Forget googling it. It’s right here. A list long enough to keep you looking busy for hours.
Please Note:
- 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
- Alice & Co. Patterns
- Alina Sewing + Design Co
- Allie Olson
- Angela Wolf
- Anna Allen Clothing
- Apostrophe Patterns
- Atelier Brunette
- Atelier Jupe
- Atelier Scämmit
- Avid Seamstress
- Bara – Studio
- Baste and Gather (sold through stores like Girl Charlee)
- Bella Loves Patterns
- Birgitta Helmersson (Zero Waste Patterns)
- Blueprints For Sewing
- Bobbins and Buttons
- Boo & Lu Sewing Patterns (lots of children size patterns)
- By Hand London
- Camimade Patterns
- Cashmerette
- Chalk and Notch
- Charlotte Kan
- Charm Patterns
- Christine Haynes
- Closet Core
- CocoWawa Crafts (sewing and quilt patterns)
- Common Stitch
- Coralie Bijasson
- Cris Wood Sews
- Decades of Style
- Deer and Doe (acquired by Closet Core. Maybe able to find on Etsy and Ebay)
- Designer Stitch
- Dhurata Davies (women’s wear, children’s wear, bags)
- Edge Water Avenue (swimwear patterns)
- Elba Textiles
- Ellie & Mac Sewing Patterns
- Emerald Erin (lingerie/intimates patterns)
- Emporia (a fabric store that also designs patterns)
- Experimental Space
- Fehr Trade (active wear)
- Fiber Mood
- Fitiyoo (lingerie & swim)
- Folkwear Patterns
- Forest & Thread
- Forget-Me-Not Patterns
- French Navy Patterns
- Friday Pattern
- George + Ginger
- Gina Renee Designs
- Gold and Skye
- Gracie Steel
- Grainline Studio
- Grasser
- Greenstyle Patterns
- Half Moon Atelier
- Hallå
- Helen’s Closet Patterns
- Hey June Handmade
- Homer + Howells
- Hot Patterns
- How to do Fashion (vintage-inspired)
- I Am Patterns
- In the Folds
- Islander Sewing System
- Itch to Stitch
- J Stern Designs
- Jalie
- Jenifer Lauren Handmade
- Juliana Martejevs
- Just Patterns
- Klum House (bag/tote patterns)
- Kosedo Studio
- Lekala
- Lenaline
- Les Perlines
- Liberty (as in Liberty of London)
- Lisel + Co
- Love Notions Sewing Patterns
- Madalynne (Lingerie patterns and supplies)
- Made By Rae
- Made For Mermaids
- Made My Wardrobe
- Madswick
- Maison Fauve
- Makers Atelier
- Maria Denmark
- Matchy Matchy Sewing Club
- Maven Patterns
- Megan Nielsen
- Merchant & Mills
- Mood (as in the fabric store – and these are FREE)
- Muna and Broad
- Named Clothing
- NH Patterns
- Nina Lee
- Noodlehead (bag/tote patterns)
- Notches Patterns
- Oh Me Oh My
- Open Studio
- Ora Lin Patterns
- Pamela’s Patterns
- Paradise Patterns
- Paper Theory
- Papercut Patterns
- Paprika Patterns
- Pauline Alice
- Pattern Emporium
- Patterns for Pirates
- Pattern Scout
- Peony Patterns (children’s wear)
- Petite Stitchery
- Primrose Dawn (lingerie, sleepwear and mastectomy items)
- Puff and Pencil
- Ready to Sew
- Sarah Kirsten
- SBCC Patterns (petite and petite plus size patterns)
- Schnittchen
- Seamwork (subscription-based only)
- Sew Chic
- Sew Different
- Sew DIY
- Sew House Seven
- Sew Lala Patterns
- Sew Liberated
- Sew Over It
- Sewaholic Patterns
- Sewing and the City
- Sewing Patterns by Masin
- Sewing Workshop
- Sew.LaLa Patterns
- Sew Love Patterns
- Sewn Square One (now found through Etsy and Ebay)
- Silversaga Patterns
- Sinclair Patterns
- Sophie Hines (lingerie/intimates patterns)
- Spaghetti Western
- Style Arc
- Style Falcon
- Swim Style Patterns (not just swimwear!)
- Tessuti
- The Assembly Line
- The Last Stitch
- The Modern Sewing Company
- The Patterns Room
- Thread Theory
- Tilly and the Buttons
- Trend Patterns
- True Bias
- TYTKA Studio (bag/tote patterns)
- Victory Patterns
- Viki Sews
- Violette Field Threads
- Vivian Shao Chen
- Wardrobe by Me
- Waffle Patterns
- Waves and Wild
- Winslet’s Digital Sewing Patterns
- You Sew Girl
23 Comments on My (so-far) Comprehensive List of Independent Sewing Pattern Companies
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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
Thanks for this fantastic list! For children, I recommend Puperita and Peony Patterns.
Thanks – I just added Peony Patterns – so cute and Purerita Patterns looks great too
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 😉
What a collection! Big thanks, so helpful.
I can add sistermag patterns and Maison Fauve, both provide elaborate and feminine patterns.
Bella loves patterns not here, not to miss!
https://bellalovespatterns.com/
Thank you for this resource. I’m adding it now. You’re right, Bella Loves Patterns has some nice styles and nice details.
Thank you for compiling this list. You might consider adding Apostrophe Patterns, which offers downloadable, custom-fit PDF patterns.
Thanks! I’m always looking for recommendations of good patterns to add to the list
I’d add Ora Lin Patterns! They don’t have a lot of patterns for now but they are lovely and well made.
Thank you for the resource. I added them.
I’ve been looking for a list like this. Thanks! I would also add Cocowawa Crafts.
Thanks for the suggestion. I added them.
I’d love to see Gold and Skye, Ordinary Folk, Swim Style Patterns, and Tiny Folk, as well as oh me oh my sewing patterns. They are well established brands.
Thank you for these resources!
Hi there
Please add Frocks & Frolics please.
Thank you so much.
Marina
Wow! You really have some lovely styles for teens and kids.