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In my collection of Twenties patterns I have a group of children’s patterns that are shown in the McCall’s Quarterly for Winter 1926-27. (Many thanks to Debby for sharing the images.) I noticed something interesting about the envelope engravings. Observe:

Special engravings for the smaller sizes! Here’s another example from my collection:

Have you seen this on children’s patterns from other decades?

Happy Mother’s Day!