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The Dreamstress.com Black Friday Pattern Roundup

The Dreamstress Guide to Indie Pattern Black Friday & Cyber Monday Sales!

The Dreamstress.com Black Friday Pattern Roundup

 

Here is your guide to every Indie Pattern Sale between 20-30 November 2017, when the sale is, what the sale is, and how to take advantage of it!

I have no affiliation with any of these companies, except, of course, Scroop Patterns!

The Dreamstress Indie Pattern Black Friday & Cyber Monday Sale Guide!

Pattern companies are listed  in reverse alphabetical order

Spaces with a pattern company name, but no details, are where a pattern company has indicated they will be doing a sale but hasn’t yet announced the details.

This list is divided into the following sections:

  • Vintage/Historical
  • Modern – Women’s
  • Modern – Men’s
  • Children

Where a pattern company covers multiple sections I’ve defaulted to Modern.

Enjoy!

Vintage & Historical Indie Pattern Companies:  

Wearing History:   Get  20% off of patterns, fabric, notions & supplies with the code THANKS2017  until the 27th.

Scroop Patterns:  Get 25% off all patterns with the code PieforAll from the 24th-30th, New Zealand time (so, the 23rd-29th in the US)

Redthreaded: Get  20% off patterns and 10% off orders over $100 with code THANKS2017  (plus there is an expanded sale section) until Monday the 27th!

Old Petticoat Shop: Get 20% off everything with the code Sew20 from the 24th-27th

Folkwear: Get 25 % off on the 27th with the code THANKS25, and for free shipping (US shipping only) use FREESHIP.   On Small Business Saturday (November 25), everyone who buys three patterns will get a free pattern from the Homegoods Collection (302 Victoria’s Boudoir, 304 Nursery Days, or 305 A Japanese Interior).  On Sunday (November 26), they will have a free pattern available for download on their blog.  (plus,  20% of all retail sales from Thanksgiving (November 23) to the Tuesday after Thanksgiving (November 28, Giving Tuesday) will be donated to Global Fund for Women and Heifer International!)

Black Snail Patterns: Get 20% off if you buy two or more patterns (yeah, it’s on Etsy, but there are so few historical companies doing Black Friday sales I made an exception 😉 )

Modern Indie Pattern Companies – Women’s:  

Winter Wear Designs: Get  24% off with the code givethanks between  Nov. 24-27.  On Black Friday only, get 33% off with the purchase of 3 patterns with the code  THANKFUL.

Wardrobe by Me: Get 35% off patterns on Black Friday weekend with the code blackfriday2017

Victory Patterns: Get 20% off the new Arima collection until Friday, and  25% off printed patterns with the code BLKFRI25 until the 27th

Toriska Patterns:  All patterns marked down to $5.

Tilly And The Buttons:  Get 25% off with the code FRIYAY from now until midnight GMT  Monday Nov. 27th.

Trish Newbery Design: has 25% off a range of patterns for Black Friday

StyleArc:  Get 30% off all patterns  on their website & etsy store,  AND 20% off on our Amazon (USA, UK and Canada stores) with the code BLACKFRIDAY30  from the 24th-27th

Street Style:  Get 30% off with the code BLACKFRIDAY2017   from the 24th-27th

Stitch Upon A Time  Get 40% off with the code thankful17  until the 26th

Sophie Hines:  All patterns are 30% off between the 24th-27th

Schnittchen Patterns: get 25% off with the code SEWBLACKFRIDAY until the 25th (GMT+1)

Simple Sew: 25 of their patterns are discounted until the 27th.

