I heard McCall's released more "Reproduction" vintage sewing patterns 

I bought that one too! It *looks* like it could be a really cute casual apron/dress, even if it isn't authentic.

9386 1960s vintage from simplicity is one I thought looked interesting but it's not current. Mccalls 8379 looks nice, but we have so many options for cute dresses! You choose, I will totally enjoy watching 😂

'At some point this summer a thrifted bedsheet will meet it's doom.' 😂😂😂

I had authentic wrap dress by Diane von Furstenberg, now being worn by my daughter's best friend. She fell in love with it.

It will be recreated to something useful. That’s awesome 😊

Yep! No response is Simplicity's way of showing customers how much they care.

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They need some kind of vote.

Re-releasing the original pattern isn't always possible. It's possible that they only have the rights to publishing a pattern for a set amount of time before these rights revert back to the original designer, at which point they would have to repurchase the publishing rights. Oooor they could take the old silhouette and remake it with modern patterning standards/techniques which is a lot cheaper, plus then they would likely have the rights to publish forever.

I found a Gunne Sax Simplicity 9008 in a box of patterns at an estate sale. $6 for the whole box. I could not believe it. It's a pattern size 12, but I did not care. I may have cried a little.

As a 64 yo woman, who lost her tiny problematic waistline decades ago,, I understand completely why things are changing so much and what a nightmare has been caused for the pattern companies! Trying to learn how to accommodate my obesity by making my own clothing is a nightmare. Made almost all of my clothing since age 13 up to 32, due to a very short torso and very long legs with that now sorely missed tiny waist. Now, I'm basically an apple size 20 with size 28 "girls" on a size 9 frame. How should any pattern company be able to accommodate that? "Matrons" in 1969 did not wear the same clothing as a teen or twenty something then. If one wore an "18 hour bra" at any time, that person never left the house in a "sundress" with skimpy straps. A person larger than a size 16 virtually never went sleeveless in public. In 1969, Haight-Ashbury was all the rage coming out of Hollywood, but 16 to 25 year olds in the rest of the country, would still tuck their "cross your heart" bra straps in under the dress straps, because they were comfortable wearing the varying amounts of padding available in their bras. Modesty was still a "thing" in most of the country. Today, 55 year olds want to dress "young", yet even if weight proportionate the two ages of bodies are not the same. As I began my new sewing journey, I was amazed to realize my hips were only 1" larger than they were 40 years ago though I recognized my bum was flatter. So, just add to the waistline, right? Wrong? Learning to use the timer on my cell phone camera became my best fitting tool. One day I realized what used to be a round "oft admired" bum, was now dangling very low below its original positioning. How should a pattern company accommodate that on one set of patterns made for "all ages"? Then there is the posture issue. Even small slim young people today can have atrocious posture due to computer usage. A dropped shoulder, forward shoulders, and a rounded back are common in teens and 20-somethings today, whereas those issues were mostly seen in office workers over the ago of 50 back then. Add to that the fact that patterns were printed and sold in specific sizes whereas now, everyone expects an extensive size range. The fact is, a size 24 dress pattern can never be nothing more than a size 6 graded up if the wearer expects to look her best when finished. No matter how many DEI lectures one is subjected to, naked back fat isn't attractive to the overwhelming majority of human eyes. It is not possible to know how each individual human body - especially women - will store its extra weight. My BIL has probably gained 60 pounds since I met him almost 40 years ago. At 5'10" tall, he has somehow managed to carry his weight exactly where the manufacturers expect it to be. I bought him a new sports coat for Xmas a few years ago. He was appalled that I'd purchased it 2 sizes bigger than his decade old clothing. It fit him perfectly! Didn't even need to hem the sleeves. How I envied that fit! There is no answer for determining fit at this time. It is why women's clothing off the rack is offered almost exclusively in polyester stretchy goo fabric. Too bad we're not as "in shape" as the crew on the Enterprise. And, no, that's not "body shaming", it's merely a statement of fact.

I read an article that said they didn't retain copies of their original patterns. So they have me designers recreate them from the photos and the fit and design is not identical. At one point they were actually asking for people to send them old patterns!

