WHAT'S NEW AT ALTERYEARS!

Nov. 11. We've had a very busy year doing all kind of shows. But we haven't stopped doing new patterns either. By Nov. 15th we expect to publish three new ones. We will have an Easy Ghawazee Coat for those of you who love the comfort of Middle Eastern garb, an Easy Girl's Adjustable Bodice in our Renaissance children's collection and, by popular demand, an Easy Women's Peasant Outfit, which combines a chemise, adjustable bodice and gored skirt all in one pattern.  Coming up behind that is the Easy Girl's Skirt and then an Easy Girl's Peasant Outfit, combining a chemise, bodice and skirt.

We have lots more in development so check back often to see what's new! 

March 2011

We've been very busy doing shows and are off doing still more. Check the new updated schedule on the bottom of the home page.

Have been cranking  new patterns as well. Check under Elizabethan patterns for the new PAY-026 Easy Cape with hood or collar. We call this CAPE 101 because it is so versatile: eight lengths, sizes from xs to 4x, lined or unlined body, with a hood or a collar. While it's found under Elizabethan patterns right now, it also works for just about any time period including the present day,

After lots of requests we have made a pattern for an adjustable bodice called... PAY-025 Easy Adjustable Bodice! It has front lacing, side lacing and shoulder lacing for the maximum versatility in width and length. We also have a loop tab option for the bottom as well, and of course, it's multisize from xs-2x.

And there's more on the drawing board.....

June 1, 2010.

-The show schedule has been updated for most of the events we know about through the end of the year. Looks like we're going to be very busy folks bringing AlterYears out to you! There are some new events for us, so we hope to meet even more of you this year. We bring things to shows like trim, feathers, gloves, parasols, fans etc. that we don't have on our website yet, so stop by to check out all the goodies!

- Look for us on Facebook now. We've got some pictures up from recent events and will also be posting updates to keep you in touch with all the doings here.

- We are cranking out a bunch of new patterns  - our first in many years. First out the door is the PAY-023 Easy Child's Peasant Shirt/Chemise. Sized for kids up size 12, this is a child's version of our populat PAY-010 Easy Peasant Shirt/ Chemise. This is just the first of a series of new kids patterns for the Renaissance/Elizabethan time period. Look for this one under Patterns/historical/Elizabethan/kids.
Next one out is our new PAY-024 Easy Princess Gown/Kirtle. We've had a hard time finding you a good kirtle pattern with the correct from-the shoulder princess seams. So we made one for you. You can wear this alone as a gorgeous, full-skirted dress during the mid-Medieval time period, or under a cotehardie/sideless surcoat for a later look or even under a Renaissance surcoat. It also makes a lovely wedding/prom dress! Find it under patterns/historical/medieval/women's or renaissance/womens.

- We have found a new hoop wire supplier after several months of searching. A huge batch of 12 yard reels is due in here the end of the month. Alas, however, millinery wire and joiners at reasonable prices remain elusive. We'll keep looking.

December 2009

- Check out the new lacing rings and hook and eye tapes under the product listings!

-Two new Laughing Moon patterns have arrived: The PLM-114 Ladies Round Dresses 1840's-50's and a tissue supplement that expands the sizing on the Dore corset in the popular PLM-100 Victorian corset pattern from 26 (bust 48") all the way up to size 48 (bust 62")!

 - We've added international destinations to our shopping cart. The shipping costs can be found under the "Domestic/ International Shipping Info" page.