Sewing Cake Patterns: All patterns are on sale (looks to be 20% off) until the 27th

Sew This Pattern: Get 30% off with the code BLACK2017

Sew Straight & Gather:  All patterns reduced to $5.75 or less from the 23rd-27th

Sew Over It: Get 30% off with the code BLACKFRIDAY2017 until midnight on the 27th GMT

Sew House Seven: Get 25% off all patterns with the code Thanks25 until the 24th

Sew Chic: Get 15% off selected paper patterns.  Sale ends 2 Dec PST

Scroop Patterns:  Get 25% off all patterns with the code PieforAll from the 24th-30th, New Zealand time (so, the 23rd-29th in the US)

Sinclair Patterns – Get $10 when you spend $29.97, $15 off when you spend $39.97, and $20 off when you spend $49.97, 24th-25th

Seamingly Smitten:  Get 40% with the code SAVE40 until the 27th

Savvy Patterns:  Get 40% off with the cod thankful2017, 25th-27th

SBCC: Get 20% off with the code HAPPY HOLIDAYS until the 27th

Rad Patterns:  Get 50% off with the code BF2017  until the 27th Valid at RadPatterns.com and radpatterns.etsy.com

Paprika Patterns – all patterns are 20% off from the 24th-27th

Papercut:  Get 25% off with the code GIMME25  until the 27th (NZT)

Megan Nielsen:  Get 30% off with the code BLACKFRIDAY2017 between the 22nd-27th

Life Sew Savory:  All patterns are 40% off until the 28th

Leisle + Co Sewing Patterns: Use the coupon code HOLIDAY2017 at checkout to save 40% off all Oliver + S, Liesl + Co., and Straight Stitch Society patterns in their pre-Black Friday sale. Paper and digital patterns are included.  Offer expires at 11:59 PM EST Friday, November 24 2017

Laela Jeyne Patterns:   Single patterns are  40% off, bundles and subscriptions 20% off from the 22nd-28th

Jennifer Lauren Handmade: Get 30% off all patterns with the code SEWTIME until the 28th at 8pm NZT

Itch To Stitch:  Get 25% off with the code THAKNS17  until noon CST on the 27th

Indiesew: Get 20% off all sewing patterns with the code  BLACKSATURDAY2017 from 5am MST to 11pm MST on Saturday, November 25th.  (Indiesew carries a range of designers, including Named, TrueBias, Grainline, Closet Case Files, Made by Rae, etc).

How to Do Fashion: All patterns are 25% off on the 24th

HotPatterns: All patterns are 25% off on until the 27th

Hey June Handmade:  Get 20% off of PDF patterns and 15% off on paper patterns with the code BF2017  from the  24th-26th

Helen’s Closet:  Get 20% off with the code THANKS20  

Halla Patterns:  Get 40% off with the code GOBBLEGOBBLE  from the 20th-27th

Halfmoon Atelier:  Get 17% off with code THANKS17  from the 25th-27th

Koerbs Brothers:  Get  40% off with the code GIVETHANKS  until the  28th

Greenstyle Creations:  Get 40% off with the code THANKFUL  from the  24th-26th

Grainline Studios: Get  20% off with the code GIVETHANKS2017 until the 27th

Golden Rippy:  Get 60% off orders of 2 or more patterns with the code Thankful

Everything Your Momma Made And More:   All patterns are 30% off between the 23rd-27th.  Friday the 24th only: get 40% off a $10 purchase, 50% off a $20 purchase, 60% off a $30 purchase, 70% off a $40 purchase, 80% off a $50+ purchase

Duck Butt Designs:  Get 50% off with the code EARLYDUCK on the 23rd-24th.

Dog Under My Desk:  All patterns are 20% off between the 24th-27th

Designer Stitch:  Get 30% off with the code: hot30 from the 22nd-27th

Deer & Doe:   All patterns are 20% off from the 23rd to the 25th.  Sale starts & ends  at noon (GMT+1 / 6:00 AM EST).

Daydream Patterns:  Get 30% off with the code thanks2017  between the  24th-27th

Collette Patterns: Get 30% off with the code  BLACKFRIDAY30 until the 25th

Closet Case Patterns: Get 20% off patterns, hardware kits and online classes (excluding the new Sasha Trouser pattern) with the code THANKGIVER until the 26th

Christine Haynes: All patterns are 25% off November 21-27.  No code needed.