Vogue, occasionally, runs a contest/request for vintage patterns. The other brands (probably) run a picture through a computer, then add the needed physical measurements to a CAD machine.....the problem is this: humans are rounded forms, and computers prefer pixels/cubic inches/feet/centimeters.....

My thoughts exactly. I just bought the Laura Ashley robe pattern, and I’m so excited to make it! Finally a pretty robe to make that’s in my size! All of the modern robe patterns that are out are plain and boring to me. True vintage patterns are often pretty but not in my particular size.

My major disappointment is the incredibly limited size range 🙃

And those are the "real" Laura Ashley styles, not that balderdash (malarkey?) they were awkwardly racing for in the 90s. I would've set my hair on fire in the store if I thought it would've done something. On a brighter note, I do have both of the Laura Ashley home decor sewing books and they're really worth their weight in gold.

I love the Laura Ashley pattern

OOO! I will have to go watch it!

@@StephanieCanada it wasn't that long ago. She did a series of asymmetrical outfits & I particularly remember that one.

I think Bianca's done most of the 40's styles. I love her sardonic humour. So similar to Stephanie's 😂

​@@StephanieCanada It has the benefit of being more generally about how to add gathering to your blocks, akin to her video on how shift darts and the one where she shows how she converts from darts to princess seams.

I am so over the reproductions. They are Halloween costumes gone bad. You rock 9n, and your taste SHOULD BE EVERYONES

This is what I keep saying! People want Gunne Sax! Figure it out big corporation!

I've never even heard of gunne sax patterns...can't wait to check them out!

Oh! I see..they are those prairie/Victorian looking dresses. I now know the back story about the 1969 shop in San Francisco 😄

I had a Gunne Sax dress in ‘79. My bff bought the same dress too. We loved it

Just sold my Gunne Sax wedding dress from 1977. Size 5. It wasn't a wedding dress specifically but it was absolutely perfect for me. Pleated cotton gauze with embroidered trim. Just perfect.

They usually just add ease because of the knowledge base of the consumer nowadays. I think I was one of the last classes to get a "home ec" course in HS.

@@StephanieCanada I had home ec in the early 90s but they taught us how to use a sewing machine, just the basics, and we didn't learn A THING about fit. I still have no idea what proper fit feels like.

@@bunhelsingslegacy3549 I've been trying to find an explanation of what particular darts etc do so I can know what patterns won't work for me before I get to the trying the dress on stage.

As someone with boobs 18 cm bigger measument the waist they also sit better on how they look on.

Thank you so much! It feels good to be back!

Amen to that!

I will work on finding the original!

​@@StephanieCanadaI would so love that!

They didn't keep a backstock. They would just cycle thru them. Back in the late 90's early 00's they asked for donations of old patterns (didn't pay anyone, ugh) to get some back.

​@StephanieCanada Unbelievable, you'd think... But, didn't they start with a design drawing? Seems like they'd be able to recreate the process. Maybe the market is just too small to be profitable enough.

Personally, 80s are my favorite, but there are FAR more interesting patterns than that robe, that's for sure.

RIGHT?! But also, if you are gonna commit to 80's, commit FULLY! Do the CRAZY patterns, not a nightgown!

@@StephanieCanada And they don't even have to be that crazy to be distinctly 80s. I've got my eye on some simple t-shirt patterns that are very unique to the decade, yet totally wearable. And I made a VERY 80s coat this year and got so many compliments on it. You just have to remember to grade for the lack of shoulder pads. 🤣

It really is hit or miss, isn't it?

I feel your pain... I was born in the 70s and now my childhood is "vintage"...

Having lost 30 pounds due to a health incident (I had them to lose, and I'm fine now), I decided to go through my old patterns in storage to find some that would work for new clothing. Anyone want an army of 1970s bathrobe patterns? Why did I buy so many? The ones I pulled out were from the 1980s, a couple of dresses without the massive shoulder pads, and some skirts. Weird to think that patterns I bought brand new are now vintage. I can't be that old ... can I?

@@shavonwalker2550 I was born in '64 and I've even seen my teen years (80s) described as "vintage" on way too many occasions.

