Independent pattern companies are often where the exciting, inclusive and experimental stuff happens. Here we’ve linked several pattern companies that produce great patterns that people wanting to make clothes for LARP and Re-enactment might want to take a look at. Most of these patterns are historical, it is, after all, easier to make a pattern of something that already exists than not, but they can also act as foundations for you to go wild with.
Rather than picking out each and every pattern that we thought you might need, we decided to link to the pattern company website instead. That way you can go have a look and browse through their options.
Happy crafting!
Folkwear
Makes mostly historical clothing, including a lot from non-western European settings.
Laughing Moon
Historical patterns from the 1790s to the Edwardian period.
Truly Victorian
What it says on the tin, they make patterns of clothing from the Victorian period.
Scroop
A mix of historical, modern, and history-bounding fare. Their historical patterns focus on the Edwardian period and the late 1700s.
Margo’s Patterns
More historical fashion, this time focusing on the Tudor and Renaissance periods.
The Tudor Tailor
The Tudor Tailor is one of the best books in the business for making historical clothing, the authors of the book have this Etsy page where you can buy individual patterns, books, and even fabric and notions for making up their patterns.
Mood
Mood is not strictly speaking a pattern company, they actually sell fabric. But they offer loads of free patterns, the collection is really worth the time it takes to scroll through, though if you don’t have the time for that then you can see what has been picked out to go on the free patterns page.
Black Snail Patterns
More patterns from the 1700s through to the 1910s. It’s almost as if it is a very popular era of costuming?
Momo’s Atelier
Lots of collar and cuff patterns, super useful for making partlets and fichus for historical costumes, plus just adding nice collars and cuffs onto shirts.
DMC Threads
Not exactly indie, but a really good pattern provider that sits outside the traditional big four. The DMC are best known for selling threads and such for embroidery and similar crafts, however, they also offer a vast number of patterns and tutorials for all sorts of crafts involving thread. From embroidery to lace making, cross stitch to macrame, they have plenty of projects for you to try out.
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