As much as I may try, I was not able to get ALL the patterns live in time for time. Please accept my apology and know that I will finish listing all of then by mid-afternoon tomorrow. Thank you all for your patience as this box had WAY more patterns to check than usual. Check out the patterns that are up here: backroomfinds.com
If you size up and make that cute lil pink dress that you kept the pattern of, can you share your sized up pattern .. you said you're a bust 48 and so am I, but I have no clue how to size up anything .. and that dress is adorable !
Years ago I worked in the medical world and had to wear scrubs to work every day. Soon I was making them for everyone. I bought the S-M-L size pattern and traced the pieces out by laying a clear shower curtain over the pattern pieces tracing out the size I wanted with markings with a permanent marker. I stored between pieces of tissue paper and rolled up on an empty paper towel roll with a plain white paper on the outside label ed and banded shut.
After a week that involved not 1,not 2 but 3 drs visits,WE NEEDED THIS VIDEO DESPERATELY!!sorry to burden you with my pain,but I was also to get meds,to yup,releave me from my pain,but my dr didn't get the prescription in time&the pharmacy is closed until yup you guessed it Tuesday.. so I am living for THIS video! Joy❤happy new year
I keep hoping to see one of the many patterns I made during the late '70s-late '80s. I am just trying not to focus on the fact that I actually used what are now vintage patterns. You rock Stefanie!
Simplicity 6189 was the spittin’ image of a groovy outfit that I bought in the big city of Vancouver, BC during the Christmas holidays when I was 12 years old and I wore it when I made the scene back at my small-town school. The top and stockings were of a shiny turquoise and white argyle pattern, and the skirt was navy blue. At three inches above the knee, it was the very first miniskirt ever worn in my school! Thanks for the Me-mo-rees! Blessings from Canada 🇨🇦
Hey Steph. I love pattern reveal videos. 40s and 50 styles are so pleasant to view. I 've made vintage animal patterns and loved the results. You really couldn t buy many stuffed animals in the day. Aprons too, and coats, love, love. Keep inspiring.
Just found your videos, brilliant been watching them for hours this evening. I’m in the uk and you have cheered me up so much, was feeling down and demotivated but not any more, thank you. So glad you have made so many!
I want you to know I am present and correct with my own screaming goat and I will be *forever* grateful you put me onto them. My friend says the one he got from me wins best Christmas gift he’s had in many years. I told him who put me onto it 😉
I worked in a fabric store in the mid 90s and for some reason I was obsessed with a very similar pattern for pillows covered in beads and trim. So impractical! I'm really glad I never took the plunge on that.
You made me laugh so much during this; and, I drank a lot of water. So thank you! I haven't dipped my toe into vintage patterns cause I have a 48 bust. *cries in FBA*
The one from the 60’s with the stockings, I remember my older cousins wearing stockings like that with garters. They still used garters in the 60’s. I had a flashback just now, lol.😮 Thankfully, when I became a teen in the 70’s, we had moved onto orange-ish pantyhose.
My husband has a little dog which looks like it was made from that toy pattern. He was born in 1954 and it was sown up by his sister a couple of years later. I'd have bought the pattern but it was already gone :(
Stephanie, after being introduced to you and your videos thru Karen Brown’s channel, I’ve been binge watching you. Love your energy and your humor. Brilliant for sure!
So many…hard to pick my favorite! My favorite era, though, was the very early 50’s❤️. I really appreciated your naming of various pattern details (boatneck, empire waist, bolero jacket, etc.) for the less fashion-aware (ahem…myself) to learn something new. Just stumbled across your channel; LOVE it!
I would really appreciate a collection of pieces for people who are actually fully flat chested. I really wish I could find things that fit my chest that arnt like sweaters and things.
I think the phrase the of the day was actually "oh wow!" Thanks for keeping me company, and helping me hydrate. Best of the box was probably that cross over collar.
simplicity 1624 - looking for that, in large, for over 40 years. Mom had that pattern. She made all versions. When she passed, in 1982, I found them in her summer clothes storage, in great shape
I love these unboxing videos, I always watch them with a notebook and write down the ones I like. Unfortunately, being in the UK, buying from you would mean very expensive postage, so I'm keeping an eye on eBay on my side of the pond. Thank you for everything, and have a lovely start of 2024!
