By now I'm sure most sewists have heard the news that our beloved Big Four paper patterns have been sold to a liquidator. The idea that we might lose pattern patterns altogether, along with the only North American presses that can even print tissue, is very sad. (Full story here).
I have been sewing with paper patterns my whole life -- in fact I still have the first paper pattern I ever used! I love the ease of use, and the cover art, just the whole package. Good thing I have a large collection.
But my local fabric store is selling off their paper patterns & then that's it. So I decided to take advantage of the sale, at least for the Butterick & McCalls patterns on my wishlist. (Vogue are still too expensive for me).
These are the ones I picked up.
I will look for a few more on my list but I am still hoping that some company somewhere will buy them & get them running again.
I have patterns that had no printing on them from clothes I made in the 1950s. All marks were perforations only. Now I have over six banker boxes full of patterns and don't know what to do with the "ordinary" patterns. Lots of Issey Miyake patterns that can be sold. It's time to do something with them. Ideas welcome.
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