midvalecottage

Fab vintage patterns for timeless style year-round!

Seattle, Washington On Etsy since 2008

12,039 Sales | 5 out of 5 stars

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midvalecottage

Fab vintage patterns for timeless style year-round!

Seattle, Washington | 12,039 Sales

5 out of 5 stars

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Announcement    Welcome to Midvale Cottage, a shop full of terrific vintage sewing and craft patterns (and a few that are not so vintage :).
For vintage pattern previews, reviews, and other vintage sewing & craft tidbits:
Blog: http://midvalevintagepost.blogspot.com/
Twitter: @midvalecottage
FB: http://www.facebook.com/pages/Midvale-Cottage/253982974642340
Or, use an RSS feed: http://www.etsy.com/shop/midvalecottage/rss

Proud member of the Vintage Sewing Pattern Sellers and Collectors Team and the Vintage Lovers Team!

Check out my shop policy for a list of fab blogs that have featured my patterns.

Some Excellent Guides When Sewing Vintage:
RESIZING A PATTERN
http://sensibility.com/blog/tips/how-to-resize-a-pattern/
http://www.threadsmagazine.com/item/4368/making-sense-of-pattern-grading
http://www.threadsmagazine.com/item/4424/quick-reference-for-cut-and-spread-pattern-grading
http://www.blogforbettersewing.com/2010/06/vintage-pattern-sizing.html

WORKING WITH UNPRINTED PATTERNS
http://midvalevintagepost.blogspot.com/2015/02/history-of-sewing-de-mystifying.html
http://www.threadsmagazine.com/item/4669/working-with-vintage-patterns

Announcement

Welcome to Midvale Cottage, a shop full of terrific vintage sewing and craft patterns (and a few that are not so vintage :).
For vintage pattern previews, reviews, and other vintage sewing & craft tidbits:
Blog: http://midvalevintagepost.blogspot.com/
Twitter: @midvalecottage
FB: http://www.facebook.com/pages/Midvale-Cottage/253982974642340
Or, use an RSS feed: http://www.etsy.com/shop/midvalecottage/rss

Proud member of the Vintage Sewing Pattern Sellers and Collectors Team and the Vintage Lovers Team!

Check out my shop policy for a list of fab blogs that have featured my patterns.

Some Excellent Guides When Sewing Vintage:
RESIZING A PATTERN
http://sensibility.com/blog/tips/how-to-resize-a-pattern/
http://www.threadsmagazine.com/item/4368/making-sense-of-pattern-grading
http://www.threadsmagazine.com/item/4424/quick-reference-for-cut-and-spread-pattern-grading
http://www.blogforbettersewing.com/2010/06/vintage-pattern-sizing.html

WORKING WITH UNPRINTED PATTERNS
http://midvalevintagepost.blogspot.com/2015/02/history-of-sewing-de-mystifying.html
http://www.threadsmagazine.com/item/4669/working-with-vintage-patterns

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Kathleen Linscott

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About midvalecottage

Sales 12,039
On Etsy since 2008
  • Grandmother since 2013
  • A sweater I knitted sideways
  • Matching the dots on a re-fashion for a 1950s blouse
  • Mother-daughter cloches, using vintage patterns purchased on Etsy and fabric scraps.
  • Mt St Helens, an icon of the Pacific Northwest

Saving vintage style, one pattern at a time

It's the vintage life, and how delightful it is! Midvale Cottage is about a lifetime of sewing and fashion for the family. The vintage patterns I sell are styles my grandmother wore, my mother wore, myself & my siblings wore, and my children too.

I started my Etsy shop with the sewing pattern collection of my neighbor, who collected her patterns over a lifetime of sewing for her family of four. Estate sales are still my favorite way to acquire patterns for my shop for the sheer range and variety of patterns - patterns for mom, the kids, and dad too - and craft, embroidery, and other patterns to decorate the home.

I love the the needle and fiber arts, and the ways they allow one to express creativity. I am delighted when my customers share their creations with me, sewn from the patterns they buy in my shop. Thrift stores are my favorite stores to shop in and refashioning is such a wonderful challenge.

I look forward to retiring from my day job, so I will have more time to sew, knit, crochet, embroider, and develop and expand my shop.

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  • Kathleen

    Owner

    Born and raised in Washington state. Daughter, sister, mother, grandmother... And a life enjoying nature, the needle & fiber arts, and the timeless design of vintage styles.

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