Domestic dressmaking - bride & bridesmaid dressesc 1950's Butterick Paper Pattern No. 6781 size 14 White paper pattern - bride & bridesmaid dresses i. figure following -sweet heart neckline, jutting peplum ii. floor length gown iii. Ballerina bridesmaid dress, short sleeves 10 pieces pattern Butterick Paper Pattern No. 6781domestic dreemaking, bridal dresses

- Example of C 19060's fashion - Example of domestically produced clothingButterick Paper Pattern No 6720 C 1960's - Wrap and Go pant suit & scarf top. Wrap pants'suit - mini or evening length.dressmaking, women's fashion, c 1960's

Dress pattern for making dressesButterick Paper Pattern No. 9913 Brest 32 size 14 45c 4/6 Sewing pattern in off-white sleeve with 3 models of young girls, each wearing slips as abovedressmaking, butterick, children's wear, clothing patterns

Butterick Maternity Patterns 2 x dresses, 1 x tunic and pantsPaper pattern - Maternity dress, tunic and panty. Circa 70's 1 short with no sleeves 1 long with long sleeves 1 tunic & pants. All have ruched front ad back.As abovedressmaking, butterick paper pattern, ladies fashion c 1970's

- Domestic dressmaking - Girls' fashionC 1950 Butterick paper pattern No, 8251 Size 8 - Girls nightdress & pyjamas pattern - Pattern with 4 choices to make - Pattern sized to "Brest 26 inches, size 8"Butterick - Designed in New Yorkdressmaking, home, children's fashion

Paper patterns have been used by dressmakers and home sewers throughout the 20th century and are still used today. The Butterick Company was established in 1863 and was the first to mass-produce sewing patterns. The company was acquired by the CcCall Pattern Company in 2001. Jessen Dress Materials shop was at 116 Lava Street in the 1970s and 80s and Bargain Box Fabrics took over the shop in the 1990sThis pattern envelope is of minor interest as coming from a local Warrnambool shop. It may be useful for display This is a paper envelope containing the instructions and cut-out material for making a woman's dress (day and evening) The envelope contains four loose items. Butterick 6939 Dress Material. No Exchange, Average Moins facilewarrnambool, butterick patterns, jessen dress materials

Dressmakers used patterns to make clothes. Companies included 'Simplicity, Butterick and Vogue etc. The packet would contain transparent paper shapes with printed lines and instructions. These were pinned onto the material, cut, then sewn together as per the lines and the included instructions.In the 1950s and 1960s women sewed the clothes for the family. In the Kiewa Valley dress shops were not available and a journey to the bigger cities was less frequent than it is today.Coloured pictures showing the finished garment. Patterns were in sizes. eg. size 10 1. Fashion - lady's dress 2. x3 Simplicity - lady's clothes 3. x3 Butterick lady's clothesdressmaker, simplicity butterick, ladies fashion

This pattern was purchased from Lincraft store, Greensborough Plaza. The store has now closed. Pattern envelope is stamped with store name.Dressmaker's pattern, unused. Tissue paper pattern pieces in coloured envelope.Stamped with "Lincraft Greensborough".lincraft greensborough, butterick, greensborough plaza

Domestic dressmakingButterick pattern No.5736 Dress pattern in off white sleeve with 2 models in dress outfits Size 14, Bust 32 4'3as abovedressmaking, women's dresses, butterick paper patterns

Many women in Australia sewed at home and Madame Weigel's patterns spanned nine decades, closing down in 1969. Simplicity and Butterick patterns are still made today. Simplicity was founded in 1927 in New York, Butterick is the oldest pattern company in the world, founded in 1863. One source states that Ebenezer Butterick is credited with creating the first multi-size sewing patterns in 1892. It is now been purchased by another company.15 Assorted dressmaking patterns: 11 from the 1960's and 70's, 3 vintage - Simplicity, Butterick, Style and Madame Weigel. One is a J & L Stretch Fabric Multi-Sized Family Pattern. The patterns are presented in paper packets with coloured pictures on the front depicting the items which can be made. Inside are tissue paper patterns with paper instructions. Pattern No 9196 has a yellow and white checked piece of material pinned to the front as a possible sample of the material used. The three vintage ones are Madame Weigel patterns, two for women and a child's one. All packets are worn through use and damaged.'Simplicity, Butterick, Style, Madame Weigel and J & l Stretch Fabric' patterns are printed at the top of the relevant patterns with appropriate illustrations of what can be made.sewing, sewing patterns, sewing equipment