list of references but its sources remain unclear because it has insufficient inline citations . please help to improve this article by introducing more precise citations . february 2011 learn how and when to remove this template message the butterick publishing company was founded by ebenezer butterick to distribute the first graded sewing patterns . by 1867 it had released its first magazine ladies quarterly of broadway fashions followed by the metropolitan in 1868 . these magazines contained patterns and fashion news . 1 contents 1 early publications 2 in the 20th century 3 after 1950 4 children s patterns 5 modern times 6 references 7 external links early publications edit the delineator august 1894 cover in 1873 butterick created the delineator magazine . by 1876 e. butterick & co. had become a worldwide enterprise selling patterns as far away as paris london vienna and berlin with 100 branch offices and 1 000 agencies throughout the united states and canada . in the 20th century edit in 1903 the company built the butterick building at spring and macdougal streets in manhattan . citation needed in 1926 s.r. latshaw was president of the butterick publishing co. 2 one of butterick s subsidiary companies was the ridgway company which published the pulp magazines everybody s magazine and adventure . 3 after 1950 edit in 1961 butterick licensed the name and trademark vogue patterns from cond nast publications inc. and purchased its pattern division . the company was purchased in 1967 by american can company and became a subsidiary renamed the butterick fashion marketing co. in the 1970s sewing lost popularity and sales began to suffer . in 1983 butterick s management group headed by bill wilson and john lehmann purchased the company from american can company . william proctor wilson was the first chief executive officer of the privatized butterick . in 1988 management sold approximately 60 percent of the company to robert bass s acadia investors . in 1988 wilson was succeeded as chief executive officer by john lehmann . in 2001 the mccall pattern company acquired butterick and vogue patterns 4 and it still continued printing and marketing sewing patterns in and under all three lines as of the middle of february 2016 . children s patterns edit the little delineator february 1925 cover . butterick also published a series of pamphlets for children titled the little delineator . designed for both boys and girls the pamphlets featured eight pages of stories artwork and contests . each issue focused on a theme often a holiday or season . they also featured play ideas items to make and on teaching morals and values . the series did not have a fashion focus as did the delineator but was more general in outlook . each issue offered some kind of prize or reward and a deli club membership card . the series did not contain advertising . 5 6 7 modern times edit the company s butterick patterns mccall s patterns and vogue patterns lines as stated above continued to be published as of the middle of february 2016 . these continued to be sold from fabric and sewing supplies stores like jo ann fabrics and hancock fabrics ; walmart commenced to offer them as well . in addition the company also expanded its on line presence . references edit http butterick.mccall.com butterick history pages 1007.php butterick magazines to merge the new york times june 17 1926 goulart ron . cheap thrills an informal history of the pulp magazines . arlington house 1972 isbn 978 0 87000 172 7 . pp. 31 32 . alan clendenning june 5 2001 . many say merger is not sew good . associated press . retrieved november 30 2011 . fundinguniverse.com butterick.mccall.com eager h. ; graef r. february 1925 . the little delineator . the butterick publishing company . external links edit official website works by butterick publishing company at project gutenberg works by or about butterick publishing company at internet archive v t e sewing techniques basting cut darning ease embellishment fabric tube turning floating canvas gather godet gusset heirloom sewing shirring stitches list of sewing stitches backstitch bar tack blanket blind stitch buttonhole catch stitch chain stitch cross stitch embroidery stitch hemstitch lockstitch overlock pad stitch pick stitch rantering running sashiko stoating tack topstitch zigzag seams felled seam seam allowance style line notions trims bias tape collar stays elastic grommet eyelet interfacing passementerie piping ruffle rickrack self fabric soutache trim twill tape wrights closures buckle button buttonhole frog hook and eye hook and loop fastener shank snap zipper materials bias yarn thread selvage textiles fabrics tools bobbin dress form needle threader pattern notcher pin pincushion pinking shears scissors seam ripper sewing needle stitching awl tailor s ham tape measure thimble tracing paper tracing wheel trades suppliers cloth merchant draper dressmaker haberdasher mercer sewing occupations tailor sewing machine manufacturers barth lemy thimonnier bernina brother industries elias howe elna feiyue frister & rossmann janome jones sewing machine company juki merrow new home pfaff sewmor singer tapemaster viking husqvarna white pattern manufacturers butterick burda clothkits mccall s simplicity glossary of sewing terms retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title butterick publishing company & oldid 731697706 categories fashion journalismsewinghidden categories articles lacking in text citations from february 2011all articles lacking in text citationsall articles with unsourced statementsarticles with unsourced statements from february 2011articles with project gutenberg linksarticles with internet archive links navigation menu personal tools not logged intalkcontributionscreate accountlog in namespaces article talk variants views read edit view history more search navigation main pagecontentsfeatured contentcurrent eventsrandom articledonate to wikipediawikipedia store interaction helpabout wikipediacommunity portalrecent changescontact page tools what links hererelated changesupload filespecial pagespermanent linkpage informationwikidata itemcite this page print export create a bookdownload as pdfprintable version languages add links this page was last modified on 26 july 2016 at 23 26 . text is available under the creative commons attribution sharealike license ; 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