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Wiki Has Released Over 83,500 Vintage Sewing Patterns Online For Download
moon child ^ | May 10, 2019 | staff

Posted on 12/11/2019 2:36:46 PM PST by Morgana

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Now I find out how many other girls here had Home Economics class!
1 posted on 12/11/2019 2:36:46 PM PST by Morgana
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To: Morgana

Lots are sexy but not slutty.


2 posted on 12/11/2019 2:39:49 PM PST by 2banana (My common ground with islamic terrorists - they want to die for allah and we want to kill them.)
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To: Morgana

“Katherine Hepburn pants.”

Seed of evil.


3 posted on 12/11/2019 2:42:12 PM PST by coaster123 (Distrust everyone under sixty.)
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To: Morgana
One of my hobbies used to be making costumes. I actually turned out to be a pretty fair hand with a scissors and a sewing machine.

I wonder if they have any costume patterns?

4 posted on 12/11/2019 2:45:30 PM PST by DiogenesLamp ("of parents owing allegiance to no oither sovereignty.")
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To: Morgana

My Home Ec teacher told me the pattern I selected was to difficult for my first project.

So I took the chosen pattern home and brought a really simple A-line to school for my first project.

The A-line dress fell apart the first time in the wash. This was after I followed every stinky stupid bit of instruction from her.

The chosen pattern? I wore it until it fell apart. My mom supervised me and didn’t touch a thread, bobbin, or scissors; she said it was to be all my doing. She just wanted to make sure I didn’t hurt her sewing machine.

LOL

It all depends on who’s teaching the skill!

It is such a shame they don’t do sewing classes these days.


5 posted on 12/11/2019 2:46:10 PM PST by Notthereyet (NotThereYet)
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To: Morgana

Not the wiki leaks doc dump I was expecting.


6 posted on 12/11/2019 2:46:30 PM PST by Wayne07
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To: DiogenesLamp

I hear ya sis, I did the same. Just have to look! They probably do.


7 posted on 12/11/2019 2:47:34 PM PST by Morgana ( Always a bit of truth in dark humor.)
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To: Morgana

8 posted on 12/11/2019 2:50:30 PM PST by fishtank (The denial of original sin is the root of liberalism.)
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To: Morgana
I hear ya sis, I did the same. Just have to look! They probably do.

Not a sis. Am a rather unusual fellow. I looked to see if they had a search function, but I didn't see one.

I'll book mark it though. Never can tell when I might have a need for a pattern for a costume.

Since this is soon going to be 2020, I was thinking of doing some costumes for some retro 1920s.

9 posted on 12/11/2019 2:51:03 PM PST by DiogenesLamp ("of parents owing allegiance to no oither sovereignty.")
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To: Morgana

HA HA
I learned from my mother, who was an expert seamstress, partly due to she had limitless creativity and problem-solving abilities. She would just “figure it out” (which also applied to all types of needlecrafts, woodworking, etc.).

I did take lessons, just because she was teaching them, at the YWCA for a few weeks one summer. But no Home Ec class.

WOW I don’t think I need 83,000 more patterns, though! I have plenty to work through. Hoping I still have the desire and ability to sew, when I reach retirement and expect to have the time to sew. It is very therapeutic for me.


10 posted on 12/11/2019 2:51:10 PM PST by NEMDF
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To: Morgana

I can’t find the actual pattern pieces. Maybe I’m looking for something that isn’t there.


11 posted on 12/11/2019 2:52:02 PM PST by Baldwin77 (They hated Reagan too ! TRUMP TOUGH - AMERICA STRONG)
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To: Notthereyet

I remember my first project and you know what? I still have it! Can’t fit into it but still have it.

It was this skirt. I remember because my teacher was shocked at how fast I learned and completed it. I was too. I thought I’d fail the class and I made a B.

https://www.amazon.com/Simplicity-Pattern-Trimmed-Quilted-Mcclintock/dp/B00A1PQBY8


12 posted on 12/11/2019 2:52:59 PM PST by Morgana ( Always a bit of truth in dark humor.)
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To: Morgana

If only it was as easy now to find nice fabric...


13 posted on 12/11/2019 2:54:57 PM PST by mewzilla (Break out the mustard seeds.)
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To: fishtank

Can’t touch this


14 posted on 12/11/2019 2:55:47 PM PST by crosdaddy (Arl)
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To: Morgana

I would be happy if I could see well enough to just sew buttons on. Although part of the problem is that years of sheetmetal work has left me with reduced feeling in my fingertips.


15 posted on 12/11/2019 2:55:59 PM PST by MrEdd (Caveat Emptors)
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To: DiogenesLamp

Sorry about that.

Do this google costume patters then find company and number then go back an search that way. I noticed they do have company and number listed.


16 posted on 12/11/2019 2:57:08 PM PST by Morgana ( Always a bit of truth in dark humor.)
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To: Morgana

Morgana, you are wonderful! The very first pattern that caught my eye on the front page is the coat my wife has been wanting and even in the right size! We like doing projects together and she’s been wanting me to show her how to make clothes from a pattern. She’ll be in heaven!

Thank you so much!

Oh. Sorry. Not a girl. I was raised by women, two of whom were seamstresses. To not learn to sew was blasphemy, to not learn embroidery was heresy. :)


17 posted on 12/11/2019 2:57:09 PM PST by Retrofitted
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To: Baldwin77

Nevermind. Looks like you buy the patterns - $125 each. No thanks.


18 posted on 12/11/2019 2:57:48 PM PST by Baldwin77 (They hated Reagan too ! TRUMP TOUGH - AMERICA STRONG)
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To: Morgana

Thank you so much for this post. I learned to sew from my mother. She learned from her paternal grandmother. I taught my daughters and granddaughters.


19 posted on 12/11/2019 2:57:57 PM PST by wintertime ( Behind every government school teacher stand armed police.( Real bullets in those guns on the hip!))
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I think Laz would look great in a pair of those!


20 posted on 12/11/2019 2:58:07 PM PST by Morgana ( Always a bit of truth in dark humor.)
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