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Sewing Patterns & Ephemera

Scans of sewing patterns and other delightful ephemera that appears on my blog from time to time...

Yarn Tension and Shade Card for Penelope Yarns, c. 1930s
Silk Flower Scarf, Good Needlework Magazine October 1939
Yarn Shade Cards, from 1938
Fido the Pinhound, from Stitchcraft February 1933
Safety-pin Jewellery, from 1948
Crochet flower posy/button hole decoration, from 1943
Box-pleat skirt sewing pattern and instructions, c.1950s

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A vintage obsessed, rockabilly queer-Femme living in Sydney Australia. I hoard vintage knitting and sewing patterns, and shoes. So many shoes.

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