Hi friends! Due to having the *spicy* flu, these pattern will not be available on my website until the end of the month, because I checked them while I was in quarantine. Look for them in early August!
It may have been the shock of finding the size 48 that set your immune system off balance... Feel better soon. If all else fails - chicken soup and poutine and orange juice. - Cathy (&, accidently, Steve), Ottawa/Bytown/Pimisi
You have been blessed! You have in your possession the Holy Grail for all us "stout" women: the size 48 dress pattern! Was it a dream? --- no, it IS real, it does exist! I got all misty seeing not only The Pattern Envelope, but also seeing your reaction as you held it and looked at it. I wish you a speedy and uneventful recovery from spicy flu.
Stephanie, you had me tearing up too when you found the 48. I don't sew but I totally understood the emotion that patern brought up being plus size myself.
It was the tears upon finding the size 48 1920s pattern for me! I have have arguments about plus sizes existing in the past, people really believe they didn't exist so I knew how much this means to find! Right there with you gurl!
@@StephanieCanada this might sound corny, but it must be fate! This pattern lied in wait all these years to be found by someone that would understand it's significance! I can't wait to see what you do with it, I only wished I could sew along with you and share in the experience!
The tiny misses patterns are survival bias in praxis. Finding those all the time most defenitly mean they where the least used sizes. We don't find many surviving prints of bigger sizes exactly because they would be used until they disintegrate.
I’m glad it was you that got this box, and that treasure of a size 48. Seeing the contents, it would have been well worth the investment in terms of resale to either you or Angela, and I’d have enjoyed seeing the haul with her every bit as much, except for that one bit of magic, that I’m so glad is in your hands.
I absolutely loved this. I’m happy you found the size 48 pattern. Definitely had me tearing up 🥹 I cannot wait for you to make it. Hope you feel better
The 20's aren't my era but the bust 48 has to be my fav for all the reasons you mentioned. We know that bodies of all sizes existed but seeing tangible proof like that is important!
As a twenties fan who is *decidedly* not straight up and down in silhouette, my understanding is that women absolutely did continue to wear corsets, in order to get that columnar shape. (There were different names for them, and rubber was starting to be used, but some kind of shaping/support undergarment would have been necessary for curvy gals to wear those straight dresses well.) When you make your twenties dress, give it a try with a sports bra and a spanx (I know, I know, but it does give a pretty close approximation without investing in period-appropriate underthings). Husband says Superman dates to 1938 but it could be debated that the category did not exist yet. There still would have been caped comic heroes like Zorro, etc. in the thirties.
I still can't believe it! But I am glad she only had questions, and hadn't expressed an "interested" as the site requires. so that this box could be MINE
Don't know if you still have that plus size pattern , but perhaps if it's allowable, you could, make that available as a PDF. So more folks can revel in that same appreciation you had when you found it. They too could try their hand at making there's . Occurs to me maybe you already have. By the way thanks for sharing this was a fun video.
What treasures! I look forward to seeing you make the 1920s pattern. I’m intrigued to see what a proper period proportioned 20s pattern will look like in the larger size
There had to have been plus sized patterns. My grandmother was a big woman. I think she was 5'11" when she was young with a big build and strong upper body. There's no way she could have worn one of those 36" bust dresses. She was a young woman in the 20's.
My mom was young enough to wear those child patterns in the 20s. She was born in 1917. She remembered her mom making her little dresses with "bloomers" under them for 1st grade. That would have been 1923.
The reason the dress and the apron were in the pattern box is because she intended to use them as “patterns”. You can see both the dress and the apron were “well loved” she wanted to make them again. The beach coverup you are making is an old Martex sheet from the 70s. Enjoy the dusty journey into the past.
Not gonna lie, fell in love with Pictograf 2362 with a 38 bust... and quietly lusting after all the other 38's... please post a thing on a Community post, or something, when you post them up on your site. You found the size 48 unicorn... go buy a lotto ticket while patting your head and rubbing your tum. The condition these are in is amazing. I was tearing up right with you. The maternal Great Granny would draft her patterns off of the evening newspaper. So don't completely disregard those oddball pieces - they may add up to a spectacular something-or-other. Fun fact - pretty sure that's why none of the patterning survived her. Le sigh. - Cathy (&, accidently, Steve), Ottawa/Bytown/Pimisi
I will absolutely post in the community tab when these patterns are going up! And I still can't believe how wonderful you all are for welcoming the softer side of me.
