Online pattern resources

Copying from my thread on the NZ Cosplay community, I'll update it some more as I find more links.


Modern
Men's and womens
http://m-sewing.com/

Burda free patterns
http://www.burdastyle.com/patterns?free=1&highest_rated=1
Mostly user added content.

Vintage
Vintage and Antique patterns: one week only!
http://www.uri.edu/library/special_collections/COPA/index.php
Login
is guest, password is pattern. Do a search for age, gender and type of
garment going year by year can be a bit tedious, I would like to go
decade by decade personally The evening dresses are great,
especially the 30s, 40s and 70s
The scans are of the pattern
envelopes and do include the pattern layout. This may seem really
daunting but they are a fantastic learning source If you print the
images to full a full A4 you can then cut the pieces out and sellotape
them together to get an idea of how the patterns work and then you can
look at how to scale them up and also how to adapt them.
You now need to register, and if you are comfortable scaling up patterns then this would be a worthwhile investment.

Create a couture inspired gown
http://www.vam.ac.uk/vastatic/microsites/1486_couture/create.php
Now this is great, instructions, pattern and layout all able to be printed at home

Late historic
http://www.costumes.org/history/100pages/1893to1898cuttersguide.htm
Cutter's Practical guide. Men's patterns from tailcoats to military uniforms.
http://www.costumes.org/history/galleryimages/c1899thompsonssystem/index.htm
Thompson's Universal System, by Mrs. F. E. Thompson, c.1899. Women's patterns of 1899
http://www.costumes.org/history/galleryimages/1911ladiestailor/index.htm
The Ladies Tailor, Vol. XXVII. No. 3. March 1911, London.
http://www.costumes.org/HISTORY/100pages/1912thornton1.htm
Thornton's International System of Ladies' Garment Cutting (London, c.1912)
http://www.costumes.org/HISTORY/100pages/LELOIR.HTM
Patterns and Pictures from Maurice Leloir's Histoire du Costume (17th to 19thC)
http://www.costumes.org/HISTORY/100pages/18thpatterns.htm
18th Century Clothing Patterns
http://www.costumes.org/HISTORY/100pages/NEVAMAG.HTM
Women's Clothing Patterns and Household Design Templates from St. Petersburg's "Neva" Magazine 1905-1913
http://www.costumes.org/HISTORY/xoom_nbci/otherpatterns.htm
Other Over Printed Patterns For Download
http://www.costumes.org/HISTORY/100pages/histpatterns.htm
Tara's Historical Patterns from Antique & Vintage Clothes

Danish museum patterns
http://tidenstoej.natmus.dk/index.html (just click the first date then "naeste" to se the next costume and then the thumbnails for different views and patterns)

Victorian links
http://www.tudorlinks.com/treasury/freepatterns/index.html

Enlarging historic patterns
http://www.marquise.de/en/themes/resize/resize.shtml

Historic patterns from the above site
http://www.marquise.de/en/1800/schnitte/s1800a.shtml
http://www.marquise.de/en/1800/schnitte/s1800b.shtml
http://www.marquise.de/en/1800/schnitte/s1800c.shtml
http://www.marquise.de/en/1800/schnitte/s1800d.shtml

Early historic
Modern drafting for 16thC bodice
http://www.renaissancetailor.com/demos_patterndraft.htm

17th C. Polish Lithuanian Commonwealth Costume
http://www.kismeta.com/diGrasse/patterns.htm

16th and early 17thC diagrams
http://www.renaissancetailor.com/research_main.htm

16thC cutting books
http://www.elizabethancostume.net/schnittbuch/index.html
http://www.elizabethancostume.net/Tailors/

Smock generator
http://www.elizabethancostume.net/smockpat/index.html

Elizabethan corset generator
http://www.elizabethancostume.net/custompat/


Renaissance garb from a Czech woman:
Loose gown pattern
http://www.krea.wz.cz/2_zeny/renesance.htm (click the very bottom image)
Kirtle pattern
http://www.krea.wz.cz/2_zeny/2_renesance/1580_jitka_arbeau.htm (click "střih", ditto for all following)
Flemish jacket
http://www.krea.wz.cz/2_zeny/2_renesance/1580_nika_venkov_kabatek.htm
Flemish kirtle
http://www.krea.wz.cz/2_zeny/2_renesance/1580_nika_venkov.htm
Doublet gown and corset
http://www.krea.wz.cz/2_zeny/2_renesance/1580_polyxena.htm
French gown:
http://www.krea.wz.cz/2_zeny/2_renesance/1580_marci_fialove.htm
Shoulder cape
http://www.krea.wz.cz/2_zeny/2_renesance/1580_nika_mantlik.htm
English gown:
http://www.krea.wz.cz/2_zeny/2_renesance/1580_nika_zelene.htm
She has more in the Gothic and Baroque sections of her site.

Quick medieval patterns
http://jauncourt.i8.com/patterns.htm
Not completely accurate but the basic shapes are right (really just need to "railroad" seam lines to make them look more accurate). Compare them to the diagrams of the extant Spanish items on her site:
http://jauncourt.i8.com/spanish.htm


Waterfall drapery (yes mine but it's online and free)
http://articles.glittersweet.com/howto/waterfall.htm
half circle skirt (yes mine but it's online and free)
http://articles.glittersweet.com/howto/skirttutorial.htm
can can petticoat (yes mine but it's online and free)
http://articles.glittersweet.com/howto/cancan.htm