Category: Designers
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Laura Ashley for McCall’s, 1975
In celebration of St. David’s Day, here’s an early McCall’s pattern by Laura Ashley (1925–1985), who was born in Merthyr Tydfil, Wales. Laura Ashley started licensing patterns with McCall’s in 1975, some fourteen years after the company opened its first shop, in Machynlleth. This “Carefree” design for a cropped jacket, blouse, and jumper was available…
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Rachel Comey Returns
After a winter-holiday break, Vogue Patterns are back, and so is Rachel Comey. Vogue Patterns changed hands again last September, and the new ownership sat out the Winter/Holiday season — normally an important time of year for new designer patterns. But even without the recent upheaval, sewists would have been justified in thinking the cult…
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