100 years of Weird Sewing Patterns || Exploring Vintage Sewing Patterns thru the years

100 years of fashion videos are no new "trend". However, I had never seen anyone explore 100 years of vintage sewing patterns, so I figured I would give it a go. Whether it is the post-corset 1920's flapper fashions, or 1940's wartime fashions, to the over the top 1980's fashion trends. I wanted to see what the home sewist could buy and make for themselves, but I went WEIRD on it! Using a vintage sewing pattern is a challenge, but here are a collections of the weirdest patterns I could find over the eras.

Exploring weird fashion trends and weird fashion trends that need to be stopped (looking at you 80's butt bustle gown), nothing is more fun than 100 years of fashion trends. Whether is it weird fashion trends of the 90's or 00's, or 1950's style videos. I always enjoy looking back in time at the 100 years trends and see how things change.

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0:00 What do you think of when I say "sewing pattern"
0:50 The Guidelines
2:50 The 1920's
5:19 The 1930's
7:07 The 1940's
10:30 The 1950's
12:15 The 1960's
13:56 The 1970's
15:17 The 1980's
18:30 The 1990's
20:04 The 2000's
22:01 The 2010's
23:38 Thank you
24:51 Me making fun of myself

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#vintagesewingpatterns #100yearsoffashion #sewingpatterns

[BradKandyCroftFamily]

This was totally fun, I just wish you had left the pattern on the screen longer, or even while you talked about it, so I could get a good gander at it.

[lauralake]

I love this. Could you consider keeping the pattern on screen slightly longer, for out oogling pleasure? I am not as quick on the visual uptake as I wish, and had to stop and go back a bunch to share in the joy!. So funny!

[MichaelaWagner]

The weirdest part of 2010-now patterns is that most of them don't reflect any fashion trends or style rules at all... it's like they go to an arts school and let the first semester fashion students go wild

[suzannecooke]

I had a tent dress in high school. I loved wearing it because of how it moved around me and it was so, so comfortable. For a teen with poor body image, these were a godsend.

[mcescher]

This was all kinds of fun! If you do it again, please leave the pictures of the patterns up while you're speaking about them. They flashed off so fast that unless I was close enough to my computer to press pause...I only had your description (which was entertaining none the less!!!)

[k.s.k.]

The 1980's pattern, V8826 by Erica Wilson, a British embroidery expert, is actually an adaptation of a traditional English farm worker's smock. These were originally made from flax or linen: the smocking and gathering gave it shape. The embroidered motifs identified the wearer as a shepherd, carpenter, forester, farmer or other type of laborer. I have an entire book devoted to these smocks and their history as a folk garment of the 18th and 19th centuries. I would love to find this pattern.

[storyspinner]

As someone who was a teen in the 80s, how dare you. Our fashion was amazing. Also, I sent myself into a coughing fit from laughing so hard, especially about the costumes. Loved this video!

[Worldbuilder]

Greetings from someone who was a child in the 80’s and whose mother sewed... ;)

[barbaraferron]

~1960 my mother made me a cute frog costume. I wouldn't wear it because it wasn't scary. So my older sister took the rubber mask and cut into it and sewed it back together and said there now it's a sea monster. So then I wore it. Glad not to disappoint my dear mother who worked so hard on the costume.

[laurenlaker]

To be honest you could do 30 minutes just on the 70s. Men's rompers anyone?

[zeusathena]

This was a great video, but you should show the image longer. Many flew by to quick.

[elliemayormaynot]

The Vogue wedding dress is eerily similar to the double bustle Vogue dress my sister in law insisted on making for her wedding. It had 50, 000 pieces (felt like) and we literally had to pin her in because, as predicted, she didn't finish it before the ceremony. I think four or five of us sewed on that damn thing and still couldn't finish it. To this day, I have no idea how she got out of it.

[kckazcoll]

"..because nothing says wedding day like OOPS I crapped my pants" LOL this was hilarious, thanks Stephanie! :D

[JenInOz]

So relieved that I don't have a single one of these patterns

[Mrsfalldowngobump]

Hysterical video!!!! Loved It! But now my grandson wants the frog costume.

[lisaharmon]

Watching New York Patterns while relaxing with cheese and wine!

[rebeccaturner]

I verbally guffawed at the frog pattern 🤣 My toddler came running lol

[mistiwhitea]

Hahahaha two years later and I'm still using this as a drinking game every time you say no 😉👍😁

[lucymedina]

OMG, Stephanie, the hamburger pattern! My first sewing teacher used to make hamburgers with ALL the fixins made from fabric to sell at this big art fair that we used to have in town. This was back in the 70s, so that pattern looks spot on. I'm thinking they should bring it

[giovanninasuluh]

Don’t feel bad! I had one of those sailor romper/knicker things in the very early 1980s.