Hats, pattern is Kwiksew 3885
#quilting, #quiltsky, #kaffefassett

I need new bike jerseys
#sewing #kwiksew RIP. (Did not survive the retirement of the founding pattern maker/entrepreneur) printed paper pattern companies have been folding left and right. Sigh

I've always liked the artstyle on vintage kwiksew patterns

Okay, but what if I made my *own* big kid undies?

But sewing patterns are about 15 years down the path from publishing — both Simplicity (also New Look & Burda) and Butterick/Vogue/McCall/Kwiksew were already in deep financial trouble, and then the ONE remaining tissue printer got hit with unrecoverable ransomware a few years ago.
Then pandammit.

Mostly I have vintage #Simplicity patterns (111) then #Vogue (90) then #McCall (54) #Butterick brings up the rear with 32. I've got 7 #Folkwear, 5 #EvaDress, 2 #LadyMarlowe and 2 #PastPattern and 1 #DecadesOfStyle repros. Also 8 #Advance 8 #AnneAdams/#MarianMartin 3 #Polynesian 2 #Style 2 #KwikSew

There’s Pattern Review, at sewing.patternreview.com.

I would definitely skip most of Etsy. The Big 4/Big 7 (originally it was Simplicity, Burda, New Look and Butterrick, Vogue, McCalls, KwikSew, but they merged into the 7) were liquidated in June.

The Indies are now the best option, which means —