Own Name 156: 1930s Sweet Uncut Baby Girls Bloomer Dress Sz 2 Vintage Sewing Pattern
Original 1933 Own Name Pattern No. 156 - Child's Bloomer Dress
Original 1933 Own Name Pattern No. 156 for a child's bloomer dress, an Own Name pattern produced by the New York Pattern Company. The dress slashes open at center-front from the neck edge, closing at the end of an attached collar, with front and back gathered to yokes above a hem that can be left plain or finished in bound scallops. Matching bloomers are included. Size 2 Years (21" Breast). Factory Folded and Unused.
Quick Facts
- Pattern Number: Own Name No. 156
- Year: 1933
- Garment: Child's Bloomer Dress
- Size: 2 Years (21" Breast)
- Condition: Factory Folded
- Glassine Envelope: Included, stamped Barron Bros. of Texas - a little worn
Design
Own Name Pattern 156 is a bloomer dress that slashes open at center-front from the neck edge, with the bound edges of the opening closing at the end of an attached collar. The front and back of the dress gather to yokes at the shoulders, and the lower edge may be finished with a plain hem or the bound scallops shown in the illustration. Long set-in sleeves are perforated to shorten and finish with turned-back cuffs. The matching bloomers take elastic through casings at both the upper and lower edges. This size takes 2 yards of 35-inch fabric (2⅛ yards of 32-inch, or 1¾ yards of 39-inch) for the short-sleeved dress and bloomers with contrasting collar and cuffs, or 2⅜ yards of 35-inch for the long-sleeved version in one material, plus ¼ yard of 35-inch contrasting material for the collar and cuffs. The pattern has 9 pieces, cut with one-half pattern provided and the collar and cuffs made single or double.
A Moment in Fashion History
The bloomer dress paired a little girl's dress with its own matching underpinning, so the fuller, gathered skirt could move and flare in play without ever showing anything but more of the same fabric underneath. A scalloped hem and a lace-trimmed collar, both shown on this envelope's own illustration, dressed the style up for best wear while the elastic-cased bloomers kept it practical for every day. This is an Own Name pattern: the New York Pattern Company issued these envelopes without its usual branding, so that a department or dry-goods store could sell them as a house line. This copy comes from that world, and its own envelope carries the printed "OWN NAME" trademark. Its original glassine envelope survives, stamped Barron Bros. of Texas, the small dry-goods store where the pattern was originally sold. The glassine usually took the brunt of decades of handling damage before the envelope did, so a surviving glassine, even a worn one, is a genuine rarity.
Illustration
The cover illustration has been digitally restored and enhanced by Judy Yates to highlight the original fashion artwork while preserving the character and artistry of this historic Own Name pattern envelope.
Connections
This pattern is part of our ongoing exhibit, In Name Only - a growing collection of New York Patterns and Own Name Patterns from the 1930s. Come take a look.
