How to find an old (1970's) women's sewing pattern?

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answer:There are websites that sell patterns from all sorts of eras. I found a couple here that have patterns from the 1970s. I just put in Simplicity Patterns 1970s and these (and a number more came up). If you can do a search for different brand names (or try to sneakily find out from your sister what brand it was) you could perhaps do a Google search and even call some of the people running these sites. They are likely to have really good knowledge of different patterns and especially popular ones. Good luck with your quest. Don’t overlook ebay too. Might mean a bit of trawling but you might just get lucky. http://www.oldpatterns.com/simplicity70.html http://www.oldpatterns.com/coats70.html

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