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I love all of this- especially the part about using Pinterest to keep track of patterns! A great big lightbulb came on when I read that because I had been using a sewing app where I had to take pictures of front and back of the envelopes but not anymore! To Pinterest I go!! Thanks so much for sharing these very valuable ideas with us.

Hi Anita my name is Helen Mendoza and i love all that you do, thk u so much, i fell on my job and have been out of work for 2yrs now. Because of u i started sewing again. I had a mini stroke from the fall and was so depressed but i thank God for you . I created a draw for my patterns and went to the post office and picked up free postal boxes and used them to roll my fabric on. I dont have alot but it looks so beautiful. Oh by the way,any patterns or such that you dont want i would be honored to take it off your hands lol?know u are so love and prayers are always going up. Peace n Blessing Helen

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Love this post, especially the organizing ideas. I recently went through my patterns and I have a crate full of the ones that I know I will never sew. I had a fabric destash sale and gave away one free pattern with purchase!

BETHANY!!! Oh gosh, I would love to remember the day that I had only 50 patterns. The duplicates are hilarious! I had them too, but can I tell you something else? Some of my duplicates were intentional. Just shameful!

Janine! Yes! Yes! Yes! Music to my ears. I love your way of thinking. Yes, the design detail in some patterns make them worth adding to the collection. Love your personal goal. You go GIRL! You will do it! Thanks for sharing.

Such great ideas! I have no where near as many patterns, but Had I not moved so many times in adulthood, I would have surpassed your number. Since the beginning of this year, I have begun to sew with renewed fervor, so I must purge my accumulation to a more respectable number. Thanks for encouraging fellow seamstresses.

Hi Mrs Anita. I need to go through my patterns also. I thought I was suppose to have a pattern stash lol. They are organized. So I have put all the pattern covers in protected sheets. Place those in binders by categories. I put the actual patterns in envelopes with the name and number written on them. They are filed away in alpha order in totes. But I need to turn it into a collection. This is a hard one for me. Thanks for all you insights and information.

Hey Timeas! LOL! The pattern stash is another thing that was new to me when I returned to sewing in 2015. When I first learned to sew I only bought patterns for the garments I was sewing, one at a time. I blame the internet. LOL!!! I came back and saw people stashing patterns, so I jumped on board.

So I've tried to do some research and haven't really come up with any definitive answer, so hoping someone can help me here. I recently inherited a giant stockpile of vintage sewing patterns from my great-grandmother, most of them from the 60s and 70s, some from as far back as the 50s, and then some more recent from the 80s and 90s. I would like to be able to share and sell them, but I'd really prefer to sell them digitally only instead of the physical patterns for three main reasons:

1. I inherited them from my great-grandmother, and I'm really the only one in the family who shared her love of sewing and would appreciate these, so I'd rather not part with them entirely. They are also mainly children's patterns (they were poor and she made pretty much all the clothes for her kids and grandkids), and while I don't currently have kids to make stuff for, that will hopefully change as I and my friends and siblings enter into prime kid-having years.

3. A lot of these patterns are from a time when everyone took home ec and/or had a mother or grandmother to teach them how to sew, and so sewing patterns had much shorter instructions because they assumed you already knew all the terminology and how to do certain things. So while a modern pattern my say, "here's step by step instructions on how to attach the neckline facing", the old pattern instructions might just say, "Step 8: Attach the neckline facing". While more advanced sewers could probably work out the vintage instructions, I know a lot of hobby sewers would end up confused, so I kind of want to include tutorials/more detailed instructions to make these old patterns more useful.

I don't want to run up against copyright laws or Etsy's own policies of course. Selling the actual physical patterns seems more straight-forward, since that is essentially selling a physical vintage item. But given that I would sort of be reproducing the patterns, I can see issues arising. Would that be mitigated if I only sold one version of each pattern I have? Basically restore the vintage pattern, sell that (either in digital or physical form), and then archive it, so that I'm not selling mulitple copies of a copyrighted pattern? Would my addition of tutorials and more detailed instructions (along with restoration) constitute enough of an alteration to the original product that it would get around copyright laws?

