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What makes it heirloom?
This is a beautiful description of heirloom sewing, with photos.
Heirloom Blogs
Southern Matriarch
Fantastic tutorials, including seamless pleating for smocked bishops
The Old Fashioned Baby Sewing Room
Jeannie Baumeister's Blog
Sewing Lessons Buttonhole Tutorial Sewn Button Loops 1910 Sewing Instruction Book for Girls (Printable)
Sewing Lessons
Buttonhole Tutorial
Sewn Button Loops
1910 Sewing Instruction Book for Girls (Printable)
Sewing Sources
The Old Fashioned Baby
Patterns From the Past
A Source for vintage patterns.
Browse the pattern catalogs at home before you go to the store. When they go on sale, you can go in and pick up what you want without having to look through the books:
McCall's, Butterick and Vogue
Simplicity
Martha Pullen
A source for books, fabric, lace, patterns, and supplies
Adrianne's Attic
A place for lace, patterns, and other heirloom supplies
Laci's
Lace, lace making, tatting, vintage purse handles and more
Sense and Sensibility Patterns
Period patterns for women, girls, and dolls
They also have
e-patterns that can be downloaded immediately for considerably less than buying the patterns through the mail
Folkwear Patterns