Fun video. Finding the size 48 was amazing. People generally weren't that much smaller back then compared to now. I was surprised by all the size 36 busts. Most vintage patterns I see are a lot smaller. As a petite woman, when I shop for petites clothing secondhand, bust measurements tend to be too small or too big for me. Part of me suspects companies assume people around 5 feet have proportionately smaller chest measurements than women of average height. When I look at normal sizing, I tend to see a lot more options.
Thank you so much! The 48 really warmed my heart. As did all the bust 36"! This box truly must've been hidden away for years to not have them all used and tattered.
The newspaper pieces, check them to see if they've been used for pattern drafts. My great grandmother who was a tailoress used to draft things onto newspaper. You may already know this but wanted to say just in case x
Thank you for sharing!! I love the children's patterns! And I collect dolls from that era and adore that doll ad! So adorable!! I think I might have that doll or one very very similar! 😍😍😍
Aren't they the best! I will do a community post for everyone when these start going up on my website. (Obviously not until I am SURE all the spicy flu is gone from my house tho)
I had those sheets that you have on the mannequin behind you. I made a bed canopy for my young daughter who is now 46 years old! Still love that fabric!
This was a wonderful box of patterns. Thank you for sharing them with us. I am watching this video from my bed as I too have the spicy flu right now. Hope all is well with you again soon.
I'm going to be honest; if you have nothing else to do with the surprise patterns, I think I would enjoy trying to make a suspected apron. Not sure if NZ customs would let that through though...
I stumbled onto your video today. I liked your unboxing of the patterns. You gave me an idea to do a video of my great grandmothers pattern box with the patterns she would use to make herself and her grandchildren's clothes. This would have been in the 1930's, think feed sacks. She would go to town with great grandpa and pick out either chicken or flour sacks that appealed to her and then make the five cousins at that time all matching dresses. I will have to find pictures of the cousins with their dresses.
20:36 I absolutely adore that pattern it's so beautiful 😇 it's my size too I think! maybe I will find one someday at a yard sale or something though the chance is low :)
Actually the best way to handle items like this is with clean, dry hands because if you put on gloves of any kind you can’t feel how much pressure you are putting on the already fragile paper.
That sheet on your dress form is cracking me up. I had thrifted one of that exact pattern and used it to back my son's Elizabeth Harmon dinosaurs quilt. They must be quite plentiful for this coincidence.
Hmm, maybe... I could look into partnering with one of my friends that does reproductions for a living (like Mrs. Depew). I will ask her and keep y'all posted.
That was fun, thanks for sharing. I understand the tears over that pattern, everything else in there was just a bonus. I sent you a DM about the Seagle Festival (10 weeks of opera camp basically) I’m working here in wig world. Was wondering if you had heard of it?
Hi Anne! I am actually about to list the ones that are complete on my website in TWO DAYS! I will be releasing the first round (ladies, not kids) on Wednesday, August 17th. Check it out at www.backroomfinds.com
Hi friends! Due to having the *spicy* flu, these pattern will not be available on my website until the end of the month, because I checked them while I was in quarantine. Look for them in early August!
Hope you feel better!
Spicy flu 🤒 get some rest
It may have been the shock of finding the size 48 that set your immune system off balance...
Feel better soon. If all else fails - chicken soup and poutine and orange juice.
- Cathy (&, accidently, Steve), Ottawa/Bytown/Pimisi
You have been blessed! You have in your possession the Holy Grail for all us "stout" women: the size 48 dress pattern! Was it a dream? --- no, it IS real, it does exist! I got all misty seeing not only The Pattern Envelope, but also seeing your reaction as you held it and looked at it.
I wish you a speedy and uneventful recovery from spicy flu.
Right!! Holy grail indeed! I need to make her up in true 20’s glory!
And thank you for the well wishes.
