Thinking of America today hope you can see the light reflecting though the big apple.
60’s Tupperware flower holder. Stars on the Pyrex, stripes on the fence. Surely Dr. Seuss is the finest American author ever?.
The first paper patternsproduced were creitsed to Ellen Demerest of Demerests empr=orium of Fashion. This was taken over by Ebenezer Butterick in the 1860’s. He moved to New York and had great success.
It appears that the original idea came from a woman who’s name history has not recorded. Ellen Demerest’s African American maid
‘Early in their marriage, the Demorests ran a Philadelphia emporium. Ellen and her sister Kate were working on a system of simplified dress making when they saw the Demorest’s African-American maid cutting a dress pattern out of brown paper. Ellen was inspired by the idea to create tissue paper patterns of fashionable garments for the home sewer’ [Wikipedia]
And a bonus picture for today
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