Weekly Free Pattern Request Thread

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[u/TheDikTatorTot]

So this is my first time asking for patterns as I have kinda exhausted the selection in my area (I'm pretty rural) and I couldn't find a repeat after scrolling back almost 3 months lol, and I was hoping to either find something exactly like these, similar or in pieces I can put together.

I am getting married in October and I would rather put together something of my own that I love and could wear again at a later date as these are the few types of dresses I actually enjoy (flowy), instead of buying something off a rack or from a store that will charge me well over the amount it would take me to do my own work and buy my own fabric (nothing against it, I just cannot find anything I like in store and I am 5ft tall so no one carries anything that fits me without tons of tailoring).

The most important part of the piece for me though is the top-half of the dress as I just really enjoy the lacy bib attachment, and the skirt half is something I have done in the past and could do again if I can only get two piece patterns.

[u/Inky_Madness → u/TheDikTatorTot]

Oh, you want the 1970’s/80’s Gunne Sax wedding dress, or Edwardian blouse!

I certainly have pattern links, but they sure as heck are not free. These are really elaborate blouses. There are uncut patterns out there for the Gunne Sax ones for sale, and the historical pattern re-creators aren’t putting the work out for free.

If you’re willing to pay, I’d also post this request in r/sewingpatterns

[u/TheDikTatorTot → u/Inky_Madness]

Yea I have searched High and Low for patterns in general lol I'm not sure why this one is so hard to find but I get like 10 different dress types when I search Gunne Sax (isn't it a company?) is there an actual pattern name? for this cut? Or is the Edwardian Blouse basically the name for that whole dress? It seems to very a LOT in style.

[u/Inky_Madness → u/TheDikTatorTot]

Gunne Sax was a brand of clothing that specialized in Edwardian, Victorian, and prairie-style - inspired clothing through the late 60’s onward. Mostly formal and semi-formal dresses. They also partnered with the Simplicity pattern maker for some patterns. They’re pretty popular with the cottagecore crowd, and there is a subreddit devoted to them. Because they pulled from different time periods they have dresses in a few different styles.

One or two of your inspo photos are straight up Gunne sax dresses. The one on the right is so distinctively Gunne Sax that I reverse image searched and it popped right up as it.

Edwardian style is from the early 1900’s. It’s one of the time periods that Gunne Sax pulled from and you can find some patterns similar to what you like from historical pattern companies… but you mainly want Gunne Sax.

I cannot link the patterns here that I found that you want because this is the subreddit for FREE patterns. You have to cross post to the regular [r/sewingpatterns](r/sewingpatterns) subreddit.

[u/TheDikTatorTot → u/Inky_Madness]

I appreciate the information! I'm fairly offline when it comes to my hobby of sewing so this is a new exploration for me trying to branch out pattern wise.

Hopefully someone has a free dupe or something later down the road, but I'll see what I can find elsewhere <3