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Stitching & Crafting Room:  Looking for a pioneer apron pattern  |
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campchic
True Blue Farmgirl
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Erin
Nebraska
USA
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 Posted - Sep 27 2008 : 2:50:35 PM
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I am looking for instructions to make a pioneer apron. Does anyone have any ideas or patterns?
Thanks,
Erin
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Bonne
True Blue Farmgirl
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Bonne
Littleton
CO
USA
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graciegreeneyes
True Blue Farmgirl
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Amy Grace
Rosalia
WA
USA
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Posted - Sep 27 2008 : 7:56:44 PM
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Erin - I am pretty sure I saw one on Folkwear patterns - they have some other great vintage and ethnic style patterns too
Good Luck
Amy Grace
Farmgirl #224
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Pearlsnjeans
True Blue Farmgirl
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Vicki
West Haven
Utah
USA
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Posted - Sep 27 2008 : 9:21:56 PM
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Erin - Here are some instructions for making a pioneer apron.
"Aprons are a vital part of a pioneer wardrobe: they protect your dress from grime, and can be pressed into service as needed for a towel, hot-pad, hanky, basket, or rain cover. Most serviceable aprons were made in printed or patterned fabric; white aprons are very good for “better” use, but will also be used for dirty work, if the apron fabric is sturdy enough."
Modern quilt-weight cottons work well for aprons, as does white “utility” muslin or “homespun” plaid. Historic aprons may be “half-aprons” (ending in a waistband, the style given here), or “pinner aprons”, which have a front bib that is pinned to the dress front. Aprons can hook, button, or tie to close. The pattern given here has a gently fitted waist that can be buttoned or hooked at the back. The hardworking aprons worn for active work tend to be cut fairly long (to the knees, at least), and quite full, to cover most of the front of the dress.
Materials:
2 yards print fabric (washed, dried, and pressed)
Thread to coordinate
Basic sewing supplies (needles, scissors, pins, thimble)
Prepare Apron Panels
Even both ends of your yardage by snipping into the selvage and firmly ripping across the width. Once you have both ends evened, measure down one selvage 3” and make a snip. Rip across. Set this strip aside for your waistband. Fold the fabric in half, matching the cut/ripped edges. At the fold, make a snip, and rip the yardage in half across the width, forming two apron panels of exactly the same length (no measuring needed!)
To avoid having a seam at the center front of your apron, fold one panel in half, matching the selvage edges. Make a snip at the fold, and rip the panel in half vertically. These will be the side apron panels.
Prepare Waistband
Measure comfortably around your waist. Add 3” for overlaps and a finishing allowance. Trim your reserved 3” strip to this length. Press one long edge and both short ends to the wrong side about ¼”.
Seam, Hem & Gather
With right sides together, match the raw edge of each side panel to the selvage edges of the front panel. Stitch with a ¼” seam allowance. Press the allowances toward the side panels. You do not need to further finish the seam allowance. You will have a finished (selvage) edge at the ends of the apron; press it to the wrong side about ¼” and secure this narrow hem with a running stitch by hand or straight stitch by machine. Press the lower edge to the wrong side ¼”, and again 1”, to form the hem. Secure this hem with two rows of fairly even, small running stitches by hand at the waist edge. Hand gathering will be less bulky than machine gathering here.
Attach Band
With right sides together, match the center point of the unpressed band edge to the center point of the apron front. Pin the apron edge 1¼” from the short end of the band. Draw up and distribute the apron gathers evenly along the band. Pin as needed. Stitch with a ¼” seam allowance. Press the allowances toward the band. Fold the free long edge and both short ends to the wrong side (you have previously pressed these, so it will be easy to do). Fold the long edge in place to cover all seam allowances and raw edges. Secure along the short ends and waist seam with small running stitches or straight stitches by machine.
Finishwork
Work a buttonhole on one side of the waistband, and stitch a small 4-hole button on the other end to fasten the apron.
Additional Options
You may choose to purchase an extra half-yard of fabric to make a pinner bib, patch pockets for the front (very useful to hold things while walking!), and ties, if you prefer them to a button closure or need to make a more multi-sized apron. For ties, rip two 2” wide strips, each about 24” long. Hem both long and one short end, and insert the free short end into the short ends of the band before you close it. You may place a small pleat in each tie to make it fit neatly within the band.
Happy Sewing!
Vicki
Farmgirl Sister #120
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campchic
True Blue Farmgirl
312 Posts
Erin
Nebraska
USA
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Posted - Sep 28 2008 : 12:58:10 PM
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Thank you Vicki! That helps me tremendously.
Erin
Farmgirl #190 |
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electricdunce
True Blue Farmgirl
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Karin
Belmont
ME
USA
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Posted - Sep 28 2008 : 2:05:11 PM
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Folkwear does have some great patterns, and sometimes on eBay you can find vintage apron patterns, usually in the buy it now section. The one Vicki gave directions for sounds great....
Karin
Farmgirl Sister #153
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Bonne
True Blue Farmgirl
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Bonne
Littleton
CO
USA
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Posted - Sep 28 2008 : 4:29:12 PM
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Did you see the "plain apron" in the link I gave you. That looked "pioneer-ish" to me.
 http://bonne1313.blogspot.com/ BLOG
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smoothiejuice
True Blue Farmgirl
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Jessica
Bloomington
Indiana
USA
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queenofdreamsz4u
True Blue Farmgirl
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Smoky Mountains Tennessee
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yarnmamma
True Blue Farmgirl
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Linda
Clarks Summit
PA
USA
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Posted - Sep 29 2008 : 06:16:47 AM
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I have seen them like that on the "Little House on the Prairie" tv show. Also with a bib in front and crossed ties in the back. They are always very long to cover the long ankle length skirt.
Linda in Scranton, PA
farmgirl #71
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Edited by - yarnmamma on Sep 29 2008 06:17:36 AM |
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Bonne
True Blue Farmgirl
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Bonne
Littleton
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Pearlsnjeans
True Blue Farmgirl
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Vicki
West Haven
Utah
USA
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Posted - Sep 29 2008 : 09:23:22 AM
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The information I shared is probably the same thing as mormontrek - this pattern is used for groups who reinact (sp?) the crossing of the plains. It makes up fairly easy and can be made as long or short as you like.
Vicki
Farmgirl Sister #120
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Stitching & Crafting Room: Looking for a pioneer apron pattern |
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Looking for a pioneer apron pattern
that's the same one Vicki posted above only in PDF form~lol