Modern Patterns for Period Clothes: books and Websites
The Voice of Fashion 79 turn-of-the-century patterns, with instructions and fashion plates by Call Number: Alden 7th TT520 .V65 1998xPublication Date: 1998
Everyday Dress of Rural America, 1783-1800 by Call Number: Alden 6th GT617.N28 W74 1992Publication Date: 1992- Period Costume for Stage and Screen (Series) byCall Number: Alden 7thPublication Date: 1991-2003Titles:
Patterns for Women's Dress, Medieval - 1500
Patterns for Women's Dress, 1500-1800
Patterns for Women's Dress, 1800-1909
Patterns for Outer Garments, Books 1 & 2
Men's 17th & 18th C Costume, Cut and Fashion
Web Sites that Include or List Patterns
- Historical SewingA page of a larger site for 19th C dress, lists commercial patterns by era.
- Diaryof a Renaissance SeamstressLinks to FREE patterns online, for eras from Bronze age to Dr. Who!
- The Lady's Resource: Historical, Vintage, and Film Costume ResourcesDaily one-line posts guide you to FREE Internet instructions for creating costume pieces from every eras.
- Antique Pattern LibraryPDFs of patterns assumed to be in the public domain. Crafts and needlework of all kinds.
- Vintage PatternsInformation about patterns (but not the actual patterns!) from Mccalls, Simplicity, Butterick, Vogue, and others now in the public domain. 25 years old and older.