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January 2, 2023On National Erika Day, which falls on January 2 every year, we celebrate everyone named Erika (Erica). Erikas are kind, good-natured, and always want to help, no matter the situation or whether it’s a loved one or a stranger.*In the world of vintage sheets, we must recognize Erica Wilson. She is one of my favorite designers. Read more about her here.Info is needed about “Sample Stripe”, a pattern for which I have only

January 1, 2023Z Day was created by Tom Zager who wanted to give recognition on the first day of the year to all persons and places whose names begin with the letter Z and who are always listed or thought of last in any alphabetized list. “Z” is pronounced differently depending on where you are in the world. In the US, it’s zee, while in the UK, Canada, India, Ireland, New Zealand, Zambia, and Austrailia, it’s zed.*Featured

to all my vintage sheet and linen friends. May 2023 be your best year yet! Nothing says celebration like fireworks! Shown is Lady Pepperell’s “Fireworks” towel in the yellow/green colorway. If you have this pattern, be sure to post photos! Needed are the red/blue towel as well as sheets in both colorways.#newyear2023

To date there are 812 Springmaid/Springs patterns on the website. With Amanda’s great detective skills, some long unknown patterns were identified and pictures found. We’ll still be working on locating the missing photos, but I will now move back to Burlington to add the 167 new patterns she was able to locate and share with me.For those who may not have seen the post, Amanda has been working on Tex-Made and has id’d MANY long

I am presently revamping the entire color search process. Hopefully this will make finding patterns much easier. Missing colorways will affect results. If you notice any omissions, please let me know! Search by Predominant Color – Vintage Sheet Patterns

All new patterns will be automatically added to their respective color categories. I will continue to update older patterns as time allows. This should help making searches a little easier. **NOTE: The red category contains MANY extra patterns as I am using a bulk editor. Any pattern whose description contained a word with “red”, i.e. scattered, inspired, colored was automatically included. I am currently working to remove those that should not be there.

Martex “Unknown 103” is “Paper Flowers” from 1971.And the elusive Springmaid cabbage rose pattern has been id’d as “Heavenly Rose”.As the number of patterns has increased it has become clear that the Geometrics/Patterns/Stripes categories are too broad and all inclusive. Therefore they are being split into Geometrics: Stripes, Geometrics: Ginghams & Plaids, & Geometrics: Other Patterns.I am continuing to work on color searches. A predominant color search has been added to the already existing background

Progress on the website has been pretty slow as of recent. I hope to be back to work soon. Here are the latest changes and id’s.The Red/Pink Background search category has been separated now making it two categories – one for Reds, the other for Pinks.MW Unknown 23 has been ID’d as Junior Gemini, 1966.MW Unknown 12 has been ID’d as Gingham Fantasy, 1975MW Unknown 33 has been ID’d as Evening Breeze, 1975.Created a category

I have added a membership option to the website. There is no charge to become a member, nor do you have to be a member to do a pattern search. However, other new features will either recommend or require membership. Membership BenefitsI have also added an alert system that will send you an email of changes and updates to pattern information pages. Membership is not required to sign up, but if you would like to

I am always on the hunt for ways to improve the functionality of website and make it more user friendly. One of the main faults is that the information for each pattern is not normally found in one single place. The newspaper ad provides us with an artist rendition or a black and white photo of the pattern as well as pattern names. Sometimes it may also include the fabric type and information on coordinating

While the majority of the sheet patterns have a white background, there are quite a few colored ones. Searching by background color can be helpful – especially with floral prints. So Amanda and I have both added this feature to our sites. All new prints will automatically be categorized, but there are over 1900 already catalogued that I will have to go back and update. As always, if you encounter an error, missing info, anything

During October I will be adding Martex patterns. Please watch the Need Photo (Martex) as well as the Unknown (Martex) categories. These will be the two areas where help will be needed.

Today I have worked on Wamsutta. 5 patterns were updated and 20 new patterns added to the site. Be sure to see the Wild Poppies ad I found!

Thank you all for patiently waiting on this site to go live! I am still working out some kinks. PayPal donation button has been made clickable. I have tested the submit button on the contact form and it seems to be working, but please let me know if you have trouble with it. I also added a link to the Facebook group. Joining the group may actually be the easier way to submit photos and