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That one has the extended strip piece as well. The Advance one definitely has more of the features I like better. I'm not against the Simplicity ones either - I bid higher on ebay and outbid the auto bid person so am currently the highest bidder on that one. Probably won't go much higher since it isn't my fav pattern. |
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I cannot figure out what this extended piece is! I keep looking and comparing and don't see it...and it's probably so obvious.
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That one has the extended strip piece as well. The Advance one definitely has more of the features I like better. I'm not against the Simplicity ones either - I bid higher on ebay and outbid the auto bid person so am currently the highest bidder on that one. Probably won't go much higher since it isn't my fav pattern. |
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I cannot figure out what this extended piece is! I keep looking and comparing and don't see it...and it's probably so obvious. |
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I'm not doing a good job of explaining obviously  . Don't really know what to call it. The apron skirt has more seams (i.e. pieces) to it than I prefer. In a couple of those patterns which I am trying to describe - the strap piece continues down as a thin piece in the skirt portion. So the skirt is multiple pieces. Would prefer fewer skirt seams/pieces.
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How about a T-Strap Apron? I just purchased this pattern, and I think there are even less pieces. Elongating and removing the ruffle would make it only 4 pieces.
My only complaint in many of these vintage patterns is the pockets are too small. I may make more than 1 pocket and make them larger....
Sacrilege?
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My only complaint in many of these vintage patterns is the pockets are too small. I may make more than 1 pocket and make them larger....
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How do you like the fit of the vintage patterns? I have some that I have collected over the years---mostly dresses---and the sizes seem much smaller than modern patterns. At the time the I purchased them I would have been the largest end of the pattern and while I am tall, my other measurements aren't too large? Have you had any issues?
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Betsy wrote:
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My only complaint in many of these vintage patterns is the pockets are too small. I may make more than 1 pocket and make them larger....
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How do you like the fit of the vintage patterns? I have some that I have collected over the years---mostly dresses---and the sizes seem much smaller than modern patterns. At the time the I purchased them I would have been the largest end of the pattern and while I am tall, my other measurements aren't too large? Have you had any issues? |
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The fit and measurements are different. I buy by the chest size. They require Muslins to check the fit....but I have to do that with modern patterns. Bodies are all different.
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Thanks Jenn! Yes, to get a good fit a Muslin is so important (but I always want to skip this step). Good tip on going by the bust size. I want to make a new apron when I find the perfect pattern and fabric! 
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Okay, I'm totally lost regards the 'muslim' recommendations  Obviously it is not the only meaning I know.
Oh and Jenn, you asked before about op-shops, I believe you refer to them as thrift shops.
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Okay, I'm totally lost regards the 'muslim' recommendations Obviously it is not the only meaning I know.
Oh and Jenn, you asked before about op-shops, I believe you refer to them as thrift shops. |
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It's musliN -- typing on the phone I have big fingers! Sorry about that.
With Vintage patterns they usually suggest tracing the pattern, and adjust the traced one, so don't damage the original.
A Muslin is a mock-up of the pattern in an inexpensive fabric...and muslin is usually very inexpensive, hence the name.
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Now that I think about it, I think my iphone did automatic respell. So it wasn't exactly my mistake. But I've fixed above.
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Yes, I like that pattern, Jenn (even the ruffle) - ...still wanting the other as well as it would be the closest to what my grandma had, I think.
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Well I hope you find something similar. Another approach is to keep looking at the vintage aprons for sale for the style. Do you think it was 30s or 40s?
They make repro 30s fabric (that looks like feedsack). Plus vintage fabrics...there are so many options to recreate a memory!
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Did you catch this blog post Homeschool Giveaway Ultimate Post on Sewing.
Includes some apron patterns links.
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I did manage to win this pattern on ebay. Cross back to start. Still working on getting an H back or canning style with fuller back.
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I like that pattern, Mary. It's so similar to the other ones, but done in a 50s way. I'm curious if it is more flared than the other ones you were considering?
I've been following an Apron History blog, but didn't realize she had laid out a site: https://sites.google.com/site/apronhistory/home that gives tabs for the different decades and glimpses at the great patterns. A couple of the links have free patterns, too.
Very cool. I want all of them. 
Dh and I had an overnight away this past weekend near Emmitsburg, MD. They have a huge antique mall, so we were browsing. I found a few vintage feedsack fabrics for reasonable prices, so now I'm looking through my apron patterns to figure out which ones would take the yardage, because they are usually 48 x 36.
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JennGM wrote:
Very cool. I want all of them.
Dh and I had an overnight away this past weekend near Emmitsburg, MD. They have a huge antique mall, so we were browsing. I found a few vintage feedsack fabrics for reasonable prices, so now I'm looking through my apron patterns to figure out which ones would take the yardage, because they are usually 48 x 36. |
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Me too!
Good snag on the vintage feedsack cloth. Do you have any of the "one yard apron" patterns? I just bought this one as well:
It is a cross back from the 60s. I like that it is a single yard of fabric. Since I haven't been able to get that specific style I was wanting am buying others in the interim. 
I also like this single yard option:
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I like that bottom one, Mary. I do have this pattern and without the flounce it would be about a yard. 
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That is cute. Here is a new pattern made in the "flapper style" for a one yard apron. Seems like your style - except that it has an over neck loop.
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I like that, Mary! I think there's a big difference between the loop around the neck and the piece that goes over the neck but lies flat below the neck. It's just more comfortable to me.
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JennGM wrote:
I wanted to highlight this picture book Mary mentioned:
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Speaking of aprons - just tonight read a picture book that features a grandmother who wears an apron. Saturday Sancocho
I know I was more aware of it since this thread and there are obvioulsy many books with aprons. But it was clearly part of her lifestyle in this one. She is wearing it in the house. The text mentions her taking it off when they get tready to go to market. Then she is wearing it again later when they start cooking. I thought it was a cute and liked the apron tie-in. |
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I somehow missed that before. I also found another one this April and keep forgetting to post it here:
Ma Dear's Aprons by Patricia McKissack. This could be included for African-American month, too.
The son knows what day and the work to do by the apron his mother wears. |
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Another sweet and nostalgic picture book is this regionally published one:
My Mother's Apron by Edward Keller. It is a remembrance of the author's mother from his time growing up on the ND prairie in the 1920s & 30s. The text is short recollections of his mother that all involve her apron. The first pages start:
"She began her day by donning her cotton apron."
"It made her come alive and ready for a mothers' work."
And ends with:
"When my mother unwrapped herself from the work stained apron, it was the end of the day."
In between we see various watercolor vignettes illustrating the text and show her using the apron for various purposes including how the pockets held various treats and necessities of life.
Gives a simple picture of midwestern prairie life during that time period. Very sweet.
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I wonder if there is some kind of material that would make my belly not get soaked while doing the dishes (I am 7mos pregnant,...need I say more ;) LOL
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