For ONE WEEK ONLY the Commercial Pattern Archive at the University of Rhode Island is offering free online access! Login with the username "guest" and the password "pattern".
http://www.uri.edu/library/special_collections/COPA/index.php
COPA has about 48,000 vintage patterns (including the small scale pattern piece images!) dating from 1868 - 2000 for you to enjoy.
1 comment:
Wow! Thanks for sharing! I've already spent a lot of time going through fashions from 1920-1960. I love studying how the styles changed even from year to year.
I wish I was an accomplished enough sewer to manage to make a pattern out of the pictures!
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