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83,500 Vintage Sewing Patterns Put Into Online Database From Vogue, McCall’s, Butterick, And Simplicity

Whether you’re an expert costume designer or have ever aspired to sew your own clothes, there is now a website with 85,300 vintage sewing patterns on it, including patterns by McCall’s, ...

Many have fond memories of visiting the local fabric store with their mothers to sift through clothing patterns and remember when the sewing machine was just as much of a staple in the household as a computer is now. If you long to recreate those moments and sew your own clothes, the Vintage Patterns Wiki website has a massive selection of vintage sewing patterns available for you, none of which came after the year 1992.

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Competition | Tools by Hollie

Inaugural (sounds so official!) sewing competition brought to you by "Tools by Hollie" Start date to be announced shortly. Sign up to be notified! Get your creative juices flowing, your scissors sharpened and your pedal foot pumping to be in the chance of winning $2500 worth of prizes. There will be two choices of accessories for which to make a fabulous Continue Reading

Get your creative juices flowing, your scissors sharpened and your pedal foot pumping to be in the chance of winning $2500 worth of prizes.

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this is it. my last creation from my three week sewing class at #threadden. and it has proven to be very much more useful than expected. carries library books, snacks and shopping. a cute reversible pirate themed sling bag yay #piratesbecauseithoughtiwouldgivethistothekids #hennleysews #feelsgoodtomake (at Port Melbourne, Victoria)

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sewing class at #threadden on the weekend continued, and I made the clucky zig zag makeup bag. apparently the concept of a straight line does not exist between me and the janome lol #yepgettinggoodatsewingcrookedlines #yetanotherbagforthetoys #happywiththeendproductyay (at Thread Den)

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made a little phone cover at my first sewing lesson at #threadden and it’s sort of an odd size, won’t fit my phone but yay for my essential oils. and little kids toys when I get home. can’t wait to learn how to make my own cute #eo bags! #makingwithmyhands #sewingislife #essentialoilbagsinthemaking (at Fitzroy, Victoria)

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Vintage Clothing Sale

If you like treasures of decades gone by paired with your hand sewn beauties, you'll be very excited to hear that this weekend is one of Melbourne's biggest Vintage Sales.

Saturday 17th & Sunday 18th Mar. 10am to 4pm each day.  At Como House - click here for more details.  

More Vintage

You'll probably see a couple of your lovely Thread Den teachers there! If you want to learn more, you can also book in for the Vintage Fashion Collecting & Op Shopping Talk that Laura gives right here at Thread Den.  Or if you are inspired to make clothes from old patterns you can book into the workshop where we cover Understanding & Using Vintage Sewing Patterns.

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Looking for something to make? How about this versatile top from Canada’s Thread  Theory? Buy the pattern here.

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We love sewing with Knit Fabrics at Thread Den and Tilly has a new book to help you too! It looks like a great companion to our Knit Workshops.  Check it out here.