This was so fun. I love the 40s and the 70s most. I really enjoyed the ones you selected, particularly the keyhole neck. Also, I learned a thing: I'm a 1/2 size!
I'm seeing a LOT of 1960s patterns that I made. 7475 with the sash, in moire satin for a party. And the stockings of 6189 so you could have WILD PAISLEY LEGS!
Simplicity 2172 is so pretty 😩 love that button detail just so precious. But if I had pattern spending money, simplicity 1154 would be my pick. The fit, the flare, the little top. Ugh so gorgeous!
All of the 70s knits are giving me flashbacks to all the time I spent with my mother in the Stretch and Sew shop when I was a kid in the 70s. The amount of double-stretch polyester I was clothed in during that decade probably contributed to half the climate change issues we are facing today.
I'm between a bust 38 and a 40 and I love the 40s, and pretty much everything I want in the videos is sold out by the time I get there. But I really hope whoever gets them is enjoying them!
Hi Stephanie, made it to the end. ❤❤❤ Watching your videos. I check out your store all of the time. I'm looking for something in a Katherine Hepburn as a lady mob boss pattern. You get them in from time to time. Invariably I am dead broke when that happens. But one day, you shall have the pattern and I shall have the money and we will be friends. Did I say I love the videos? They are Awesome!
I'm just pausing at 15 minutes in... ooooh-ho-hooo that is a good box. Good luck with your final keep choice. I myself favour the 30's-50's - somehow it feels like those three decades are telling a longer story. All the best for the New Year, Lady. Let's hope it's a good one. Now. Back to California dreaming... Good. Box. Maybe best-est ever. - Cathy (&, Steve), Ottawa/Bytown/Pimisi
Oh, fun!! I have a similar vintage dress with those interesting shoulder tab details (Simplicity 2407) - I thought i remembered it being sold as 1930's, but guess it was 40s!
My fav pattern was the stuffed animals. I am sure my Mom had that pattern. She also made a ballerina doll.. she used satin for the body and embroidered the face and used yarn for the hair. Maybe you have that pattern? She also made dolly clothes out of men’s ties. Seven kids, where did she get the time and the energy ? My Mom is where I got the ‘how hard can it be’ gene. Except her stuff always turned out pretty amazing! Happy New Year Stephanie 🇨🇦!
Enjoyed going through this box with you. Cant wear any of those sizes, but I do remember much younget days when I could have. High school days in the late 60's, size 7-8. Won't discuss today sizes. 😂 Thanks for the memories!
So fun and so much a joy to see you undbox patterns - I do not understand the zices? I'm from Denmak and we use metric...oh! I dream I'm making so many of this wonderful dresses! Thank you, I really enjoy your videos
'Leona Rocha was a fit expert. Born in Hawaii, she originally enlisted in the Army’s dental technician course. She used her GI bill benefits to train as a designer at the FIT, she was a past president of the American Home Sewing Association, and even wrote a book about fitting with simplicity. She was a founder of a sewing notions company called Fashionetics, and was the inventor of The Fashion Ruler while still a student, and it is still sold today. In the early 80’s, she partnered with Simplicity to do seminars about fit. At that time, she also hosted a TV show called The Sewing Show on cable four days a week, twice a day. It was a thirteen week series about how to sew at home and properly fit home sewn clothing. She later became an executive at Vogue-Butterick patterns - and married one of their executives. She ran for office on Maui, where she still lives today.' ~The Vintage Fashion Librarian
I love watching unboxings. I screenshot my favs and I use them for inspiration for costuming designs for my TTRPG characters and as potential vTuber outfits.
What fun. Took me back a ways. Loved sewing my clothes and still have some fun patterns tucked away. Now all I do is quilt not sure I'd still have the skill to sew a sweet dress.
I absolutely LOVE half-sizes. I'm 5'3" and a little more ample than I used to be.... but, the half-sizes fit my frame better. I find that most Miss patterns are too wide in the neckline and shoulder-to-shoulder, the waist is about 2 inches too low, and of course the hemline is too long. For a while I was really stumped because I was shortening the skirt but everything else was too big. Half-sizes for the win! I wish contemporary patterns came in half-sizes! (Has everyone also gotten taller than people used to be???)
