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| Butterick
is a name your mom would trust. The online catalog,
magazine, and e-mail list are worth a look, but the jewel
of the site is the Tech Center. This offers
body-measurement guides for both sexes and all ages,
fabric width conversion tables, and a FAQ. Sewing Today is a site for Butterick products, including I'll Teach Myself patterns for kids' clothing and a variety of how-to-books and videos. If you can't find it in Marketplace, use the Store Listings search engine to locate a retailer of Butterick patterns in your area. Patterns from the Past is a site filled with old-fashioned charm with patterns from the past. This site sells original, vintage, and out-of-print sewing patterns, along with older knitting, crochet, and tatting patterns. See how things measured up in the `30's or `40's for designers at pattern makers Butterick, McCall's, Simplicity, and Vogue, or prepare to marry in style with a vintage wedding gown. The University of Nebraska Extensions Online Textbook sorts out for you what's a knit, a microfiber, denim, or interfacings. Sewing For Children from the Mississippi State Extension Office provides tips on sewing clothes for children. British Custom Tailors is a site that provides online information on altering slacks or putting in hems. Janice's Sewing Cottage can provide you a quick shortcut on doing a zippers. Instructional Sewing Resources weaves numerous sites into a tapestry of practical guidance and oft-forgotten lore. You'll find links to an array of books and videos, and sewing courses worldwide. MiningCo.com's sewing page provides complete and completely free instructions for making flanged pillow shams for all sizes of bed pillows, crafting your own slippers, scoring a hand-made football pillow, and making a toy snake. McCall's Patterns Online provides some sections from the McCall's sewing catalog. Kwik Sew provides a full catalog of easy, fun patterns for making clothes for all ages and occasions. Stretch and Sew provides patterns for kit fabrics, activewear, sweats and more. Sewgrand Patterns provides styles for larger women, sizes 12 to 26. SewBaby! Patterns provides sewing information on jumpers, slings, diaper covers, booties, and more. Past Patterns provides styles from the 1830's to 1920's. Patterns from the Past provides original, vintage, and out-of-print patterns from the 1920's to today. *** None of these sites offers secure online ordering. |
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