The blog of a vintagely inspired seamstress.
Here you’ll find everything you’ve ever wanted to know about vintage fashion, accessories and vintage sewing for the home dressmaker, including an abundance of information on collecting, buying and caring for vintage sewing patterns-old rare hard to find vintage sewing patterns from the early 1900s to present day including…
Evening gowns, halter dresses, maxi dresses, retro, culottes, hobo/boho, hippie, shirt dresses, war-time fashions, aprons, children clothing, shirts, blouses, skirts, swimwear, mod, dolls, jumpsuits, pant suits, suits, coat patterns and designer couture fashions from…
McCall’s, Simplicity, Hollywood, Advance, Anne Adams, Kwik Sew, Marian Martin, Butterick, Vogue and many many more vintage pattern manufacturers of yesteryear gorgeously designed by…
Dior, Trigere, Lanvin, Simonetta, Molyneuex, Balmain, Sybil Connolly, Fabiani, Jean Muir, Jean Desses, Diane Von Furstenberg and Pucci and other talented pattern designers of the time many of which are uncut, factory fold and unused…ENTER THE VINTAGE SEWING PATTERN PORTAL HERE. Don’t forget about APRONS
There’s alot more than vintage sewing patterns for sell at Sew Craftful…
Just learning to sew or work with vintage sewing patterns? Here at Sew Craftful there are many, many articles dedicated to the beginner sewer and vintage sewing pattern novice dedicated to making sewing sew sew easy. Read 11 vintage sewing books you should have on your shelf and start your own vintage sewing book libary . You should also take advantage of free online vintage sewing books and videos found on Sew Craftful. 
Drop in to take a look at some of the fashions I make using vintage sewing patterns: vintage halter dress
Learn the basics of vintage sewing patterns by reading: How to sew with vintage sewing patterns, making a basic pattern, picking a starter vintage pattern, and other posts that get right down to the preliminaries of taking body measurements.
Learn even more about vintage sewing patterns by browsing posts including: collecting, storing, repairing, valuing and buying beautiful fashion vintage sewing patterns.
You’ll also find free crochet hat, nursery rhyme quilt patterns and can read about thrifting adventures.
And don’t forget this week’s full-length FEATURE FILM.