Let's Talk About: Fabric and Textile Resource

What is fabric all about? What makes fabric types different? Learning to recognize different fabric types is a huge requirement for anyone who wants to work with fashion.

1949 Fashions: Simplicity Sewing Patterns

This vintage 1949 August brochure for Simplicity sewing patterns shows diverse new silhouettes available to home sewers that year, for 25 cents each.  The company provided a wide range of styles suitable for it's readers who would be making their own clothes for summer and fall.