Vintage Little Lady

Vintage sewing patterns for girls and their dolls

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About Me

Owner/Designer

Leah Pitkin and girls, Vintage Little Lady
It all began with a head full of sugar white curls and a mind full of design as a little girl. Even then, I was drawn to vintage fashion.
 
From my grandmother teaching me all the generic stitches and how to sew on buttons, to designing and hand sewing wardrobes for my sister and friends. Of course, along with the wardrobes I had to complete my models with a appropriate era hair do. Then, I went on to photographing the final look and adding them to a memory book.
 
The passion for designing, creating, styling and photographing my own wardrobe was love at first stitch. At the age of 10, my sweet mama put me in sewing lessons. I was a sewing fool at that point. The art of designing, getting my license in hair, becoming a photographer, and being a creative seamstress only grew. And it grew even more after I had my first baby girl.
 

Vintage fashion is my passion.

To bring back the delicate, memorable designs of the past makes my heart full. Later on, I began testing for several really great pattern companies. Then I grew into becoming a pattern designer for Violette Field Threads.
 
I had a fun filled time being a designer for someone else. But I knew I needed to fulfill my life long dream of designing for myself and owning my own pattern company. And so, Vintage Little Lady went from dream to reality.
 
If you love the vintage look, you know the best way to achieve it is to sew your own wardrobe. My sewing patterns are easy to follow and very adaptable. Take a look at Opal and all the variations, and you’ll see what I mean.
 
A little girl’s dream can come true. And I encourage all of you to stick with, and follow, your dreams. Only you can make them happen.
XOXO,

Leah Pitkin

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Meet Kim Morris

Illustrator & Projector File Creator

Hi, I’m Kim and although I learned to sew when I was young, I’ve only gotten serious about it in the last few years as my daughter has grown.
 
I live outside of Atlanta, Georgia with my husband Lyle, our 4-year old daughter Chloe, and our retired racing Greyhound, Jackson.
 
I spend my days as a user experience consultant & visual designer, getting to work with all the major companies in Atlanta. In the evenings, I fuel my creativity with sewing, knitting, and crafting of all sorts. I’m blessed to be able to create the mannequin illustrations for each of the patterns our amazing designers create, bringing all the features into a single view.
 
I’ve also jumped on the projector bandwagon and it’s completely changed my world. I had the honor of introducing VLL to projectors and now I create our projector files. It’s such a pleasure to work with these wonderful ladies and I’m so excited to be able to combine my digital skills with my love of sewing!

XOXO,
Kim Morris

Meet Rebecca Scalia

Designer For VLL

Hi, my name is Rebecca (Beck) and I live with my husband Joe, and three children, Cooper, Emilia & Theo in Brisbane, Queensland, Australia.

I come from a long line of crafters & sewers and creativity is in my blood.

My Mother’s Bernina sewing machine and overlocker always had a permanent place in our house and my sister and I grew up in handmade clothes. I learnt to cross stitch, crochet and sew from a young age and most of my life there has been a craft project in progress!

I graduated from high school and began studying and working as an accountant and sewing remained a hobby. When my son was born in early 2011, that hobby grew into a business and when my daughter arrived in late 2012, the fabric collection and business grew so much it needed its own room!

I left my full time job as an accountant in 2016 to focus on my handmade business and never looked back. I joined the Vintage Little Lady team in 2022 as a pattern tester and instantly felt at home. I fell in love with the brand and the people and I knew straight away that designing was my next challenge.

Inspired and encouraged by the incredible Leah & Milja, I am making it happen. There are an incredible number of hours that go into taking a simple sketch on paper to a sewing pattern but I can honestly say none of it has felt like work. This is just the beginning and I am so excited for the journey.

Love what you do and do what you love!

Happy sewing!

XOXO,
Beck

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