This page contains all of my vintage makes. Most of them are made from either reissue or original patterns, with a few self-drafted items at the bottom. They are ordered by pattern brand, but entirely random in terms of either creation date or pattern date.
Butterick
I hadn't realised just how many Butterick patterns I had made up until I came to put this page together. A few are definite candidates for re-use.
Butterick 6877 (the Rosalind dress) - 1954 original
Butterick 6582 - 1960 reissue
Butterick 5748 - 1960 reissue
Butterick 4384 - 1967 original
Butterick 5716 - 1953 reissue
Butterick 6620 - 1953 original, worn with self-drafted pom-pom skirt
Butterick 2535 - 1943 original
Butterick 6866 - 1954 original
Simplicity
Some you win, some you lose. Simplicity reissue 1777, with some vintage improvements taken from the original version (4463) is one of my favourite patterns - hence the three versions of the reissue and two of the original. Simplicity 1587 however remains the worst thing I have ever made!
Simplicity 1777, version 1 - 1940s reissue with a few period tweaks
Simplicity 1777, version 2 - includes some features from the 1942 original
Simplicity 1777, version 3 - includes some features from the 1942 original
Simplicity 4463, version 1 - drafted from the 1942 original
Simplicity 4463, version 2 - drafted from the 1942 original
Simplicity 1587 (aka The Dress of Frump) - 1940s reissue
Simplicity 4896 - 1944 original, worn with Vogue 7464 (hat) and Vogue 9546 (dress)
Simplicity 2683, version 1 - 1948 original
Simplicity 2683, version 2 - 1948 original
Simplicity 6563 - 1974 original
Simplicity 8243 - 1940s reissue, worn with self-drafted skirt
Style
Style was one of my favourite brands when I first started dressmaking, and now I have a particular soft spot for Style patterns from 1979. I'm slowly expanding into other years as well!
Style 2912, version 1 - 1979 original
Style 2630 - 1979 original
Style 2912, version 2 - 1979 original
Style 2833 - 1979 original
Style 1462 - 1976 original
Style 1195 - early 1960s (?) original, with self-drafted skirt
Style 1271, view B - 1964/5 (?) original
Style 1271, view C - 1964/5 (?) original
Style 2911 - 1979 original
Vogue
I'm not sure if this is still that case, but initially Vogue was the only one of the Big 4 pattern companies to create reissue patterns from the original pattern pieces rather than the pattern envelope illustration. To modern eyes, this can make for some odd pattern shapes and unfamiliar construction techniques, but I (mostly) enjoy the challenge of making them!
Vogue 2787, version 1 - 1948 reissue
Vogue 2787, version 2 - 1948 reissue
Vogue 8789 - 1957 reissue
Vogue 9546, version 1 - 1942 original
Vogue 8686 - 1933 reissue
Top Vogue 2859, version 1 - 1935 reissue
Bottom Vogue 8388 - 1972 original
Vogue 2401 - 1952 reissue
Vogue 7422 - 1951 original
Vogue 5215 - 1961 original
Vogue 9546, version 2 - 1942 original
Vogue 2859, version 2 - 1935 reissue
Vogue 2787, version 3a - 1948 reissue
Vogue 2787, version 3b - 1948 reissue
Self-drafted and other
Drafting my own patterns is one of the (many, many) things which I really enjoy doing, but don't do enough of. Non-'Big 4' patterns are also in this section.
'Vegas Night' dress
Late 50s/early 60s pinafore dress
CC41 dress, version 1
CC41 dress, version 2
'Autumn Roses' dress worn with 'Autumn Roses' hat
Maudella 4267 - late 1940s/early 1950s (?) original
'Holly' dress - 1955 (adapted from Butterick 5748)
'Peppermint Batik' dress
