By the mid 1970's the colored logo bar was removed.ġ940's McCall Pattern 1950's McCall's Pattern 1960's McCall's Pattern.During the early 1960's the logo switched sides.Early 1940's McCall logo was made in a script font on the side.Patterns before 1951 were named McCall without the S.Dated at various points on the envelopes: Bottom, right side, around top flap.Most from the 1940's to today were dated.Made from the 1930's to the late 1940'sġ930's Hollywood Pattern 1940's Hollywood Pattern.Mid 1960's logo moved back to the top.ġ940's Butterick Pattern 1950's Butterick Pattern 1960's Butterick Pattern Early 1960's name logo moved to the left side.During the 1950's logo was placed in the upper left corner with a colored box around it.Moved away from perforated patterns with the holes & notches. Beginning in the late 1940's Butterick started printing their patterns.Envelopes in the 1930's were plain with simple designs.Starting in the 1920's a Deltor (instruction sheet) was included.They stopped using the Advance name.ġ940's Advance Pattern 1950's Advance Pattern 1960's Advance Pattern In the mid 1960's the Advance company was sold to Puritan Fashions. The patterns were sold exclusively by J.C.One of the last companies to make unprinted patterns.Most 1940's & 1950's patterns were unprinted.In 1962 the Sew Easy patterns had the name logo on the bottom of envelope 1940's & 1950's name logo appears near the top of envelope in bold type.1930's The Eiffel Tower appears in the logo.No printed dates on the vintage patterns.
One thing to consider is a more elaborate style equaled a higher price. Vintage pattern magazines or vintage pattern catalogs can be used for comparison.Look for a particular design feature on the envelope to determine the era of the pattern. Simplicity's envelope styles changed quite often over the years.
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If you know the name of the actress & movie being promoted that is a good indication of the pattern date. Hollywood patterns often had actresses pictured. Quite often the graphics on the envelope can help in determining the pattern's age. Envelope styles - The pattern manufacturers changed the look of their envelopes.The manufacturers often re-issued the numbering sequences so simply using the pattern number will be of little value. But what happens if there is no date to be found? That can make things a little more difficult. It is easy to find a printed date on a vintage pattern to determine the date. Some placed the dates on the envelopes, some placed the dates on the instruction sheets & others didn't date the patterns at all. Not all of the major companies dated their vintage sewing patterns in the same way. Craft Vintage Patterns Expand child menu.Childrens Vintage Patterns Expand child menu.Ladies Vintage Patterns Expand child menu.