Viewing one yr later, (and a fairly new convert to most of your material), I loved your almost tears of joy. I understand.
Stephanie, you had me tearing up too when you found the 48. I don't sew but I totally understood the emotion that patern brought up being plus size myself.
Aww thank you for sharing Cindy! I was surprised and overwhelmed by the emotions on finding it for sure.
It was the tears upon finding the size 48 1920s pattern for me! I have have arguments about plus sizes existing in the past, people really believe they didn't exist so I knew how much this means to find! Right there with you gurl!
Yeah, I was super overwhelmed when I saw it. I still am sort of in shock with how good of shape it is in.
I’m spoiled from inheriting the patterns. I am of busty stock. No pattern is smaller than a 42.
@@StephanieCanada this might sound corny, but it must be fate! This pattern lied in wait all these years to be found by someone that would understand it's significance! I can't wait to see what you do with it, I only wished I could sew along with you and share in the experience!
That 48! I mean no full bust adjustment! I'm a 47 1\2 ish. I would have to adjust down a little. It fantastic!
That 48!!!!!!!
RIGHT?!
The tiny misses patterns are survival bias in praxis. Finding those all the time most defenitly mean they where the least used sizes. We don't find many surviving prints of bigger sizes exactly because they would be used until they disintegrate.
Absolutely agreed! But that is why the bust 48 was so special to me.
I’m glad it was you that got this box, and that treasure of a size 48.
Seeing the contents, it would have been well worth the investment in terms of resale to either you or Angela, and I’d have enjoyed seeing the haul with her every bit as much, except for that one bit of magic, that I’m so glad is in your hands.
I am super thankful I snagged it too. When I can list these it will be well worth it, but that bust 48 is the real gem.
All the little outfits and dresses made me happy. Seeing you find the size 48 was joy. Thanks for sharing. 💜
These patterns are definitely the bee's knees! Now I want a Gin Rickey.
I guess you committed yourself to that 1920s reenactment video on how to make others live you! 😂😂
OH I COULD MASH THOSE UP! What a GRAND idea, thank you!
I absolutely loved this. I’m happy you found the size 48 pattern. Definitely had me tearing up 🥹 I cannot wait for you to make it. Hope you feel better
Thank you so much! I am hoping for it to be a fall or maybe New Years make. And thank you for the well wishes
Oh Stephanie this is a treasure trove! The same pattern that made you cry, also made me cry. I had to rewind and go "wuh wait, size what?!"
It really is a trove of goodies! I am so glad I left the discovery of the 48 in, because I was truly contemplating taking it out.
The 20's aren't my era but the bust 48 has to be my fav for all the reasons you mentioned. We know that bodies of all sizes existed but seeing tangible proof like that is important!
You're so sweet, I love to see you get so excited ❤❤❤❤
All hail her snarky ness is here 😳🙄😜😂😂
Bwahaha! Thanks! It feels good to post again.
Thankyou for sharing the joy of your discoveries with us. As someone who is plus size I felt your joy. XxX
Happy to! I love sharing these wins, when I find them!
I straight up thought you were about to start singing "Doom Fluff" to the Oompa Loompa tune!
As a twenties fan who is *decidedly* not straight up and down in silhouette, my understanding is that women absolutely did continue to wear corsets, in order to get that columnar shape. (There were different names for them, and rubber was starting to be used, but some kind of shaping/support undergarment would have been necessary for curvy gals to wear those straight dresses well.)
When you make your twenties dress, give it a try with a sports bra and a spanx (I know, I know, but it does give a pretty close approximation without investing in period-appropriate underthings).
Husband says Superman dates to 1938 but it could be debated that the category did not exist yet. There still would have been caped comic heroes like Zorro, etc. in the thirties.
Keep the safety pin! They don’t make them like they used to.😂
Woah, you scooped Angela Clayton!
Plus, that first McCalls is so adorable. The whole box is amazing!
I still can't believe it! But I am glad she only had questions, and hadn't expressed an "interested" as the site requires. so that this box could be MINE
Perfectly revolting... Absolutely loved this one. Even though no screaming goat.
Birdy
Yeah, can't overuse the goat... gotta keep it primed for the perfect screamin' moment.