@@expatpiskie Strap in, Dear Humans, it only gets weirder from here. I type as someone born into 1968. Of allllll the things designers could choose from the 20th century what are they currently squirrel-ing away on as a callback - 1980's shoulder pads. It's going to make it harder to squeeze oneself onto public transport... On the upside, the Kiddos are starting to hunt down the music and the consensus is... it didn't suck after all. So. Winning? - Cathy (&, accidently, Steve), Ottawa/Bytown/Pimisi

"Vintage" tends to be considered as 30 years. So, yeah... we're getting into the 90s being considered vintage now....

OH NO!!! YIkes!

Two feet! I guess if you go down the rabbit hole with Alice and find the drink that makes you grow, those are the pants you want to be wearing!

I also think the bodice is too blocky for the reproduction, which didn't help.

The edge looked like it might be piped, not top-stitched, in the sketch. The new photo showed nothing

Oh, I’d love to buy them off you! I’m a budding seamstress and I love vintage patterns, but they’re kind of hard to come by. I even got my grandmother’s professional Singer sewing machine from the 1950s/60s to match! Or maybe you could upload them online for people to download, but I’m not sure how that would work with copyright stuff.

@@kristinastone7838 I currently have them in a storage unit but can contact you when recovered if you like...

Did you ever recover your patterns? I would be interested in buying some of them from you.

Yes, but you only earned $2/hour in those days :)

@@paulabroussard1824 I earned 65c an hour in 1960 at Woolworth's.

My thoughts exactly...maybe they don't have access to those old patterns.

The big companies didn't keep an archive. Put all that work into a numbering system. And they didn't keep a copy of anything. I doubt there's even photos of the pattern covers. Zip. Zero. Nadda. - Cathy (&, accidently, Steve), Ottawa/Bytown/Pimisi

@@stevezytveld6585 that's pretty likely....but If I can find vintage (original) patterns online.....why can't they???????? ( Frustrated here)

Correct. They did not keep an archive, and so far only Vogue was known to get back old patterns to re-make them (sometimes they include the name of the donor), but they didn't pay for them, so there is also THAT. Vogue relied on donations... VOGUE

Look up the definition of "ephemera"

Thank you!

😎 accurate

I was thinking the same thing.

My work, that then fired me without cause 2 weeks later...

@@StephanieCanada did you file a claim with Workmens Comp to treat your injury? Then you can file for unemployment, because that’s some bullshit right there

@@StephanieCanada WOW!

Thank you! (Shows how often I go their site...)

Amazing!!!!

Yup! I did a whole video about “why are patterns so small” and found out just that!

Oh maybe! That is a fun idea. Let me see how my wrist is feeling. It may have to be a mid-summer project.

"Glorified apron" Yep. I saw the line drawings and thought "I could cut most of the back off and have a great apron" LOL

Yes I did! My most recent video on this (the Butterick Tie shoulder dress) shows completed mock ups.

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I love it so much I bought a desk one too, for every day use.

I've tried a few commercial patterns and though I'm not plus sized, my measurements and proportions are nonstandard. For example if I try to use a Mood pattern, my hips are a size 8, my bust is a size 12 and my waist is... size 18. So yeah that makes for all kinds of fun when trying to use patterns... if it was just a matter of making it bigger, most patterns that have multiple sizes on the same pattern, you can sort of see how to upsize it further, but if I were just to go buy a size 12 pattern, it's sure not going to look like what's on the package by the time I get done the mockups to make it fit my "brick with boobs" shape! I have measured the pants I wear that don't slide off my hips to be 32" from button to buttonhole and that's the measurement I have to use for any weightbearing waistband. Even though my actual comfortably snug tape measure measurement says something closer to 36", if I wear pants with actual waist measurement of 34" or larger, they slide off over my hips, with the button done up. Thankfully I can just shop in the mens' department for pants because apparently my hip to waist ratio is pretty accurate to what the standard is for men, but yeah, next time I try to sew my own pants, they're going to either be traced off existing pants I wear and know the fit of, or they're going to be self-drafted based on the (free PDF) Keystone Dress and Jacket Cutter's trouser drafting instructions. Best of luck on your endeavours, and I hope if you can't find patterns in your size, that you figure out how to alter them propery to fit you. Sacrificing bedsheets to the mockup gods has been the best thing I've ever learned from all the sewing youtubers.