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A couple of Threads Magazine links
- Threads Magazine: basic pattern grading A slash-and-spread method for re-sizing vintage patterns
- Threads Magazine: Working with vintage patterns Useful article on the basics written by Alexandra Reynolds who owns the vintage pattern Web site EvaDress.com
Free Sewing Patterns For Frugal Seamstresses
- Craft Stew “…. a firm believer that sewers can never have too many free patterns. With that in mind…”
- Soubrette Vintage ” Here you’ll find links to download completely free, completely adorable vintage sewing patterns. Updated regularly with new finds.”
- The Threadful Truth A website created to share free tutorials on anything sewing;
- The Vintage Pattern Files A link library of free vintage knitting, crochet and sewing patterns scattered across the web
- Va-Voom Vintage “For all of my fellow frugal crafters out there, I’ve collected a bunch of vintage or vintage-inspired free sewing, knitting and crochet patterns for you….”
- Yo Elijo Coser Spanish site with many many links to free patterns from all over the web
I shop, you shop, we shop
- Ichiroya Kimono Flea market vintage kimono from Japan
- Miss L Fire SHOES!!
- Remix Vintage Shoes Vintage style shoe heaven
Inspiration & Eye-candy
- AdvancedStyle Wonderful site celebrating older women of style- “Old is the new gold”
- Antique and Vintage Dress Gallery Inspirations and things to drool over
- Fab Gabs Great vintage Etsy shop
- Glamour Splash
- My Vintage Vogue great for inspiration
- Salon of the Dames gorgeous vintage clothing to ‘Ooooh’ over
- Silent Ladies & Gents great photo galleries of movie stars from the era of silent films
- Silver Screen Loungerie
- Theatre of Fashion Fashion, Film, Performance
- Torso Vintages Gorgeous and inspirational gallery!
- Vintage Textile best of the best for antique and vintage clothing
- Vintageous “Vintage clothing for everyone”
It isn't all about what to wear...
- Blackbird Tea Rooms, Brighton retro tea rooms and good cakes
- Brave Tart the best instructions to make French Macarons and other yummy stuff
- Janet Klein & Her Parlour Boys “throwback flapper…Klein is a channel to a definitive time in American music when Eton crops were the rage and batting-eyes meant you had a live one on your hands. “
- Spitalfields Life
Large Format Printing Services
- CAD to Print UK An online print service that does up to A0 (33″x47″) b&w prints from emailed pdfs and posts them back to you.
- FedEx (incorporating Kinkos) US will print and mail large format from an emailed pdf
- OfficeWorks AU
- Plan Printing 24 UK
- Staples USA
Really Useful Books
- Classic tailoring Techniques / Women's Wear
- Couture Sewing Techniques
- Forties Fashion: From Siren Suits to the New Look My favourite book 40’s fashions
- Tailoring: Traditional and Contemporary Techniques
- Vintage Hairstyling: Retro Styles with Step-by-Step Techniques very helpful to the hair style challenged (like me!)
Stock That Fabric Stash
- Barkcloth Hawaii (USA) Hawaiian fabrics …from Hawaii !
- Ditto Fabrics (UK) Great fabric shop in Brighton & mail order too
- Dragonfly Fabrics (UK) I’ve bought here a few times, lovely quality & fast delivery. Not cheap though.
- Fabric Tales (Japan) Fab Japanese fabric shop, I haven’t ordered from them myself yet but certainly intend to!
- Fancy Moon (UK) great range of cotton fabrics
- KimoYes (AU) vintage kimono fabric, relatively fast delivery to UK.
- Vintage Fabric Addict (AU) Great fabrics… wish they were in the UK :(
Vintage Patterns: sites to buy originals or copies.
- 1942 Harriet Pepin- trouser drafting make those 1940’s style Katharine Hepburn slacks!
- Eva Dress Many reproduction vintage patterns, good prices
- Mrs. Depew Vintage Mainly Coup Eclair/Haslam style draft-at-home-patterns – lots to choose from
- So Vintage Patterns I’ve bought a fair few here… but generally quite pricey
- The Vintage Knitting Lady If I could only knit…
- Vintage Pattern Lending Library good reproduction patterns but expensive shipping to UK :(
- Vintage Sewing Patterns Wiki A link to various vintage pattern re-sellers .
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