Howdy, Y’all. It’s time for a pattern roundup, since I’m absolute rubbish at remembering to post on the blog when I have new things to share!
This year I’ve been pretty slow, but I do have a few new goodies out.
The newest one, finished just this week, is this great girl’s 1916 dress. This one is popular at our house. Mine was made out of a nice, soft cotton plaid with cotton/linen accents and it’s very cool for warm weather.
My kiddo loves the big pockets, and how unrestrictive it is. The drop waist means nothing tugging at her waistline. I lengthened the skirt a bit for a taller child, and took in the circumference on my final version.
Next up, a mid 1930s girl’s dress, also size 6. I didn’t quite get around to making this up for her, since she hasn’t been a toddler for a while and the look might be too juvenille for an older girl. But who knows, there’s really no rules these days so we might just make it up anyways!
Historically, kid’s patterns don’t sell well for me, but I still keep working on some! There’s a big lack of options out there for 1930s and earlier children’s wear, and I feel these may be useful for both families and theatrical (or film) productions to have a base pattern to play with. I hope that the more I do, the more people will know there’s a source for early 20th century children’s clothes. Ah well!
Next up, this fabulous early 30s number. I love the cut-out sleeves and detachable peplum! This one I want to make up for myself (I even have fabric). I just need to size it up one size for me, which I’ll likely do by cheating out the side seams. But those sleeves made me a little hesitant to use my grading to offer it in multi-sizes, so hopefully folks who like it can be clever at enlarging or shrinking it on their own.
I was receiving grading help previously, for a few years. But, honestly, things have been so slow in pattern-land for the last several years that the last four or more projects never paid me back for my expenses of outsourcing, so I’m back to mostly doing it all myself. I can graded things myself, for sure, but some of the old shapes throw me (and honestly, even most modern pattern graders). So I’ll do it when I can, or when I believe a pattern will pay me back at least for my outlay. That’s why I’m doing a lot more single size. I LOVE the crazy historical cuts and think they deserve to get out there. But they’re not always the best at applying modern pattern grade rules on computer (after all, they were all hand-graded back then!).
However, I do have one I multi-sized earlier this year!
I was asked for this pattern probably over ten years ago, and I finally got around to doing it! This one is multi-size, with sizes 32″-44″ in the same “packet”. This one is a digital-only file, as the various cut lines on the pattern made it best for doing as a layered file. That way, you can select the size you want to print and not worry too much about the overlapping lines and where to cut.
Long-time blog readers may remember this photo of me. This is the same blouse, adapted here for a later teens/early 20s look. Same pattern!
Speaking of single size, this little bias-cut teddy is a new-ish offering, and comes in size 38″ bust. It would be so nice and silky to wear. I just love the illustration on this one.
And this 1920s coat in sice 40″ bust brings us to the finale of the pattern offerings from this year! I love the side drape on this, and the gigantic sleeves. Maria of Sew Through Time has actually made this, and the sleeves and collar are both suitably dramatic. You can see her video of making the coat here.
Ok, that’s about it!
As usual, you can find all these patterns on http://wearinghistorypatterns.com and http://wearinghistory.etsy.com
Happy sewing!
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