Joy Beeson's toddler apron

Hello Joy,

for obvious reasons* I'm rather keen on that apron pattern on your website. However, there is no thumbnail that opens so that I could get the pattern. Even the measure "12 and a half inches along the fold" doesn't help much. Does that mean, down the middle? I'm at a loss, I admit. (OK, I'm no master tailor, just an enthusiastic amateur.) If you could help me I'd be very grateful.

Thanks,

U.

  • Obvious reasons = little Christine is going to get some mushed carrot for the first time in the very near future, plus, she's drooling all over the place, perhaps she's started teething already, even though we can't see or feel anything. She's got a whole bunch of bibs made from terrycloth. I bought them before she was born and thought I made a bargain. Unfortunately, they keep moving around her neck and seem to be rather small, anyway. An apron seems just the thing, wouldn't you agree?
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Ursula Schrader
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If she's anything like our little girl, you might want to look into making something like this:

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sleeves get every bit as messy as the front otherwise. Eating isa full body experience! Sue

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S

The best advice I ever heard was "strip the kid naked and feed him in the bathtub."

I'll look into the problem with the Web site. (And if anyone happens to know where the pattern came from, I'd like to know. *Somebody* designed it!)

Joy Beeson

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Joy Beeson

That's the best idea. In the summer, you can just do it in the yard. Keep a hose handy.

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Pogonip

The other option is bathing suits and a backyard picnic lunch, followed up by a garden hose clean up.

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Kathleen

Clicking on the thumbnail -- a very small photograph of the newspaper pattern -- took me to

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very large photograph of the newspaper pattern. The fold mentioned is the center front of the pattern, which lies along the fold of the newspaper and is placed on the fold of the fabric when cutting out. It's measured from the neckline to the hem. So I don't know what is wrong, aside from I *still* haven't downloaded a copy of Gimp to make a copy of the pattern without all that 1959 news.

I don't think the "apron" would be suitable for protecting a child's clothing. In the toddler size, it's more to be worn instead of a shirt than something to be worn over a shirt.

(for those who came in late, we are discussing

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)Joy Beeson

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Joy Beeson

I have a friend who is very pragmatic. She had a son, and shortly after he entered the high chair stage, she acquired a dog. Named him Hoover. Not because of any admiration for Herbert.

Kay

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Kay Lancaster

Kay Lancaster wrote in news: snipped-for-privacy@hub.fern.com:

we have a dog named Kirby, i think for similar reasons, although he & Boo (the kid) were both 3 when we adopted Kirby. Boo was only a messy eater for a month or two, mostly because he hated the pureed stuff once he hit 8 months. after that he ate off my plate. lee

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enigma

Hi Joy,

I'm really sorry for not writing any sooner, but we had a nasty bout of the Noro virus (makes you shout down the really big telephone and enables you to "go" really fast and often).

Uh, I hate to say it, but when I go to this page:

Ah, I had suspected as much, but I like to make sure and then memorise forever.

Nothing wrong with those old news. Quite a bit of history, especially with the Berlin stuff. There are a couple of patterns circulating in my family that hold bits of interesting news from the 1960s. I love that, it's like some kind of time machine.

Yes, I think the fraction who says that eating is a full body experience is totally right. I had to feel that myself not too long ago. ;-) I've found a nice pattern for something with sleeves in German, if you care to take a look:

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could try and translate stuff for you, if there's a demand. Might take some time, though, with my little one more demanding than usually. A dog is - (un)fortunately - not an option, we've got one or two cats. (Don't ask, the story would be totally off-topic.) ;-) Anyway, I'll try my hand on the 'topological' apron for summer wear whenever I get the chance. I really liked the way it's made from the first look I took at it, and I wasn't even pregnant then. ;-))

U.

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Ursula Schrader

Echh! Glad you're feeling better now.

I can't find the problem -- but I've just moved the page to

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Last week the switch in my flashlight quit working. I took the capoff, dumped the batteries out, looked at the switch. Saw nothing, putthe flashlight back together, and it's been working fine ever since.I'm not sure Web pages can be repaired the same way, but it's worth atry.

Just tried viewing the new page with DH's computer. Explorer steadfastly ignores the thumbnail -- even though it cheerfully displays the other images. ???

I'll add a text link.

No text link needed: After I typed the above, DH ran the page through a format checker and found a missing angle bracket. Now Explorer displays the thumbnail as it should oughta. (Only the Rough Sewing copy has been corrected, as I intend to delete the N3F copy as soon as I've found all the links to it.)

Thank you for proofreading my site.

Perhaps I should scan the other side of the paper some day. (I have the use of a scanner until my brother-in-law comes back from Florida in the spring.)

I can almost read that. Surprising what sticks after forty years of never having anything to read in German. (I did find a Mickey Maus funnybook at a festival about twenty years ago.)

I think the picture makes it quite clear what is to be done.

I like it, and I'm not even *fertile*. Pity we'll never know who designed it.

Joy Beeson

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Joy Beeson

No problem, my pleasure. Anyway, it works fine now, even for me. ;-)

What's on that other side, I wonder... ;-)

Huh, how come you speak an obscure language like German? ;-) Ah, but of course, being the gifted needleworkers you are in this group, I should have guessed that you don't need much explaining. Sorry for underestimating you.

Sorry to hear, would it be OK if I asked you a couple of things in private about that? If so, reply to my address, it's the real one.

Well, I guess it's the same with knitting or sewing in general: We'll never know who invented those techniques, but we'll be grateful (or hateful, depending on the occasion ;-)) to them, who ever they may have been and honor their memory with every stitch we sew. But, to get back once more to the 'full body experience' thing: First spoons of carrot are that for mom and living room, too. Perhaps I'll make a big one for me first... ;-))

U.

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Ursula Schrader

I never could speak it, but I used to be able to read it well enough to enjoy _Max und Moritz_. My advisor said I should take German because I was a math major; I'd have been better advised to continue Spanish or Latin, which I'd had in high school; I had no hope of learning well enough to read research papers -- and a high-school math teacher doesn't *need* to be able to read research papers.

Joy Beeson

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Joy Beeson

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