Well this was a lovely, unexpected treat! Love watching you unbox and react to patterns. The empire waist ones with matching boleros were my favourites. Definitely not my style but SO PRETTY 😍
My favorite -- the evil Christie Brinkley jacket that has no pattern. You know I'm going to have to see if one was ever made. 😤 Simplicity 4357 -- admittedly, I have a problem. I love double breasted dresses, I love asymmetrical. I LOVE THIS! I have a couple similar . . .not that that would stop me . I LOVE YOUR PATTERN VIDEOS!!!!
Hello from the UK 😊 Delightful video, as ever. Beautiful things to look at, with your customary warm, funny, knowledgeable and entertaining commentary. One thing I'm wondering... Would there be any way you could keep the banner with the pattern year on the screen for just a little longer...? I've had to do pause and rewind a few times, cos it's felt a bit 'blink and you miss it'. Could you maybe have a slightly smaller banner, with just the year, positioned by the picture-in-picture of you, so that it doesn't obscure anything of the pattern envelope, that stays on the screen for the same length of time as the envelope? If you see what I mean... Something like that...? I'm a complete non-sewer, BTW - but I adore the history of material culture. I admire and delight in the skill of those, like yourself, who specialise in and recreate the craft of the past.
The only pattern I've completed was for a bag. I just found several patterns I bought circa 2007 and want to actually try some out. Well, I traced clothes I liked and used those patterns but I hadn't uses purchased ones. It's about time I try!
Simplicity 6189 I have that pattern! Actually I have 2. Found the first at St. Vinny's but it was missing the stockings so bought it again off Ebay. I wanted the stocking pattern to go with my kirtle. :D It's a WHACKY stocking pattern!
As much as I may try, I was not able to get ALL the patterns live in time for time. Please accept my apology and know that I will finish listing all of then by mid-afternoon tomorrow. Thank you all for your patience as this box had WAY more patterns to check than usual.
Check out the patterns that are up here: backroomfinds.com
I love the 2046 that you kept lmao
If you size up and make that cute lil pink dress that you kept the pattern of, can you share your sized up pattern .. you said you're a bust 48 and so am I, but I have no clue how to size up anything .. and that dress is adorable !
We love Bob. Not the damage he causes but just his Bobness.
I came here to say the same thing. 🐀
Years ago I worked in the medical world and had to wear scrubs to work every day. Soon I was making them for everyone. I bought the S-M-L size pattern and traced the pieces out by laying a clear shower curtain over the pattern pieces tracing out the size I wanted with markings with a permanent marker. I stored between pieces of tissue paper and rolled up on an empty paper towel roll with a plain white paper on the outside label ed and banded shut.
After a week that involved not 1,not 2 but 3 drs visits,WE NEEDED THIS VIDEO DESPERATELY!!sorry to burden you with my pain,but I was also to get meds,to yup,releave me from my pain,but my dr didn't get the prescription in time&the pharmacy is closed until yup you guessed it Tuesday.. so I am living for THIS video! Joy❤happy new year
Of all the decades (loosely-speaking) you demonstrated, the post-war 40s to mid 50s have to be the most stylish. Just gorgeous!!!
Did I place an order on your shop a few hours ago? Yes. Did I go back and snag one of these? Also yes. This was such a good box of patterns!
I keep hoping to see one of the many patterns I made during the late '70s-late '80s. I am just trying not to focus on the fact that I actually used what are now vintage patterns. You rock Stefanie!
Simplicity 6189 was the spittin’ image of a groovy outfit that I bought in the big city of Vancouver, BC during the Christmas holidays when I was 12 years old and I wore it when I made the scene back at my small-town school. The top and stockings were of a shiny turquoise and white argyle pattern, and the skirt was navy blue. At three inches above the knee, it was the very first miniskirt ever worn in my school! Thanks for the Me-mo-rees! Blessings from Canada 🇨🇦
Hey Steph. I love pattern reveal videos. 40s and 50 styles are so pleasant to view. I 've made vintage animal patterns and loved the results. You really couldn t buy many stuffed animals in the day. Aprons too, and coats, love, love. Keep inspiring.
