"Sewing patterns have been the principle blueprint for making garments in the home for centuries. From their origins in the tailoring manuals of the 16th century to the widely produced pamphlets of ...

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Television programmes and YouTube tutorials are inspiring millions of people to make their own clothes First came the home-baking revival, which prompted trays, tins and icing accoutrements to fly off ...

A free exhibition exploring the history of home dressmaking has opened in Loughborough. The Cut and Create exhibition, at Charnwood Museum, features items of clothing, sewing equipment and dress ...

E. Butterick & Co's Catalogue for summer, 1873 -- E. Butterick & Co's Summer catalogue, 1882 -- Ladies standard magazine, April, 1894 -- Spring & summer 1909 Ready reference catalogue of McCall ...