Simplicity Naaimode Project Update

In the first post Simplicity Naaimode Project, I explained my current quest with trying to find the original pattern numbers of patterns published in the Dutch Simplicity Naaimode magazines. I’m proud to announce that after many hours of googling, reverse image searching and cursing, I’ve finally found all of them!

I got a subscription to the magazine a few years ago, so I didn’t have to look for them in the bookstore anymore, they would just arrive in my mailbox. I’ve been diligently trying to find all of them but up to today, 3.5 patterns were still illusive. These were from the first magazines I owned, so they must’ve been quite old. Out of 491 entries, that was still about 99% percent, but it was bugging me. So I buckled down and got to work. I found one via reverse image search, one via normal search and two via ‘related search’. I’m so happy to have my collection complete!

So, if you want to know which patterns you can find in copies of Simplicity Naaimode (that I own), you can check the Simplicity Naaimode pattern conversion.

Simplicity Naaimode Project

You may have noticed that lately when I’ve used patterns from Simplicity Naaimode, a sewing pattern magazine in the Netherlands, they also have an ‘original pattern’ listed. This is because at some point (June 2019 maybe?), I decided that it would be a wonderful idea to try and figure out which patterns were actually included in all my copies of Simplicity Naaimode. This led to at least three days of relentless googling of ‘simplicity sewing pattern top/skirt/blouse/pants/dress’ in all kinds of combinations. I have now achieved 95% completeness.

Since then, every time I buy another Simplicity Naaimode, I will try to find all the patterns inside. I’ve been keeping this list in an excel file on my computer. Yesterday, I decided that it would be a good idea if I had this list accessible to not just me, but perhaps the rest of the world too. So, if you want to know which patterns you can find in copies of Simplicity Naaimode (that I own), you can check the Simplicity Naaimode pattern conversion.