You said water, but I heard coffee! Cute!!
Just found your videos, brilliant been watching them for hours this evening. I’m in the uk and you have cheered me up so much, was feeling down and demotivated but not any more, thank you. So glad you have made so many!
I found the pattern that I thought was missing. It was all wrapped up in material and plastic wrap. Thank you so much
I want you to know I am present and correct with my own screaming goat and I will be *forever* grateful you put me onto them. My friend says the one he got from me wins best Christmas gift he’s had in many years. I told him who put me onto it 😉
20 minutes in and I'm out of water. 🤣 brb...
Chaos hand sewing a waistband while listening/watching this!😂
Almost finished my tea with a drink anytime you said cute.😅
I worked in a fabric store in the mid 90s and for some reason I was obsessed with a very similar pattern for pillows covered in beads and trim. So impractical! I'm really glad I never took the plunge on that.
You made me laugh so much during this; and, I drank a lot of water. So thank you! I haven't dipped my toe into vintage patterns cause I have a 48 bust. *cries in FBA*
The one from the 60’s with the stockings, I remember my older cousins wearing stockings like that with garters. They still used garters in the 60’s. I had a flashback just now, lol.😮 Thankfully, when I became a teen in the 70’s, we had moved onto orange-ish pantyhose.
What fun, all of those older patterns. I have a few from my Grandmother.
My husband has a little dog which looks like it was made from that toy pattern. He was born in 1954 and it was sown up by his sister a couple of years later. I'd have bought the pattern but it was already gone :(
I loved the little stuffed animal one and it’s gone but they were all beautiful 🧸
Stephanie, after being introduced to you and your videos thru Karen Brown’s channel, I’ve been binge watching you. Love your energy and your humor. Brilliant for sure!
OOOOOO Simplicity 2106 is FIRE!!!
So many…hard to pick my favorite! My favorite era, though, was the very early 50’s❤️. I really appreciated your naming of various pattern details (boatneck, empire waist, bolero jacket, etc.) for the less fashion-aware (ahem…myself) to learn something new. Just stumbled across your channel; LOVE it!
Love the dress, the bow, and the lippie. The patterns are amazing!❤
Thank you!!
I would really appreciate a collection of pieces for people who are actually fully flat chested. I really wish I could find things that fit my chest that arnt like sweaters and things.
LMAO! I'm here! And thank you for the water reminder. I had forgotten, and that's exactly what I need right now.
300 ml... and GO!
Well that got me through 20 min. : P
I think the phrase the of the day was actually "oh wow!"
Thanks for keeping me company, and helping me hydrate.
Best of the box was probably that cross over collar.
Was watching where the husband could hear and he wanted me to tell you that he enjoyed listening very much!
Yeah fully agree that bows make all patterns better 💖
All the bows! 🎀🎀🎀
simplicity 1624 - looking for that, in large, for over 40 years. Mom had that pattern. She made all versions. When she passed, in 1982, I found them in her summer clothes storage, in great shape
Pattern 1607 looks very nice
I love these unboxing videos, I always watch them with a notebook and write down the ones I like. Unfortunately, being in the UK, buying from you would mean very expensive postage, so I'm keeping an eye on eBay on my side of the pond. Thank you for everything, and have a lovely start of 2024!
I like the bow on the one you are wearing. You have to love bows.
This was so fun. I love the 40s and the 70s most. I really enjoyed the ones you selected, particularly the keyhole neck. Also, I learned a thing: I'm a 1/2 size!
I'm seeing a LOT of 1960s patterns that I made. 7475 with the sash, in moire satin for a party.
And the stockings of 6189 so you could have WILD PAISLEY LEGS!
Your shirt and that color looks stunning on you!!!
I liked the little stuffed animal pattern. So cute!
Simplicity 2172 is so pretty 😩 love that button detail just so precious. But if I had pattern spending money, simplicity 1154 would be my pick. The fit, the flare, the little top. Ugh so gorgeous!
