Originally Posted by Rachelcb80

Two of the patterns I bought are McCall's, one is a Vogue. All three are from 1950-something. Do patterns from then differ much from nowadays patterns?

I took my measurements and bought the patterns based on what the measurements said on it for bust/waist/hip. Of course all three didn't match up perfectly but hopefully I can figure this all out enough to make it work. I saw another poster suggest the same thing my mom just did, and that was to use an old bed sheet first. More time involved but I won't waste my good fabric. And speaking of which, do patterns suggest a fabric type? I'm totally lost outside of cotton quilting fabric.

I'm a fairly intelligent person though, so gosh darn it I should be able to get this all figured out. :)