Omg treasure 😍😍😍 these are absolutely amazing
Thank you so much friend! It was a very exciting box indeed
It's amazing to see those old patterns and the pictures on them. That was a good buy and fun for you to look through them. Thank you
Thank you for hanging out and watching Tony!
@@StephanieCanada welcome, you are always fun to watch and how exciting these patterns are. Thank you
Oohhhh golly!! So pumped for the video of you making the 20s frock!!! Internet high five 🖐
High five received! I am stoked to try it out.
After watching so many of your videos dripping with sarcasm, I have to say it was BEAUTIFUL when you genuinely teared up. Love you.
Aww thanks! I did think about taking that part out, but now seeing everyone being so supportive, I am glad I didn’t.
Don't know if you still have that plus size pattern , but perhaps if it's allowable, you could, make that available as a PDF. So more folks can revel in that same appreciation you had when you found it. They too could try their hand at making there's . Occurs to me maybe you already have. By the way thanks for sharing this was a fun video.
Get well soon. Lovely to see you back
Thank you so much!
Absolutely 💯
This box is just fantastic
It really is!!!
@@StephanieCanada I refuse to pick a favorite btw there’s no right answer
I look forward to seeing the awkward crotch buckle on that 48" pattern 🤣
Oh I know, it is going to be QUITE the journey, for sure!
Is it even a 20s dress without an awkward crotch detail? XD
What fun watching you open this package!
Thank you so much! It WAS super fun
Please make the dress that brought you to tears! I can't wait!
Oh I sure will!
Thank you for crying when you found the large size pattern. The emotion was raw and so affirming.
I honestly was about to cut most of it. Thank you all for being so kind and welcoming to shedding a few tears of joy over a plus size pattern.
Great video! I love these unboxings!
Thank you so much!
1920s are totally my vibe. I was crying with you.
AMAZING! I am so glad it made your heart happy too!
WOW! SIZE 48!!!!
RIGHT I was shocked!
I think what you called a house dress I think might be a waitress uniform. Loved your video. It was very interesting.
Oh maybe!!
What treasures! I look forward to seeing you make the 1920s pattern. I’m intrigued to see what a proper period proportioned 20s pattern will look like in the larger size
Honesty, me too! I have never found a plus size 20's dress intact and wearable. So I am excited to make my own!
The separates ♡♡♡ oh man I love those pants so much! What a great mystery box!
Aren't they fabulous! I am still floored by them!
Was totally not expecting to tear up during one of your videos, but I'm really glad I did.
I truly thought about cutting it out, but by the sweet comments I am glad I left it in.
My favorite was one of the 1920s little girl lace dress. It was so cute! You really hit the jackpot with the separates pattern and the bust 48!
I did love some of those children's outfits! They were just the cutest!
There had to have been plus sized patterns. My grandmother was a big woman. I think she was 5'11" when she was young with a big build and strong upper body. There's no way she could have worn one of those 36" bust dresses. She was a young woman in the 20's.
This so great!!! Your genuine happiness for these always fill my my crafty heart, I can’t wait to see you tackle that pattern!
Thank you! I was really nervous about keeping that part in the video. But all of your beautiful comments have shown me that it was the correct choice.
WOW! That was amazing! I'm so happy for you! That was a fun video. Thanks for sharing.
Thank you for hanging out and watching Patty
My mom was young enough to wear those child patterns in the 20s. She was born in 1917. She remembered her mom making her little dresses with "bloomers" under them for 1st grade. That would have been 1923.
Oh my goodness how amazing!
Hope you feel better from the pandemic
Love your shirt
Thank you!
Yes you would have a corset underneath the early 20s styles.
ooooooohhhhhhh - truly breathtaking haul! I am SOOOOO looking forward to seeing that size 48 pattern made!
It really was quite amazing! And I am super excited to dig into this dress pattern when I get back.
I have copied and added collars from one pattern to another more than once in my life. Same with sleeves.
Such an awesome buy, thanks for sharing. I love your pattern unboxing videos
Thank you so much! I really enjoyed this one, and I am so glad everyone else did too.