Blank Slate Patterns:  Get 15% off two patterns with code BSPTHANKS15, 30% off any 3 or more patterns with code BSPTHANKS30 from the  23-27

5 Out Of 4  Get 35% off with the code PERKYTURKEY  from the 23rd-27th

Modern Indie Pattern Companies – Men’s:  

Toby K:  Get 20% off with the code GIVETHANKS2017 from the  23rd-26th

Thread Theory: All PDF patterns are 50% off for the weekend.

Children’s Indie Pattern Companies:  

Violette Field Threads: 40% off all patterns for Black Friday (I can’t find any indication of sale start/end dates).

Twig + Tale: Get 20% off with the code BLACKROBIN from now until the end of Cyber Monday

Treasurie: Get 30% off with the code THANKS2018 from the 21st-29th

Tie Dye Diva Patterns:  Get 40% off with the code BLACKFRIDAY  from the 23-26

Titchy Threads: Get 30% off with the code FRIDAY30 until the 27th

 The Wolf And The Tree:  All patterns reduced to $5

The Eli Monster  All patterns are 50% off on Black Friday, 40% off on Small Business Saturday, 30% off on Cyber Monday, 25% off on Wed Nov 29th

Suco by Susana:  Get 40% with the code THANKFUL  on all pattterns (excludes bundles) until the 27th

Striped Swallow Designs:  Get 30% off with the code THANKFUL17 from the  24-27

Snuggle My Baby Patterns – Get 50% off with the code BF2017  from the  22nd-27th

Shwin Designs – All patterns are on sale for $5 between the 24th-27th

Serger Pepper:  All patterns are 50% off from the 25th-27th

Sew Sweet Patterns:  Buy 1 pattern get the 2nd free with the code FRIDAY17 from the 24th-27th

Sew Much Ado:  Get 40% off with the code THANKS17 from the  24th-27th

Sew Me Wear Me:  Get 20% of with the code XMAS20 until Dec. 8th

Sew A Little Seam:  Get 40% off with the code THANKFUL from the 23rd-27th

Sansahash:  All patterns are 40% off from the 25th-27th

Opulent Monsters: Get 25% off 12am-6:59am PST or 15% off from 7:00am-11:59pm the 24th

Peach Patterns:  All patterns are 20% off until the 30th

Peek-a-Boo:  Get 30% off 5+ patterns with the code HOLIDAY30. OR get 20% off any pattern with the code HOLIDAY20 until the 27th

Pickle Toes Patterns:  Get 25% off with the code THANKSGIVING2017  from the  25th-27th

Puzzle Patterns:  Get 20% off  all patterns with the code puzzlelove20 until the 25th

New Horizons Designs:  Get 50% off on Black Friday with the code BLACKFRIDAY or get 40% off on the 26th-27the with the code HOLIDAY

MODKID:  Get 35% off with the code BLACKFRIDAY35  from the 24th-27th at midnight EST

Misusu:  Get 30% off with the code BLACKFRIDAY  on the 24

MCM Studio Patterns:  All patterns 50% off until the 25th

Max & Meena Patterns:  Get 30% off with the code turkey  from the  23-24

Mamma Can Do It:  Get 40% with the code BLACKFRIDAY17 from the  23rd-26th. Get  $10 off of a $30+ purchase with the code CYBERMOM30 on the 27th.

Made 4 Mermaids – Get 30% off with the code 40ksale from the 22nd-25th

Made by Me Patterns:  All patterns are 15% off

LBG Studio:  Get 40% off with the code THANKFUL40 from the 24th-27th

Jennuine Design:  Get 40% off with the code BLACKFRIDAY17 from the 24th-27th EST time

Honeydew Kisses Patterns  – Get 30% off with the code TURKEY30  from the 24th-27th

HarriStar Designs:  all patterns are 1$ until Dec 31st!

