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A home sewer's printed tissue sewing pattern is like a printed paper road map; the directions on getting from one place to another are all tantalizingly provided, but it's up to the reader to interpret and make sense of how to get from point A (You Are Here) to point B (Unfamiliar There).

Understanding Home Sewing Patterns

I never realized that there was a disclaimer on a pattern about not selling what you had made. I never made anything to sell but with home crafts it would have been easy. I had a pattern for tea cozies and covers for toasters, etc. They were once all popular items. I have been to shops but it has been years since I checked out pattern books. At one time, it was the thing to do. Now, everyone is making masks but I haven't gotten into that.