Leighann Foster: McCalls

Making a Dress With a McCalls Pattern

Again, I found this pattern in an antique shop. I changed the position of the name and number for the sake of the painting's design but it is a pattern from post 1951 because the s was added to McCall. The price of the pattern was 65 cents. I found a fabric that could have been purchased at this time. The notions are very much like what you can buy today.

I painted the fabric in first and let it dry. Then I mixed up the color for the tissue pattern and added Liquin to thin it down. The blue green fabric shows through and gives the illusion of the semi transparent tissue paper pattern piece.

Vintage McCall's Patterns:

Vintage McCall or McCall's Patterns
Most from the 1940's to today were dated
Dated at various points on the envelopes: Bottom, right side, around top flap
Patterns before 1951 were named McCall without the S. The S was added in 1952.
Early 1940's McCall logo was made in a script font on the side
During the early 1960's the logo switched sides. By 1965 a colored logo was added.
By the mid 1970's the colored logo bar was removed.