![]() ![]() But the reason I get them, is because once they're gone, they're gone. I have Western shirt patterns decades older than me, and that's. If you are looking for old-fashioned flared jodhpurs from the 1930s or 40s, I probably have it. I have quite a collection of old, weird, OOP equestrian patterns. But if you do, that plants you in squarely in the OOP (out of print) patterns camp, and that is not a nice place to be. Now, if saddle seat or dressage isn't your flavor of horsemanship, this isn't a reason to cry in your cereal. Then, in the blink of an eye, Suitability's timeless Dressage Shadbelly & Frock Coat #5850 quietly rode off into the sunset, presumably to hang out with the discarded saddle seat retirees in the Pattern Barn of the Great Beyond. No more being printed, per Suitability's website. Field's Fabrics had many of the remaining paper patterns, including Saddle Seat Suit Coat #5172, which was one of the very few saddle seat coat patterns available anywhere, and a good one. When the owner retired, Suitability dispersed the remnants of its stock to various retailers, and set up shop with some of the pattern styles on Etsy, as e-patterns. As many of you know, Suitability Patterns was a longstanding source of great English and Western patterns, for years. ![]()
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