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06 Apr

“Make Do and Mend” – How War Time Created a Boom in the Fashion & Sewing Industry

“Make Do and Mend” – How War Time Created a Boom in the Fashion & Sewing Industry It was a time for rationing, and fashion was no exception. During the Second World War, people were forced to ration food, clothing, and everyday necessities. With only 66 coupons per year for clothing, fashion became a costly luxury, often each item requiring a high number of coupons to purchase. It was easy to become disheartened by the lack of resources. As coupon [...]

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10 Mar

How to Follow a Sewing Pattern

Here at The Vintage Pattern Shop, we share our passion for vintage clothing, offering the ability to reproduce authentic vintage pieces with original vintage sewing patterns and textiles. It can take years to become an expert seamstress or tailor and, in many social realms, creating a garment is a work of art. Fabric is a versatile creative medium to work with, offering endless possibilities and a unique form of self-expression – whether worn by the designer, client, or consumer. Sewing [...]

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16 Jun

A Decade of Extremes – Fabrics of the 1940s

By shopping at The Vintage Pattern Shop you can own a piece of the past with a vintage dress, a vintage blouse, or even a vintage apron. These beautiful items have been passed down to us in a form or state that means they will never wear out or get old. We have these items in pattern format, meaning that they can be created to the exact measurements and specifications that the designer originally intended, again and again. Beautifully [...]

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16 Jun

Sew in Woven Labels – Our Support of Creativity

So far, 2020 has been, for many, an unusual year. It has been a year of change, a year of solidarity and a year of making do with, and treasuring, what we have. People, all around the world, have embraced the opportunity to be creative and learn something new to be proud of. They are rightly proud, not just because they have learned new skills, or produced something new, but because they have taken a potentially difficult situation and [...]

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18 Mar

The History of Vintage Sewing Patterns

History, is the collection of events and actions that spans across a number of years, and continues to have a direct bearing on where we are, and who we are today. For example, the clothing worn by someone from one country can differ greatly from the code and style of dress worn by another. These fashions, and clothing styles can be as a direct result of their own individual culture and past. Traditional dress is usually called so, due [...]

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21 Feb

Giving Your Vintage Garment an Identity

Since The Vintage Pattern Shop opened its new virtual online doors in 2017 it has seen many iconic fashions and amazing vintage clothing and products pass through our webpages to your shopping baskets and sewing machines, and ultimately your homes and wardrobes. Since The Vintage Pattern Shop first began its journey we have steadily become the largest company to stock and sell vintage patterns to all fellow lovers of fashion and fashion history. In 2018 it was, therefore, [...]

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30 Jan

1950s Knitting Patterns

Although it seems knitting has and always will have its place in the history books, providing generations with beautiful vintage knitting patterns, the 50s knitting patterns available at The Vintage Pattern Shop have stemmed from an era when knitting was more popular than ever. The previous decade had seen war time make new styles and colour scarce, and knitting was more of a necessity. However, in the 1950s people craved change and a need to mark the times with brighter, [...]

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30 Jan

Vintage Knitting Patterns

Here at The Vintage Pattern Shop fashion is our passion. A catalogued history of fashion allows us, not just to see the styles and patterns of yesteryear, but to continue to create and wear these beautifully crafted garments. The art of knitting has always encouraged us to create and make clothing for ourselves and this is at the heart of what we love to do. Here we have a section on our website dedicated to providing you with a choice [...]

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30 Jan

Vintage Sewing Patterns – Newly Listed

At The Vintage Pattern Shop, in the pursuit of finding our fashion loving customers the most beautiful vintage patterns, we have an ever changing collection available. We know that sometimes you may be looking for specific vintage patterns for sale. We have therefore created a brand-new page to bring to your attention all of the newly listed vintage sewing patterns for sale on our website. The pursuit of fashion, new and old creates an obsession all of its own. Even [...]

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21 Jan

Destined to Design

Can a person really be born to do something? Not that it was felt within their very core that this endeavour was such a part of them they just had to do it, but that life, situation and circumstances meant that a person was never really going to do anything else. For example, a person born in the public eye may find, that regardless of personality or preference, they would one day be a celebrity of some sort. What, [...]

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