Tutorial: How to clean a vintage sewing pattern

Rarely do you find a vintage sewing pattern in pristine condition. After all, they’re old and most likely have not been handled or stored carefully over the years. Often the cover is dingy or smudged or even written on in places. Did you know you can clean that up and restore the condition of the pattern? I didn’t until I read this post by Nessa at Pattern Patter. She shares three products she uses to clean dirt and writing off of a vintage sewing pattern.

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Pattern Cleaning & Repair, Part 1, by Pattern Patter

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Christmas pajamas are such a fun holiday tradition! Whether it’s just cute pajamas for the kids or coordinating Christmas jammies for the whole family, they make movie night or a Christmas bedtime story that much more cozy. We’ve rounded up 12 pajama sewing patterns that would be perfect for Christmas jammies. Some are free patterns, while others are available for purchase. They’d all be adorable sewn up in Christmas fabrics!

Mommy and Me Christmas Nightgowns by Life Sew Savory

[photo credit: Life Sew Savory]

Free Happy Holiday Raglan T-shirt Sewing Pattern by Sew Simple Home

Use this free sewing pattern and cut file to make matching long sleeved raglan t-shirts with a cute Christmas saying. Free raglan shirt pattern comes in childrens sizes 12 months – 12 years.

[photo credit: Sew Simple Home]

Naughty Nice PJs from Pattern for Pirates

Pattern comes in women’s sizes XXS – 3XL. Includes options to make them full length, shorties, or cheeky sexy PJs. There are also options for three sleeve lengths so you can customize this pattern to get exactly the look you want.

[photo credit: Patterns for Pirates]

How to Sew Pajama Pants by Sweet Red Poppy

This free pattern includes sizes preemie to 6X.

[photo credit: Sweet Red Poppy]

Classic Zipper PJs Pattern from Peekaboo Pattern Shop

Comes in sizes newborn to children’s 10/12

[photo credit: Peekaboo Pattern Shop]

Pajama Pants Pattern Free PDF Pattern for the Whole Family by Life Sew Savory

[photo credit: Life Sew Savory]

Kids Santa/Elf/Gnome Pajama Set Pattern from Jaykaiy

Pattern comes in sizes from baby to 10.

[photo credit: Jaykaiy]

Movie Night Pajamas PDF Pattern (Childrens 6 mo – 12 yrs) by Sew a Little Seam

This pattern is also available in Men’s and Women’s sizes so you can sew matching pajamas for everyone in your family.

[photo credit: Sew a Little Seam]

Sew a Sleep Shirt – with Free Pattern by Melly Sews

[photo credit: Melly Sews]

Christmas Pajamas from EK Sewing

[photo credit: EK Sewing]

Pajamas Tutorial by Crazy Little Projects

Sew pajama pants in any size by copying a pair you already own.

[photo credit: Crazy Little Projects]

Doll Pajamas and Sleep Mask Set – Free Sewing Pattern by Orange Bettie for Bombshell Bling

Perfect for making dolly and me Christmas pajamas!

[photo credit: Bombshell Bling]

Comments

Catherine Johnson says
June 29, 2015 at 8:08 am
Thanks for sharing this!
Debora McFearin says
June 29, 2015 at 11:25 am
I took away a lot from this article and will use, waiting on the next installment!
Robin Flinchum says
June 30, 2015 at 7:33 am
Love these tips and love Craftgossip!
Cloe Cessna says
June 30, 2015 at 8:31 am
Thanks so much for sharing this awesome article!
Ginger Iglesias says
June 30, 2015 at 8:33 am
Fantastic article! Very helpful and clearly written.

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