Forget googling it. It’s right here. A list long enough to keep you looking busy for hours.
disclaimer: I have not bought or tried patterns from all of these companies so I can not vouch for the drafting and instructional quality of all of them. This list focuses on women’s patterns and patterns still available or pattern companies that were very popular once and therefore can still be found secondhand
Is your favorite pattern company missing from the list? Comment below and let me know who.
Are you ready? Let’s go
- 100 Acts of Sewing
- 5 Out Of 4
- Alina Sewing + Design Co
- Allie Olson
- Angela Wolf
- Anna Allen Clothing
- Atelier Brunette
- Atelier Jupe
- Atelier Scämmit
- Avid Seamstress
- Baste and Gather (sold through stores like Girl Charlee)
- Blueprints For Sewing
- Boo & Lu Sewing Patterns (lots of children size patterns)
- By Hand London
- Cashmerette
- Chalk and Notch
- Charlotte Kan
- Charm Patterns
- Closet Core
- Decades of Style
- Deer and Doe (recently acquired by Closet Core. Maybe able to find on Etsy and Ebay)
- Designer Stitch
- Edge Water Avenue (swimwear patterns)
- Elba Textiles
- Ellie & Mac Sewing Patterns
- Emerald Erin (lingerie/intimates patterns)
- Fiber Mood
- Folkwear Patterns
- Forest & Thread
- Forget-Me-Not Patterns
- Friday Pattern
- George + Ginger
- Grainline Studio
- Grasser
- Greenstyle Patterns
- Half Moon Atelier
- Hallå
- Helen’s Closet Patterns
- Hey June Handmade
- I Am Patterns
- Islander Sewing System
- Itch to Stitch
- J Stern Designs
- Jalie
- Jenifer Lauren Handmade
- Just Patterns
- Klum House (bag/tote patterns)
- Kosedo Studio
- Lekala
- Lisel + Co
- Love Notions Sewing Patterns
- Made For Mermaids
- Makers Atelier
- Maria Denmark
- Megan Nielsen
- Merchant & Mills
- Mood (as in the fabric store – and these are FREE)
- Muna and Broad
- Named Clothing
- NH Patterns
- Noodlehead (bag/tote patterns)
- Open Studio
- Pamela’s Patterns
- Paradise Patterns
- Paper Theory
- Papercut Patterns
- Paprika Patterns
- Pauline Alice
- Pattern Emporium
- Pattern Fantastique
- Patterns for Pirates
- Pattern Scout
- Petite Stitchery
- Ready to Sew
- Sarah Kirsten
- SBCC Patterns (petite and petite plus size patterns)
- Schnittchen
- Seamwork (subscription-based only)
- Sew Chic
- Sew Different
- Sew House Seven
- Sew Liberated
- Sew Over It
- Sewaholic Patterns
- Sewing and the City
- Sewing Workshop
- Sewn Square One (now found through Etsy and Ebay)
- Sinclair Patterns
- Sophie Hines (lingerie/intimates patterns)
- Style Arc
- Style Falcon
- Tessuti
- The Assembly Line
- The Last Stitch
- The Modern Sewing Company
- Thread Theory
- Tilly and the Buttons
- True Bias
- TYTKA Studio (bag/tote patterns)
- Victory Patterns
- Viki Sews
- Violette Field Threads
- Waffle Patterns
- Winslet’s Digital Sewing Patterns
- You Sew Girl
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Hello! Thanks for pulling this together. Please add Made for Mermaids, Muna and Broad, Kosedo Studios. This site has a good list to supplement what you have here. https://www.sewnaturaldane.com/bhmpatterndesigners
Thanks, I’ll add them now
Hi Mary,
I would add Violette Field Threads, Friday Pattern Company and Winslet’s Patterns
Thanks! I’m appreciating everyone’s contributions
Add Boo & Lu. Lots of good ones there too
Oh cute stuff. Thanks for letting me know. I’ve added them
Wow! What a list. I can’t believe you did all this Thankyou! I’ve reached a decision lately. I’m so tired of putting PDF patterns together, unless they are “free” or to ship off to a pattern printing company; I will not bother anymore. My collection has gotten out of hand now and the PDF patterns I do have left to put together will be finished by the time I’m 80. All fashion comes back around, right? So now I buy McCalls, Sew Chic, which always fit; or Gerties’ Patreon I joined years ago for a mere 10.00 a month. Not everything she offers get shipped off to the pattern printing. I love Mood free patterns, although they can run larger. And recently for F a Friday pattern, I only had to put the little bodice together. Maybe I’ve gotten lazy, maybe short on time, I do know I could have made a mint had I taken out stock on PDF. Thanks a bunch Mary!
I hear you. I really dislike putting pdf patterns together and I dislike having to trace out my pattern from 20 different size lines. – Or trace it out period. What happen to the time when we just cut right into the tissue pattern? Oh, I know, patterns went from $5 to $22!!! (plus the cost to have it large-format printed) Personally I stick to the big 4 and Burda plus Itch to Stitch, Sinclair, and Lisel + Co. Currently, I haven’t much time for personal sewing but I’m trying to make it more of a priority (like over watching TV, cooking, laundry 😉