Handmaiden’s Cottage:  Get 40% off all PDF Patterns with code BFsale2017 from the 24th-27th, midnight EST

Gobber Pea Designs:  Get 40% off with the codes blackfridayusd  (for USD payments) or blackfridaycad  (for CAD payments).  No code needed on the Etsy shop  24th-27th

Filles À Maman:  Get 50% off with the code BLACK2017 from the  24th-27th

Elemeno – Get 15% off with the code HOLIDAY2017 on their own site, no code needed on etsy, until Dec. 1st.

Duchess & Hare:  All patterns are 40% off between the 24th-27th.

Designs by Call Ajaire:  Get 40% off with the code GIVETHANKS17. 24th-27th

CKC Patterns:  Get 50% off all patterns with the code  thankful2017  from the 22th-27th

Chalk & Notch:  25% off all patterns from the 23rd-27th

Candy Castle Patterns:  Get 15% off with the code BLACKFRIDAY until Sunday, Nov 26. Check out their discounts page for further discounts

Brindille & Twig:  Get 30% off with the code BLACKFRIDAY2017  from the 24th-27th

Bella Sunshine Designs:  All patterns are 50% off until the 27th

Bebekins Patterns:  Get 30% off with the code givethanks until the 26th

Apple Tree:  Get 40% off with the code SAVE40. Black Friday only

Annelaine:  All patterns are 50% off between the 24th-27th

Found one I’ve missed?  Let me know through my contact form here, or through my page messages on Facebook, or through the @scrooppatterns PM on Instagram.  Or, just leave a comment with all the info!

If you’re a pattern line and want to be on the list, please include:

  • A link to the sale advertisement OR
    • when the sale starts
    • what the discount is
    • when you want me to make the info public (if you’re the owner of the pattern line and haven’t announced the sale yet).
  • A link to where to buy the patterns
This list does not include:
  • Pattern lines that are totally Ebay/Etsy/Etc based, and are not sold through the designer’s own website, or a website specialising in sewing patterns.
  • Vintage/historical lines that are totally reproduction based, with no original additions, updates or designs.
  • Pattern lines that engage in unethical business practices (a call that is totally up to me).

Goodbye Summer Henrietta Maria by Scroop Patterns thedreamstress.com

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ca 1845 ball gown, 1840s evening gown

Rate the Dress: a ca 1845 ball gown with an unusual note

I think I may have slightly cheated with last week’s 1900s blue silk Rate the Dress.  Apparently I described it so thoroughly, and detailed all it’s good points so eloquently, that I convinced some of you to like it even if you might not have otherwise.

I definitely enjoyed writing about the dress, but I wasn’t consciously trying to make you like it.  Ironically, I only think it’s OK!  It definitely doesn’t make my heart go pitter-patter as a whole.  It did make (almost all) of your hearts go pitter-pattern though – or, more accurately, skip a beat.  Claire dubbed it the swoon dress!

The total: 9.3 out of 10

This week: a ca. 1845 ball gown

 

For this week’s rate the dress I’ve chosen a ca 1845 ball gown in classic white.

“Oh no, not another one of those!” might well be your instant reaction.  After all, aren’t all 1845 ball gowns much the same?  Yes, maybe…

However I think this one has enough interesting design details to merit your consideration. And that’s even without the very unusual inclusion in the skirt embroidery.

(everyone madly scrolls down to see it)

As noted, this is in most ways a classic ca 1845 ball gown.  It has a fitted bodice, with front point and pleated bertha assisting the illusion of a tiny waist.  The pointed waist is further highlighted by an edging of gold passementerie.  Another line of gold passementerie connects the bertha and point, drawing the eye down the the vertical lines of the organza overskirt.

The weight of the gold trim at the waist and down the front of the bodice is balanced by gold fringing and passementerie on the multi-layered cap sleeves, which further draw the eye away from the waist, and add to the impression of a wide bust, and small middle.