The reason the dress and the apron were in the pattern box is because she intended to use them as “patterns”. You can see both the dress and the apron were “well loved” she wanted to make them again. The beach coverup you are making is an old Martex sheet from the 70s. Enjoy the dusty journey into the past.
I would be interested in the newspaper patterns!
Good to know. Check back when I am state side in august and I am happy to send them to you.
Elaine, message me on IG or at my contact email and let's get you the newspaper!
Not gonna lie, fell in love with Pictograf 2362 with a 38 bust... and quietly lusting after all the other 38's... please post a thing on a Community post, or something, when you post them up on your site.
You found the size 48 unicorn... go buy a lotto ticket while patting your head and rubbing your tum. The condition these are in is amazing. I was tearing up right with you.
The maternal Great Granny would draft her patterns off of the evening newspaper. So don't completely disregard those oddball pieces - they may add up to a spectacular something-or-other. Fun fact - pretty sure that's why none of the patterning survived her. Le sigh.
- Cathy (&, accidently, Steve), Ottawa/Bytown/Pimisi
I will absolutely post in the community tab when these patterns are going up! And I still can't believe how wonderful you all are for welcoming the softer side of me.
@@StephanieCanada *smooch* Enjoy the day, Woman.
Heads up, the first round of these patterns (women's patterns only, not kids) will be coming to the website THIS WEEK!
Please do video making that flapper dress. My fav decade ❤️💕❤️
I sure am gonna! Bust 48 so NO ADJUSTMENTS?! Heck yeah!
I would have cried at a vintage pattern with 48 bust too. I'm with ya!
Right! I was NOT prepared for that reaction.
Oh I loved so much about this. The child rompers were adorable but my favorite was the 48 sized pattern. What a find!
It truly was a winning box!
That magazine page is hilarious! “Big free doll! Who wants me?”
Not I.
same
Watching you pull these things out of the box, I want to keep washing my hands. Lol
Please make the bust 48!!!
I wish you could reproduce the complete ones. I reenact the 20s and I can wear a 48!!!!
Fun video. Finding the size 48 was amazing. People generally weren't that much smaller back then compared to now.
I was surprised by all the size 36 busts. Most vintage patterns I see are a lot smaller. As a petite woman, when I shop for petites clothing secondhand, bust measurements tend to be too small or too big for me. Part of me suspects companies assume people around 5 feet have proportionately smaller chest measurements than women of average height. When I look at normal sizing, I tend to see a lot more options.
Thank you so much! The 48 really warmed my heart. As did all the bust 36"! This box truly must've been hidden away for years to not have them all used and tattered.
Feel better!!! (I love the term spicy flu btw lol!)
It is so it doesn’t get flagged for Rona info.
OMG! The 1930’s first dress pattern in a 36!! I will be looking for it!!💖💖💖
I was first here. I really like your works
thank you!
The "flanders" pattern is an Apron Dress. They buttoned down the back. I have 2 McCall patterns like that one. They are adorable!
Oh very cool! Thank you!
Have you thought about making a digital library for those patterns that are now in public domain so others can purchase them?
What an amazing find!! Very much enjoyed the adventure that the box provided. Congratulations on the 48 find :)
It was quite the rollercoaster of emotions for sure!
WOW!!!!!!!! COOL!!!!!!
Thank you!
As soon as a patent application is filed, they can print patent pending. If issued, they print patent.
The newspaper pieces, check them to see if they've been used for pattern drafts. My great grandmother who was a tailoress used to draft things onto newspaper. You may already know this but wanted to say just in case x
Oh yeah most of them are, but they are so fragile you cant really do much with them.
What wonderful fun! Thank you for sharing. ❤
This was fun to live vicariously!
Thank you for sharing!! I love the children's patterns! And I collect dolls from that era and adore that doll ad! So adorable!! I think I might have that doll or one very very similar! 😍😍😍
I have a dress made out of the same sheet as whatever that is behind you! Found it at a church sale for next to nothing and had to have it.
NICE
this was fun to watch as always. It's the snark for me
Thank you so much! Happy to bring the snark.
I saw those pants and now I'm all MUUUSSSTTT MAAAKKKEEE. 😅🙈😂🤣😂🤣 So awesome!! Thank you for sharing this box of awesome deliciousness!!
