4) Textiles: What Are The Addresses: Discontinued Patterns:
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This article is from the Textiles FAQ, by Lara Fabans lfabans@adobe.com with numerous contributions by others.
4) Textiles: What Are The Addresses: Discontinued Patterns:
Sandra Betzina notes that most pattern companies retain copies of their
patterns for about a year. You can check with your fabric store or call the
pattern companies to check their discontinued stock.
Vogue and Butterick 814-943-5281
1-800-766-3619
McCalls 212-880-2624
Simplicity, Style and New Look 1-800-223-1664
Simplicity 1-800-334-3150
Burda discontinued patterns are not available
EZ Patterns
118 Florence Ave
Evanston IL 60602
See comments in "Questions" column in June/July 1992 Threads (#40). EZ
Patterns buys and sells discontinued patterns. Send them the pattern number,
company name, sizes and a brief description or sketch. Note that pattern
numbers are reused, so you'll need to include the name, number AND
description! If you know the year of issue and/or original price this will
help. EZ Patterns discourages sending in a request without a pattern number.
Several people have mentioned checking Thrift Stores and estate sales for
old patterns.
For out of print Folkwear patterns, Taunton Press recommends that you call or
write to:
The Yardstick
P.O. Box 912
Ketchem, Idaho 83340
(208) 726-8822
or
Two Bobbins Full
323 Main Street
Polson, Montana 59860
(406) 883-3643
and include pattern info. Apparently both places say they have a "drawer
full" of old Folkwear patterns.
See also:
The New Fiberworks Sourcebook by Bobbi A. McRae. copyright 1993 by
Fiberworks Publications. ISBN 0-944577-06-7 320p. $15.95 + shipping
Available from Unicorn Books, 1-800-BUY-YARN
Mail order sources for all types of fibers and crafts, including weaving,
spinning, dyeing, knitting, basketry, quilting, basketry, sewing, paper
making, etc.
The Quilter's Catalog by Vicki Brooks and Linda Stokes. Copyright 1987 by The
Main Street Press. ISBN 1-55562-003-5 $12.95
- Often available as a remaindered book. This book contains lots of sources
for quilters, but the info in it is getting a bit dated.
Designer Source Listing: $19.95 (ppd) from:
Carikean Publishing
Box 11771
227 E. Ontario St
Chicago, IL 60611-0771
312-728-6118
Sections include Beads, Books, Buttons and fasteners, Feather fur and leather,
Notions, Labels and tags, Laces and lacemaking equipment, Millinery supplies,
Paints and dyes, Patterns, Services, Software, Threads and yarns, Video,
Workshops and seminars. I have not personally reviewed this book and I do not
know when the current edition (Vol IV) was published.
Look through the ads in Sew News or the back of Threads.
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