The sleeves are decorated with delicate polychrome and gold embroidery, which is echoed in the ruffle that peeks out from the bertha and frames the wearers decolletage and face.

More elaborate variations of the same vining floral embroidery decorate the organza overskirt,  framing the front opening, which reveals a hint of the taffeta underskirt.

The dress at this point would still be…

“You know that 1845 ball gown with the gold trim and vining floral embroidery?”

“Which one?  I can think of half a dozen that might fit that description”

…were it not for the rather amazing turn the embroidery on the skirt takes.

On either side of the skirt hem the gold border branches out into Arabic script.  (as identified by the museum).  Why?  What does it mean?

I don’t know the answers to either of those questions, but it probably indicates that the fabric for this dress was embroidered in India, by a (almost certainly) Muslim embroiderer, or in the Ottoman Empire, or by an embroider in Italy with familiarity (for whatever reason) with Arabic.  The first seems most likely to me, given India’s long history of supplying textiles for the Western market, but Italy’s proximity to the Ottoman Empire, and trade links, do make the other two options possible as well.

I have so many questions about this dress and why it was made based on the fabric.  Was the fabric made for the dress, or re-purposed from another item?  What does the writing mean?  Did the original wearer understand it?  What about other people who saw it worn?  What did they think

And then I have the usual question which stands completely apart from the Arabic embroidery.  What do you think of the dress on a sartorial level?  Would it stand out from other gowns at a ball, and enhance the wearers charms?  Would you have found it compelling without the unusual addition to the embroidery?  Or is it still a boring white ca. 1845 ball gown, just like all the others?

Rate the Dress on a Scale of 1 to 10

(as usual, nothing more complicated than a .5.  I also hugely appreciate it if you only do one rating, and set it on a line at the very end of your comment, so I can find it!  Thanks in advance!)

The Dreamstress.com Black Friday Pattern Roundup

Is your Indie Pattern company running a Black Friday/Cyber Monday Sale? Let me know!

The Dreamstress.com Black Friday Pattern RoundupGet excited!

I’m going to be doing a round-up of ALL the indie pattern companies that are doing sales between November 20-30.  It will be your one-stop shop for finding out all the amazing sales that will be on in the next week.

I was inspired to do this because I’ve realised that most of the indie pattern sale round-ups don’t include historical & vintage based indie pattern lines (which is very sad – they were basically the original indie patterns!).  Plus many of them charge indie pattern companies to be included on their list.  As an indie pattern designer, I know how hard you have to work for every dollar you earn.  I thought it would a free, all-inclusive list would be a nice service I could offer back to the sewing and pattern designing community.

Know an indie pattern company planning to run a sale?

Let me know through my contact form here, or through my page messages on Facebook, or through the @scrooppatterns PM on Instagram.  Or, just leave a comment with all the info!

If you’re a pattern line and want to be on the list, please include:

  • A link to the sale advertisement OR
    • when the sale starts
    • what the discount is
    • when you want me to make the info public (if you’re the owner of the pattern line and haven’t announced the sale yet).
  • A link to where to buy the patterns

 

Inclusion on the list is free!

As long as any part of the sale falls between the 20th & 30th of Nov, and meets the perimeters below, I’ll include it.

I’ll try to get any info sent to me added within 24 hours of it being sent.

The preliminary list will go live tomorrow morning. I’ll keep adding to it throughout the 10 day period.

Inclusion in the list is totally at my discretion.  Because this is my website, and I need to set some perimeters to keep it from getting too crazy, I’m not going to include the following:

  • Pattern lines that are totally Ebay/Etsy/Etc based.  The pattern line needs to be sold through their own website, or one specialising in sewing patterns.
  • Vintage/historical lines that are totally reproduction based, with no original designs.
  • Pattern lines that engage in unethical business practices (a call that is totally up to me).

The Scroop Miramar top thedreamstress.com

And is this a hint that there might be a Scroop Patterns sale…maybe!