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OT wear an apron?

Polly, aprons are a "hot" item right now. There are a couple (or more) designers that specialize in apron patterns. Check out Paisley Pincushion or Vanilla House (either/both may have "Designs" added to the name, can't remember at the moment.) Cindy Taylor Oates also has a couple of books/booklets that are aprons, Retro Aprons is one. (Be careful, she also has the same styles in a book for kid sizes.) I have made several aprons, both from patterns, from the CTO book and free style-off the top of my head type. Loved to have the half aprons when I worked at the fabric store, great to protect skirt fronts from wear when stretching over the cutting counter, to carry my personal cutting shears, and other tools I had to have while working.

There are lots of styles and types of apron patterns available, from very simple to complex. With varying amounts of coverage and ways to fasten them. Have fun deciding.

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OK. I couldn't stop myself from posting a couple of pictures of two of the many aprons I have made for my wife. The first one is a June Cleaver look alike apron that you have to climb into and fasten at the back. It is Butterick B4087 from their Retro collection. The only thing I did to alter the pattern is I added the strap across the upper back to cure a habit of slipping off of the shoulders that the pattern seemed to want to do. Cure worked, and it is just the thing to wear when you are doing your homemaking duties in high heels and a single strand of Pearls. The other one shown is an apron I did for her for a gag fashion show she was involved in. It is a self drafted "cobblers apron", that is so easy to do, that a pattern is not necessary. The fabric is, well you might say, interesting. I even matched the pattern for the pocket across the front. She loves to get these sort of goofy type of aprons, and there are a whole bunch of other ones, that are used on a daily basis. these two, are left for special occasions, where you can throw caution to the winds.

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I was wondering where you were in this thread, John. Didn't you accessorize one with carrots? =) Polly

"John" < OK. I couldn't stop myself from posting a couple of pictures of two of the many aprons I have made for my wife. The first one is a June Cleaver look alike apron that you have to climb into and fasten at the back. It is Butterick B4087 from their Retro collection. The only thing I did to alter the pattern is I added the strap across the upper back to cure a habit of slipping off of the shoulders that the pattern seemed to want to do. Cure worked, and it is just the thing to wear when you are doing your homemaking duties in high heels and a single strand of Pearls. The other one shown is an apron I did for her for a gag fashion show she was involved in. It is a self drafted "cobblers apron", that is so easy to do, that a pattern is not necessary. The fabric is, well you might say, interesting. I even matched the pattern for the pocket across the front. She loves to get these sort of goofy type of aprons, and there are a whole bunch of other ones, that are used on a daily basis. these two, are left for special occasions, where you can throw caution to the winds.

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That was another outfit, although for the same "Fashion Show", with 14 golden cloth carrots and some green toile for the stem and leaves. Thereby making a 14 Gold Carrot Pin. Sigh! I have to work very hard to come up with this stuff. The evidence is below.

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