazing dinner? A gala event? - You tell me!Simplicity 8036 - designed in 1949...
Posted by Patterns from the Past on Sun, 07 Oct 2007 07:54:00 PST

Welcome to the 60s!

Did you love the fashions from the movie Hairspray? Are you a 1962 wanna be? Sew some groovy authentic fashions!These patterns are by the Advance Pattern company. ...
Posted by Patterns from the Past on Mon, 13 Aug 2007 07:14:00 PST

Vintage Sewing Pattern Contest w/ prizes from www.oldpatterns.com!

Patternreview.com http://sewing.patternreview.com is having a Vintage sewing pattern contest from August 1  September 30, 2007 http://sewing.patternreview.com/cgi-bin/contestreport.pl?C.. 53 You have...
Posted by Patterns from the Past on Tue, 07 Aug 2007 07:10:00 PST

Release your inner Bettie Page or Betty Grable!

Sew your own 1950's or 60s bathing suit using original sewing patterns from that era! I just added new bikini and one piece bathing suit patterns from the 1950s - present day.http://www.oldpatterns.c...
Posted by Patterns from the Past on Sat, 21 Jul 2007 06:46:00 PST

The quest is on

I'm searching for the instructions for this pattern. Check out my blogger page to see why and what it is a pattern of....
Posted by Patterns from the Past on Wed, 02 May 2007 01:23:00 PST

Slip into something retro!

Wanna be completely retro! Try making your own underwear! Check them out at Patterns from the Past ...
Posted by Patterns from the Past on Sat, 14 Apr 2007 06:23:00 PST

Suits me!

Wanna look smartly dresses? Try suiting up in one of these!You can find them at Patterns from the Past! ...
Posted by Patterns from the Past on Thu, 05 Apr 2007 09:48:00 PST