From: troll@sug.org (A. Newman)
Subject: Re: REQUEST: clothing patterns
Keywords: Clothing, Patterns, Sources
Organization: Carolingian Storytellers
Date: Fri, 9 Oct 1992 15:21:03 GMT

In article <1avk64INN455@darkstar.UCSC.EDU> banshee@cats.ucsc.edu (Wailer at the Gates of Dawn) writes:
>
>	Any pointers on pattern sources?

I guess it's time to post this again.  This is an edited listing that
appeared in rec.arts.textiles, I have kept the acknowledgements
intact.


I remain,
	your obedient servant...and angel,
	Aleksandr Yevsha, House Sinister
	Guildmaster, Worshipful Company of Carolingian Storytellers

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Patterns and Supplies:


La Pelleterie
P.O. Box 127 Highway 41
Arrow Rock, Missouri 65320
(816) 837-3261
- $3.00 catalog.  Coats and cloaks, pre 1840.

JAS Townsend & Son
P.O. Box 415
Pierceton, IN 46562
(800) 338-1665
- Hats, cloaks, clasps.

Carolina Stitches in Time
Box 10933
Winston-Salem, N.C. 27108
(919) 764-0790
- Period clothing patterns.

Amazon Vinegar & Pickling Works
2218 E. 11th St.
Davenport, IA 52803
(319) 322-6800
(800) 798-7979
- $2.00 general catalog, $5 for historical patterns catalog. 
This is "the mailing list to be on".  Historical patterns
selected from Folkwear, midiaeval Miscellanea, early western,
victorian, hoop-gown era, Past Patterns, Attic Copies (1920's to
40's), Prairie Clothing, amish, kilts, ethnic and dance.

Medieval Miscellanea
7006 Raleigh Road 
Annandale, VA 22003


Folkwear
The Taunton Press
63 South Main St, Box 5506
Newtown, CT 06470-5506
- Only some of the original patterns have been reprinted, but
Tauton is reprinting others regularly.  Mostly Victorian and
Early American patterns.

G-Street Fabrics
11854 Rockville Pike
Rockville, Md 20852
(301) 231-8998

R.L.Shep. 
Box 668 
Mendocino, CA 95460. 
- 1990-91 catalog has 1000 items.  $2.50 cataog.  Books,
magazines and reprints.  Books related to the costume and
textile arts, including out of print and hard to find books.  
Shep has also reprinted a number of older clothing books,
including a couple of books of patterns for Victorian and
Edwardian clothing.

Raiments 
3345 East Miraloma
Suite 134
Anaheim CA 92806
- Patterns from 1100-1950 representing 15 pattern companies.
Catalog $5 (refundable with purchase).

Remember When Collection
361 N. Ohio
Salina, KS  67401
- Send SASE for brochure.  "Romantic" clothing.  Current designs
adapted to a Victorian feel.



Magazines:

Vintage Fashions
Hobby House Press Inc.
900 Frederick St.
Cumberland, MD  21502
-- a bi-monthly magazine focusing on vintage apparel and
instructions for their care and repair.  One-year subscription
$19.95, sample copy $2.95.


Books:

Some of these books are out of print. Most of them should be in a
good university library. Some of them will be in the public
library:

Iris Brooke: "A practical guide to the constuction of theatrical
medieval garments" (or something like that) (Iris Brooke has
written a number of historical costuming books).

Alcega, Juan de. Tailor's Pattern Book 1589. (reprint)

Burnham, Dorothy.  Cut My Cote. (diagrams ethnic clothing w/
metric dimensions)

Hill, Margot Hamilton & Pater A. Buchnell.  The Evolution of
Fashion: Pattern & Cut from 1066-1930.

Houston, Mary G. & Florence Hornblower.  Medieval Costumes in
England and France.

Holkefer, Katherine Strand.  Patterns for Theatrical Costumes. 
Edson, Doris & Lucy Barton.  Period Patterns.

Fernald, Mary.  "Costume Design and Making" 

From an article on sewing costumes in Threads #30: Waugh, Norah:
"The Cut of Women's Clothes 1600-1930" and "The Cut of Men's
Clothes 1600-1900"  (Theatre Arts Books)   Concise descriptions
and drawings of men's gaments from 1600 to 1900. Includes scaled
patterns that can be enlarged.

Hillhouse, Marion and Evelyn A Mansfield:  Dress Design: Draping
and Flat Pattern Making.  Riverside Press 1948. Clear
instructions on draping, with excellent drawings of bodice,
skirt, sleeve, and neckline styles.  Perfect for reproducing
styles of the 1940's.

Covey, Liz: The Costumer's Handbook.  Prentice Hall 1980.  A good
basic source for the tecniques of theatrical cosumters.

Arnold, Janet: Patterns of Fashion 1: Englishwomen's Dresses and
Their Construction c. 1660-1860; Patterns of Fashion 2:
Englishwomen's Dresses and their Construction c. 1860-1940.  New
York. Drama Book Publishers, 1972. Contains notes on
construction techniques and fabrics.  Very clear drawings show
the inside of each garment.

History of Costume from Ancient Egypt to 20th Century.  Blanche
Payne.  c.1965.  New York. Harper & Row. Includes patterns drawn
to scale.  One tactic is to choose a garment in a book, make a
transparency of the pattern in the book, and go buy a pattern as
similar as possible.  Then project the transparency on the wall
and use it to adjust the bought pattern to the style of the
garment in the book.

Dover has a Pictorial Archive catalog and a Needlework catalog.
The Needlework catalog includes several books that discuss
Renaissance embroidery.  The Pictorial Archive catalog has a FEW
books that cover costumes.  Typically these are books that
contain pictures of people in costume.  There are few (none?)
books with actual costumes drafted.   

Dover Publications
31 East 2nd St
Mineola, NY 11501.

The whole costumer's catalog is probably available from:     
GCFCG (Greater Columbia Fantasy Costumers guild).
P.O. Box 194
Mt. Airy, Md 21771

Be sure to check the list of sources and references in the
regular alt.sewing and rec.crafts.textiles FAQ.  A number are
appropriate for costuming.


 Acknowlegements.

The acknowledgements for the two FAQ lists are extensive.  This
information has come from postings, comments and email from a
number of people including:

genny@whitwiz.UUCP (Danny White)
daveu@sco.COM (Dave Uebele)
OPBRINA@ncsuvm.ncsu.edu
daveu@sco.COM (Dave Uebele)
MAHE@YaleVM.YCC.Yale.Edu
botteron@bu-it.bu.edu (Carol J. Botteron)
Daniel L. Luxenberg <danlux@wam.umd.edu>
BBROWN%MAINE@BUACCA.BU.EDU (Barb Brown)
Jennifer Lynn Piatek <raven@pawl.rpi.edu>
bjp@swlvx6.msd.ray.com (BONNIEJEAN WIEBE)
danlux@wam.umd.edu (Daniel L. Luxenberg)
alg@cs.cornell.edu (Anne Louise Gockel)
Wilson Heydt (whheydt@PacBell.COM) 
Arval Benicoeur (joshua@paul.rutgers.edu or
mittle@watson.ibm.com) and 
Siobhan Medhbh O'Roarke (smor@um.cc.umich.edu)
close@lunch.wpd.sgi.com (Diane Barlow Close)