Where do you get your patterns from?

arkonite_babe

thriftlady wrote:

Try this

www.sewingpatterns.com

Sorry I can't do links

Link now working for you

Chipps

I sometimes find the Prima magazines on the cheap magazine market stall - 60p each or 3 for £1.50. That's where I get other craft mags, too, including a knitting one with loads of patterns. And things like Good Houskeeping etc.

grimelda

http://www.mccall.com/ This has Vogue patterns as well as others from McCalls.

lily_the_pink

twink wrote:

my daughter subscribed to the prima magazine this year and you get yhe paper patterns in it like you used to but you dont get them if you buy the magazine from a shop

I believe that you can phone up for them though and they will send them to you through the post.

Apologies if anyone else has already mentioned but Burda magazine (related to Prima I think) is fantastic for patterns - comes out every other month I think plus special wedding and kids issues - there are dozens and dozens in each issue (though I think you have to still trace them out depending on your dress size). My mum has these going back to the eighties (now waiting for the pattern styles to come back in fashion!) - they used to be in German with just the sewing instructions in English but now thankfully it is all in English (though some of the clothes and pictures are definately bavarian). You can usually get in WH Smiths.

http://www.burdamode.com/burda_World_of_Fashion,1000017-1270777-1000019,enEN.html

frugalfairy_3

Burda magazine patterns are the best, in my not-very-humble opinion, but you do need some experience in working out the sometimes brief instructions. You also have to remember to add seam allowances when you trace off your size, and the 'road map' of pattern outlines can be a bit daunting.

if I want a Vogue, Butterick or McCalls patterns, I tend to look at the US website which is better than the UK ones, https://www.voguepatterns.com and choose the pattern number, then go to https://www.sewdirect.com (a UK site) and order from there.

New Look and Simplicity patterns can be ordered in the UK from https://www.habithat.co.uk although again, it would be better to look at a better organised US site first where you can look at the details and then order from the UK site.

Hope this helps. FF

flea72

cheapest way to buy patterns is through joining a coop on yahoo groups - there are groups for most pattern companies

ok, you wont get your pattern immediately, but most tend to have a monthly order turnaround, but some do have instock patterns.

Expect to pay about half the price you would instore

Flea

ChrissieI

You could also try
http://www.jaycotts.co.uk/

newleaf

Sorry I'm so late joining in this thread, but these people: http://www.cheapfabrics.co.uk/ have a nice selection of fabrics for sale online. I used them myself last week for the first time. P&P is pretty cheap considering you can order as much as you want for a fixed price, and they send it recorded delivery so it's safe and speedy too. I'll definitely be using them again. I got some of the Kimono brocade to make my MIL a dressing gown for Christmas. It's beautiful.

culpepper

You can also draw out your own patterns. A good pattern drawing book will tell you all about it.
I use metric pattern cutting by Winifred Aldrich
There is also one in the same series for childrens clothes and one for mens clothes all published by Blackwell
If you are just learning and want very simple baby/child patterns there is 'Little clothes for little people' which has clothes for little children up to about 5 or 6 by Lia Van Steenderen which has the patterns drawn on squared paper for you to enlarge.
For childrens sewing there is 'Making dolls and dolls clothes ' by the same author both published by Exley

wendym

I now live in a town where I can't look at a pattern book, or buy fabric. I have bought both from Ebay, including silk for the outfit I wore for my daughter's wedding.

I hope I'm allowed to post an Ebay seller...link won't work, but search for Voyage Sale in fabrics.

He doesn't sell cheap fabrics, but is a pleasure to deal with, and it's worth a look because the fabrics are so astonishing.

Market stalls are usually a good source of haberdashery, and fabric too if you're lucky.

I too use both the American and UK Vogue websites. If you find you're really getting into sewing, you could ask for a subscription to the Vogue/Butterick magazine as a present. It has changed its name - I think it's now called Sew Today. You get a couple of free patterns when you subscribe, then every issue has a 'buy one get one free' order form.