Karen, Mary, Nana, and Punk, My DM still lives in the house where I grew up. So once I got my own home, many of my childhood toys were "returned" to me, LOL. Some of the toys are still there as my DD's played with them when they went to Grandma's house and now the great grandkids have been able to enjoy them as well. Jeanne, you are a "stitch" yourself, using all those sewing terms in your post!! Quite the wordsmith! I actually was going to do a different table using a music box that looks like an old sewing machine that is covered with little mice, but I couldn't decide on the rest of the table. When I decided to use the little red machine, the table practically set itself! Thanks again ladies. You all brighten my day! Candy

Fran, These are some more sites I have had saved on my computer. Tote Bag Pattern Sites http://henriettashandbags.com/free-handbag-patterns.html http://sewing.about.com/od/bagstotespurseproject/ig/Free-Bag---Purse-Patterns/index.htm http://make-it-easy.com/opentot2.html http://www.marcusbrothers.com/makeit/projects/pansy_of_hope_tote/index.html http://www.sewing.org/enthusiast/html/efs_purse_with_secret_.html http://kristinlaflamme.com/musings/?p=119 http://tinyhappy.typepad.com/tiny_happy/2006/06/shoulder_bag_tu.html Many are similar. Hope you can find something. Liz

You may have to print them out and reduce the size on a copy machine. These are from Google images: Pinchusion: http://www.ladiesinred.org/images/pincushion.jpg Sewing machine: http://ngfl.northumberland.gov.uk/dt/dtclip/textiles_alb/images/sewing%20machine_JPG.jpg http://www.dalitnetwork.org/eeimages/uploads/sewing-machine_bth.jpg Scissors: http://www.dkimages.com/discover/previews/1010/50218141.JPG

Also concerning the WIKI Free Pattern Downloads I have only presented excerpts from a very long article by vavoomvintage.net---I would recommend going to this site and reading fully what she has to say. So here are the snippets. "Let's talk about what the Vintage Sewing Patterns Wikia is and isn't. Even though you can't download 83,500 patterns from it (bummer, right?!), how you can use it and even get patterns from it...because it really is a cool thing! The Vintage Sewing Patterns Wikia is a collaborative effort from sewing pattern collectors over the globe to categorize and document patterns that are 25 years and older. They upload images of the covers and descriptions. Each entry has spots for blog posts reviewing the patterns so you can see what they look like when sewn and if the person who made it has any tips for you as you navigate sewing the garment. Some entries also have links to purchase the original paper patterns from various sellers online. The people who have contributed their time, knowledge and effort to this project are amazing! It is not a source to download a massive collection of vintage sewing patterns. Someone wrote an article with a very misleading headline and it has spread like wildfire all over social media. Many patterns are still under copyright (I'm looking at you, Vogue) and scanning/remastering these delicate paper patterns for the general public would be an unbelievably big undertaking. Sorry, you can't download the patterns. There's just photos of the pattern covers." Seems to be factual because I went to the WIKI site and there was nothing to download. Just look at. But it at least has pix right??? lol Thank goodness for google!!!! Rosie