I heard somewhere that the Liberty Thea Boho Sleeve Shirt had an identical twin Vogue pattern. This seems to be somewhat common knowledge on the sewing internet now with matches for other Liberty patterns being mentioned here and there. The Liberty Pattern listings on the Fold Line also say "Note: Liberty Sewing Patterns are produced in collaboration with The McCall Pattern Company."

Learning this sent me straight to Nancy Drew Mode. Liberty patterns are all gorgeous but EXPENSIVE! If there are commercial equivalents out there I want to know so I can snag a cheaper version of the same pattern.

After some digging I found the rest of the matches. It is ridiculous how much better the Liberty patterns look than the commercial versions. Of course, making anything in Liberty looks luxe and it is really not hard to beat Big 4 styling...

It upsets me that Liberty is charging $25+ USD for patterns they didn't even design or draft. Maybe they had to pay a crapton for licensing and of course getting patterns printed is just expensive in general (not to mention sewing all samples in Liberty fabric!) but come on! With this knowledge, it is also hilarious to read their write-up claiming they "raided the Liberty archives" to design these patterns. Probably not.

Anyway. Here's the full list!

The Vogue line drawing shows the shorter top tied in front, and the Liberty line drawings show it open.

I've always loved this silhouette/style of dress but am just not always comfortable in an empire waist, plus that neckline is not very every-day. To heck with it though if I can find this pattern on the cheap!

This series looks like a relatively recent release.

Will probably make a few adjustments and copy the Mille Thalia Top.

I somewhat question this match, but it's a basic wrap skirt with a ruffle option so it is also probably the easiest to find a similar pattern for or to draft from scratch. The split sizing ranges match so that's a good sign. 6-14 and 14-22 for both Liberty and Commercial.

The McCalls pattern has back darts, but the Liberty version does not (at least they're not shown in the line drawings). Otherwise this all looks the same.

Sizing is split into two ranges, S-L and L-XL, for both Liberty and Commercial Versions.

I love Love LOVE this and want to make it from a quilt top I've got.

The line drawings are very stylistically different, but I blame McCalls feeling the need to get "fun" with their packaging and styling.

Liberty's version comes with sizes 6-22 in one envelope, McCalls splits the ranges into 6-14 and 14-22.