Decades Of Style: reinventing vintage sewing patterns for the modern gal

Subsequent to my previous post about Vintage Sew It Yourself, a sweet lady named Dotty (I love that name!) dropped me an email to tell me about the Decades of Style pattern company.

As it notes on their website: "If you've ever sewn with an original vintage pattern you know how daunting it is to face blank pieces of tissue paper." Too true - as wonderful as it is to get your hands on an original vintage pattern, you really have to know your onions to make heads of tails of it at the sewing machine.

That's where Decades of Style comes in - they faithfully re-create vintage patterns that are easier to follow, using familiar modern references symbols and full instructions.

I had a gander through their website and there are some nice patterns there - my fave is the 1930s Button Dress:

1930s Button Dress pattern by Decades of Style

At the moment there aren't heaps of patterns to choose from - only about 25 or so spanning the 1920s through 1950s. but hopefully they will be producing more. I'll be keeping my eye on the site for sure.

UPDATE 8 APRIL

I received another email from Dotty regarding the Decades of Style pattern company, who says:

"It is basically a one woman show, she adds about 4 to 6 patterns a year. She takes great pride in her patterns. I have made up several of them and they go together wonderfully."

What a fantastic effort the Decades of Style woman is going to! Please do visit the website and, even if you aren't keen to purchase a pattern, consider dropping her an email to say 'keep up the great work' - it's people like her that are keeping the wonderful Art Deco/Golden Era alive and kicking for us 'moderns'.