Aren't they the best! I will do a community post for everyone when these start going up on my website. (Obviously not until I am SURE all the spicy flu is gone from my house tho)
I had those sheets that you have on the mannequin behind you. I made a bed canopy for my young daughter who is now 46 years old! Still love that fabric!
Amazing! That will be the next project you see on this channel!
That looked like you were having fun! Looking forward to seeing you sew one of them!
I sure did! And I am excited for that bust 48!
@@StephanieCanada Me. too. I am NOT a petite flower and it is not easy to find either vintage or contemporary sewing patterns for a size 28.
This was a wonderful box of patterns. Thank you for sharing them with us. I am watching this video from my bed as I too have the spicy flu right now. Hope all is well with you again soon.
I hope you are feeling better!
@@StephanieCanada Doing great! It only lasted three days and it felt like a head cold, but with a low grade fever, coughing and sneezing.
I loved the childrens patterns and the pants!!!!! Wow! Great haul.
Thank you so much!
I'm going to be honest; if you have nothing else to do with the surprise patterns, I think I would enjoy trying to make a suspected apron. Not sure if NZ customs would let that through though...
This is funny because yesterday (same day this was posted) I got a box of free vintage patterns and it was sort of a mystery box too 😂
NICE! Gotta love free!
Thank you so much! Just last night I was wishing to see some 1920's patterns!
So happy to help!
I stumbled onto your video today. I liked your unboxing of the patterns. You gave me an idea to do a video of my great grandmothers pattern box with the patterns she would use to make herself and her grandchildren's clothes. This would have been in the 1930's, think feed sacks. She would go to town with great grandpa and pick out either chicken or flour sacks that appealed to her and then make the five cousins at that time all matching dresses. I will have to find pictures of the cousins with their dresses.
Oh my goodness! Please DO! I would LOVE to see them!
Love your videos!!
I suspect that both the apron and dress were kept as patterns to cut others by. I've done that many times.
In the short time that I've been subscrived to your channel, you have become my FAV sewing youtuber!
Aww thank you so much! That means the world to me.☺
20:36 I absolutely adore that pattern it's so beautiful 😇 it's my size too I think! maybe I will find one someday at a yard sale or something though the chance is low :)
If I can find a bust 48, anything is possible!
@@StephanieCanada Hope your channel gets more popular, it's great!!
Meta Man, express elevator! Dynaguy, snag on takeoff! Splashdown, sucked into a vortex! NO CAPES! :)
Except in toddler form
I love that teen pattern!
Isn’t it adorable!
Wow!!! Such a good video, love these patterns and can’t wait to see you make that dress!
Thanks lady! I did truly enjoy this box!
You should be wearing vinyl gloves when opening these! YIKES!!
Actually the best way to handle items like this is with clean, dry hands because if you put on gloves of any kind you can’t feel how much pressure you are putting on the already fragile paper.
@@StephanieCanada I meant it for your protection.
That sheet on your dress form is cracking me up. I had thrifted one of that exact pattern and used it to back my son's Elizabeth Harmon dinosaurs quilt. They must be quite plentiful for this coincidence.
I am sure they are, that is why I didn't mind cutting them up.
I haven't gotten to the paid part of the video and I am like OMG
Oh yeah it was well worth it!
48!!!! Any way to share that with more people than whoever buys it??
Hmm, maybe... I could look into partnering with one of my friends that does reproductions for a living (like Mrs. Depew). I will ask her and keep y'all posted.
That was fun, thanks for sharing. I understand the tears over that pattern, everything else in there was just a bonus. I sent you a DM about the Seagle Festival (10 weeks of opera camp basically) I’m working here in wig world. Was wondering if you had heard of it?
Thank you for not hating on children.
Love you already, but thank you more for appreciating chlidrens' patterns 😹
Can you sell the 36 and 38 flappers to me please Stephanie 🙏🙏❤️
Hi Anne! I am actually about to list the ones that are complete on my website in TWO DAYS! I will be releasing the first round (ladies, not kids) on Wednesday, August 17th. Check it out at www.backroomfinds.com