Meet Our Advertisers #1 : Jen of MOMSPatterns
here is the first in the series of “Meet Our Advertisers”: Jen from MOMSPatterns!
How long have you been in business? I’ve been in company on eBay because 1998, and owned my own vintage sewing pattern site because September, 2006!
What motivated you to go into the vintage pattern business? I used to sell costume patterns, until a dear pal of my mother’s found a box of 1940s patterns in her aunt’s attic. She asked if I’d be interested in selling them, and I originally, very snobbily said, “Oh, I’ll try but I can’t see that there’s a market for used OLD PATTERNS.” think of my surprise and delight when they sold for much more money than my new patterns! I adore the styles and fashions from the past, so started focusing on the vintage styles and couldn’t be happier having a job handling what I LOVE.
What did you do before this? I used to foreclose houses for a large, well-known bank!
Where are you based? I’m in a town called Orange Park, which is best outside of Jacksonville in Florida. Hot, humid & sunny … all the time.
More fun questions:What’s the weirdest/best/most unusual/most stunning thing you’ve ever found? Dabbling in vintage clothing, I found nearly ninety (yes, 90!) vintage new old stock DeWeese bathing suits from the 1970s. My buddies Michelle from Dollhouse Bettie and Ang from Dorothea’s closet vintage are selling them on consignment for me and we are reveling in the whole Charlie’s Angels feel of them!
What do you have in stock that you can’t believe hasn’t sold? many of the 1930s and 1940s incredible DuBarry patterns I recently added … They’re just wonderful … really!
What do you dream about finding? A box of 100 or much more uncut 1920s McCall’s vintage sewing patterns … An original Fortuny Delphos evening gown … and good homes for any of my beloved patterns for sale!
What do you delight in many about working with vintage clothes and vintage sewing patterns? I love the quality of vintage clothing. The attention to details … the shirring, the draping and the utter glamour of the days gone by.
What do you wish someone would ask you about your site? may I link To You / blog about You / advertise For You?
It’s a good day at work when … I wake up to emails from people telling me that they just found the MOMSPatterns site and they had SO much fun taking a look at styles that their mother or grandmother had made for them … when I can connect someone with a pattern they used to love SO much but lost … and when there’s a good stack of orders to get filled & shipped!
If I ran the Internet for a day I’d … Make sure I was top on Google for ALL vintage sewing search keywords & combinations so I could make sure I was reaching anybody who was interested in vintage, sewing, and vintage sewing!
The blogs I read (other than ADAD) are …Random Acts of vintage (My pal Lisa’s blog)
You’d laugh if you knew this about me … I CANNOT SEW!!
Jen has also provided to run a month long sale for you! discount coupon code ‘nowiknowjen’ 15% off. From today until the end of the month!
More discount coupon details … you can use the code over & over & over again all month long, so as you see much more patterns added throughout the month, you can STILL use that code! totally free s&h to USA & Canada with the purchase of 5 or much more patterns, discounted shipping rates available for international orders.
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