Sorry for my week-long disappearance from blogland. As I'm trying to post regularly now, I feel like I owe my little circle of pattern-loving readers an explanation.  Last Friday, my husband and I awoke to find our dog having seizures and took her to...

I guess I've been looking for outside motivation to help me get to the sewing machine lately, because I seem to have gone a little competition-mad.  First I signed up for Pattern Review's Wardrobe Contest (10 coordinating pieces in 2 and a half...

Another Halloween.  We've almost finished off the candy 'round these parts, though I'm still trying to figure out how to get the fake bloodstains off of my arms and legs.  Don't mind me while I scrub...just take a look at these truly beautiful and...

Peruse vintage costume patterns for just a few moments, and you'll realize that the footed pajama has long been the bedrock of kids' costume patterns.  It beckons from within the illustrations like a shady man on a streetcorner, opening its coat full...

Today's costume countdown: questionable children's costume patterns!  First up: Butterick 5597, issued 1991, photo courtesy Spessarite Sole: Right.  Creating shell-shaped breast pieces for a prepubescent girl?  Nah, that wouldn't make parent OR...