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Fashion Design: Inspiration, Illustration, and Tools

Counter Books

Vogue Patterns magazine cover Butterick magazine cover McCall pattern of dresses Pattern Counter Books are books produced by companies that provide a list of paper sewing patterns.  They do not contain the actual sewing patterns but they are like a look book where you can see examples of all the patterns available to order from a company. Each includes pictures, illustrations, and technical flats of the garment options you can make from the individual pattern. They may be published monthly, seasonally or yearly.

Periodicals

Titles in red show current subscriptions. Bold dates show Periodicals Department holdings. 

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