Butterick $2.88 Sale

Heads up, it's Butterick sale time (again), this time all current patterns are $2.88 including the Retro range.  Is it me, or has the retro range shrunk? And why don't McCall's have one I wonder?

I am only just starting to find some of the great repro patterns that are now long out-of-print a second time.  These two lovelies arrived in the post this morning:

There seems to have been a spate of scallop hem tutorials recently so perfect skirt pattern to complement those, I have some brown crepe looking for the perfect pattern partner. The misses and girls coat pattern includes misses S to L and girls sizes 2 to 8 in the one envelope - what value!

I've blogged before of my love for mother-daughter patterns, but is it a little sad or is it cute? (Bearing in mind my daughter is not quite 2 and too young to choose what she wears, although I do ask her opinion and she's very good at demonstrating when she doesn't want to wear something!)

Happy Thursday!

SALE: Heyday Vintage Style

Mary Dress

Starting Thursday, January 13th, Heyday Vintage Style is having their first ever sale! Lots of pretty dresses and blouses. Click here to shop.

(I hope this is OK to post here. I know how much everyone loves vintage and vintage-inspired fashion here.)

Sewing pattern obsession yields blog #2....

Hello, everyone!

My name is Jace and I'm an avid lover of vintage patterns.  Some of you may know me as Pattern Junkie from my blog of the same name.

My pattern obsession has resulted in a second blog, The Straight Grain, which I just launched this week.  The Straight Grain is devoted to sewing pattern news: giveaways, sales, contests, new styles, you name it!  If you have a pattern shop or blog, no matter what size, let me know about your sales, contests, etc.  I want this to be a resource for my much-beloved sewing patterns community -- enjoy!  You can message me through blogger or reach me at thestraightgrain (at) gmail (dot) com.

Also, as I'm not a graphic designer, I welcome any constructive comments on my blog design, which I'm still playing around with.  Is it too basic?  Too green?  Too anything else?

Thanks for your help, and I hope you enjoy the blog!

Vintage Pattern Sale

I really enjoy reading and submitting pictures of my projects to this blog. It's so fun to see how all the patterns make up and to find other people who appreciate vintage styles.

To get to my point: I have an Etsy shop where I have crafts and vintage patterns. I'm trying to clear the vintage patterns out, though, and have started a new shop dedicated to vintage patterns and a few supplies. To hasten the clearing, I'd like to offer a special sale for readers of the Sew Retro blog.

All of the vintage patterns in my Butterfly Blue shop are Buy One, Get One Half Off. When you check out, put "Sew Retro BOGO" in the comments to seller section and do not pay immediately through Paypal. I will send you a revised invoice through Paypal with the appropriately adjusted amount. The half off pattern must be of equal or lesser value. The half off applies only to the purchase price, not shipping, although I will weigh the items and charge only actual postage in the revised invoice, which may be lower than the combined postage listed on Etsy.

A second option, for those of you who like surprises and living dangerously, is Buy One, get a FREE surprise pattern (in the same measurements as the pattern bought, unless requested otherwise). The free pattern will most likely be from the 1960's or 1970's (no 1980's, I promise), and will be from my large stash of patterns that I have not listed on Etsy yet. I will go through to make sure all the pieces are present. Put "Sew Retro Free Surprise" in the Notes to Seller at checkout, and pay as usual. If you have a particular hankering for a vintage bathrobe/housecoat pattern, put that in the "Notes to Seller" as well, because I have quite a supply of those in a range of sizes.

Hope this post isn't breaking any Sew Retro rules. I do usually try to keep blatant promotion of my shop out of my posts here.

This sale is good for as long as I have any patterns in my Butterfly Blue shop.