46:45 Hahaha! The Scarlet (A) Letter!!! Poor child...
Once again you have a wishlist pattern the way I held my breath and ran to your site🫶🏾. Yes I got it ✨✨
Did you notice that the long skirt in Simplicity 7497 is reversible? So awesome!
All of the 70s knits are giving me flashbacks to all the time I spent with my mother in the Stretch and Sew shop when I was a kid in the 70s. The amount of double-stretch polyester I was clothed in during that decade probably contributed to half the climate change issues we are facing today.
I'm drooling!!!!!!!
I just found you today. I love your vibe, and you made me smile.
Your editing makes me giggle :D
I'm between a bust 38 and a 40 and I love the 40s, and pretty much everything I want in the videos is sold out by the time I get there. But I really hope whoever gets them is enjoying them!
These unboxings are so fun!
love the neckline of the second pattern you showed.
Some great patterns there! thank you for making me smile on a very grey London day!😊
Did i fall asleep while trying to water this last night and so... watching again
Ahhhhhhh.... I might need simplicity 5355. That is my FAVORITE pant shape... But boy would I ever have to size it up.
Great video and I actually caught it early enough that the patterns were still available! Now one of them will be mine! Once it gets here of course.
Love seeing all the patterns from all the eras and your reactions!😂
You inspired me to check my bust size😂
Loved them all
So many pretty patterns😍
There are so many wonderful patterns, I don't know how anyone can choose a favorite!
I loved this video! Thanks for sharing!
i need that Christie brinkley pattern just for the pure fact shes why I'm called Christie
Hi Stephanie, made it to the end. ❤❤❤ Watching your videos. I check out your store all of the time. I'm looking for something in a Katherine Hepburn as a lady mob boss pattern. You get them in from time to time. Invariably I am dead broke when that happens. But one day, you shall have the pattern and I shall have the money and we will be friends.
Did I say I love the videos? They are Awesome!
My favourite was the one you kept.
My favorite was the crusty potentially moldy one the you decided to keep I would love to own that pattern someday
I love the last one you pick at the end so pretty I don't saw but that pattern cute I am big girl to inam 44 dd lol
I'm just pausing at 15 minutes in... ooooh-ho-hooo that is a good box. Good luck with your final keep choice. I myself favour the 30's-50's - somehow it feels like those three decades are telling a longer story.
All the best for the New Year, Lady. Let's hope it's a good one. Now. Back to California dreaming... Good. Box. Maybe best-est ever.
- Cathy (&, Steve), Ottawa/Bytown/Pimisi
All the 1940s 🥰
Love the guest appearance of Jonathan Frakes
Oh, fun!! I have a similar vintage dress with those interesting shoulder tab details (Simplicity 2407) - I thought i remembered it being sold as 1930's, but guess it was 40s!
Oh my goodness! Choose as many as you want!!~ You did all the heavy lifting. You deserve it!
My fav pattern was the stuffed animals.
I am sure my Mom had that pattern.
She also made a ballerina doll.. she used satin for the body and
embroidered the face and used yarn for the hair.
Maybe you have that pattern?
She also made dolly clothes out of men’s ties.
Seven kids, where did she get the time and the energy ?
My Mom is where I got the ‘how hard can it be’ gene.
Except her stuff always turned out pretty amazing!
Happy New Year Stephanie 🇨🇦!
I’ve just cut out a vintage size 16 1/2 pattern. Boxy & short waisted - yes, please - fingers crossed.
Fun to see what you choose
Vintage patterns and good drinks do go together in my opinion
Enjoyed going through this box with you. Cant wear any of those sizes, but I do remember much younget days when I could have. High school days in the late 60's, size 7-8. Won't discuss today sizes. 😂 Thanks for the memories!