I'd love to share these patterns with the world, since they are really treasures, but I can't take the time to digitize them and share them without getting paid for the work. Any advice on what I can and can't do in this situation would be appreciated, especially if any etsy mods or experts could chime in. I'd hate to go through the time and effort of getting these ready only to have the plug pulled because it wasn't totally kosher.

You need to do internet research on this question. For instance, perhaps Butterick or Simplicty or Vogue owns the rights to even their old vintage patterns. Those are all still in business, so that is a very real concern, I would think.

I don't have an answer, but this site might offer some insight: _Sewing_Patterns:About If you look at the FAQ, there are some warnings about altering patterns that are not older than 25 years, but I am not sure what exactly is allowable. Anyway, it is a really intersting database ofvintage patterns that is fun to look at, even if it doesn't help! :-)

You will see plenty of shops on Etsy that do sell pdfs of vintage patterns. However what other shop do is not a good indication that it is legal. You will have to seek proper advice on it yourself. There are plenty of places to start.

My understanding is that it can be complicated, but in general you can't copy and sell any pattern still under copyright. And just because a company can't be found doesn't mean their patterns are not protected.

Firstly, if you can find a way to legally restore old patterns, add in directions for today's sewers and allow them to print out exactly to scale, then you've got a great business going. I see huge potential.

I think that the best advice so far is for you to contact the pattern companies directly. Each one will have its own policy and then you will have a written record of your rights to use their product. I do know that public domain law in general allows free use for things originally printed before 1928, so all of your patterns are still far from passing into the public domain.

This is accurate, but it doesn't help her, however. She wouldn't be able to use the pattern pieces at all, so the pattern would be essentially worthless if it is still under copyright. She could use the instructions, that's it. I have licensed patterns to Simplicity and had an IP attorney help me out with situations like this when I first started out. The artwork (any drawings) in the pattern is protected by copyright but the instructions themselves are usually not.

On Etsy you can sell a vintage item, defined as an item made by someone else more than 25 years ago, unaltered. You can legally sell the original paper patterns, without question. However, the minute you digitize/alter/add info to the pattern, it is no longer 'vintage' by Etsy's definition. Is it then 'handmade' by you because you altered it?

Those A4 patterns that you print out and tape together are tiled patterns. The original pattern was drawn in a CAD program and is designed to print on tabloid size (full page, not letter size, page but unfolded newspaper size) to be printed by a digital full page press. The designers sometimes change the layout to fit on 33" wide paper (A0) format, or they leave it as is and tile it so that it can be printed on A4 or letter size paper on a home printer. The tiled file may have marks to show you where to line up the pattern or it is edge to egde. The pattern never changed from the original dimensions.

This is my area of expertise. I am a sewist and my other company is an on demand printing company that specializes in printing sewing patterns. I print for designers and I print on demand for individuals wanting digital patterns printed. I am not trying to discourage you from embarking on a new business, but I think that you are going into this without all of the information you need.

As for copyright issues. Spend the money and sit down with an experienced IP lawyer. CSS owns McCalls, Vogue, Butterick, Simplicity, New Look, and a few others. They have gone as far as to post a notice on Amazon stating the reselling of their patterns without being an authorized dealer is not allowed (they are wrong). Protect yourself and your new potential business by understanding exactly what content you can and cannot reproduce. This way, you have advice from someone who truly knows copyright law, which is super complicated and convoluted.

Did I hear correctly on the Ebay For Business Podcast late 2022 that sewing patterns may now be shipped via Media Mail? Not finding this on the website and want to make sure, but I am pretty certain I heard Griff and Brian mention that... Thanks!

You are correct, packets of a pattern or patterns, even with written instructions do not qualify for Media Mail. I have a couple of packet type patterns in Quilting / Sewing and even one in Cross stitch. They have to ship First class. 2351a5e196