So fun and so much a joy to see you undbox patterns - I do not understand the zices? I'm from Denmak and we use metric...oh! I dream I'm making so many of this wonderful dresses! Thank you, I really enjoy your videos
'Leona Rocha was a fit expert. Born in Hawaii, she originally enlisted in the Army’s dental technician course. She used her GI bill benefits to train as a designer at the FIT, she was a past president of the American Home Sewing Association, and even wrote a book about fitting with simplicity. She was a founder of a sewing notions company called Fashionetics, and was the inventor of The Fashion Ruler while still a student, and it is still sold today. In the early 80’s, she partnered with Simplicity to do seminars about fit. At that time, she also hosted a TV show called The Sewing Show on cable four days a week, twice a day. It was a thirteen week series about how to sew at home and properly fit home sewn clothing. She later became an executive at Vogue-Butterick patterns - and married one of their executives. She ran for office on Maui, where she still lives today.' ~The Vintage Fashion Librarian
I love watching unboxings. I screenshot my favs and I use them for inspiration for costuming designs for my TTRPG characters and as potential vTuber outfits.
All the patterns, I love your reactions!
What fun. Took me back a ways. Loved sewing my clothes and still have some fun patterns tucked away. Now all I do is quilt not sure I'd still have the skill to sew a sweet dress.
The contrast stripe 40s dress with the scallops that you put back right at the end
These are all so lovely 🥰 😻🥰
I love the 40s and 50s best too and your 2 keepers are the great choices. Those are the 2 that I would have chosen too.
so pretty. my fave was the 2106 though, such a fun neckline.
I love that one you kept (and found two of.) The big collar and cut on sleeves are just *chef's kiss*
I really liked the skimpy summer tops but they are not ones I'd wear. But the pattern you kept of the dress with the princess lines is adorable.
Got around to this video too late to snap up S2389! It's gorgeous. Will seek it out here in Australia :) love your videos!
To remove any tape…..try Undu solvent adhesive remover. It’s what museums use.
I absolutely LOVE half-sizes. I'm 5'3" and a little more ample than I used to be.... but, the half-sizes fit my frame better. I find that most Miss patterns are too wide in the neckline and shoulder-to-shoulder, the waist is about 2 inches too low, and of course the hemline is too long. For a while I was really stumped because I was shortening the skirt but everything else was too big. Half-sizes for the win! I wish contemporary patterns came in half-sizes! (Has everyone also gotten taller than people used to be???)
Well this was a lovely, unexpected treat! Love watching you unbox and react to patterns. The empire waist ones with matching boleros were my favourites. Definitely not my style but SO PRETTY 😍
1154 is so sweet!
Thanks for the video. So much fun!
My favorite -- the evil Christie Brinkley jacket that has no pattern. You know I'm going to have to see if one was ever made.
😤 Simplicity 4357 -- admittedly, I have a problem. I love double breasted dresses, I love asymmetrical. I LOVE THIS! I have a couple similar . . .not that that would stop me .
I LOVE YOUR PATTERN VIDEOS!!!!
I'm drinking tea, not water, I hope that meets the directive.
Recently was lucky enough to find Simplicity 3262 in Bust 42. It is really cute, I'm looking forward to making it.
haha, makes me want to buy one, but I don't do inches and whatever, so nope 😅
Hello from the UK 😊 Delightful video, as ever. Beautiful things to look at, with your customary warm, funny, knowledgeable and entertaining commentary.
One thing I'm wondering... Would there be any way you could keep the banner with the pattern year on the screen for just a little longer...? I've had to do pause and rewind a few times, cos it's felt a bit 'blink and you miss it'.
Could you maybe have a slightly smaller banner, with just the year, positioned by the picture-in-picture of you, so that it doesn't obscure anything of the pattern envelope, that stays on the screen for the same length of time as the envelope? If you see what I mean... Something like that...?
I'm a complete non-sewer, BTW - but I adore the history of material culture. I admire and delight in the skill of those, like yourself, who specialise in and recreate the craft of the past.
The only pattern I've completed was for a bag. I just found several patterns I bought circa 2007 and want to actually try some out. Well, I traced clothes I liked and used those patterns but I hadn't uses purchased ones. It's about time I try!
Simplicity 6189 I have that pattern! Actually I have 2. Found the first at St. Vinny's but it was missing the stockings so bought it again off Ebay. I wanted the stocking pattern to go with my kirtle. :D It's a WHACKY stocking pattern!
They were all awesome!! A great box!
Dear big 5, if you can hear me, please "accurately" reproduce that second dress S2106. It's so stinking adorable!