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Stitching & Crafting Room:  Aprons  |
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Photobugs
True Blue Farmgirl
363 Posts
Pamela
Post Falls
Idaho
USA
363 Posts |
 Posted - Aug 14 2005 : 9:53:29 PM
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It sure does pay to let people know what you like, huh? I have done this with family members and they seem to give me family keepsakes from time to time.
I have about 5 or 6 of my paternal grandmother's aprons. My mom, knowing I love anything old, especially family things saved them for me. She was the caretaker for my dad's mom and was able to save the aprons (amoung other things) for me. They are all in different colors and look just dandy hanging in my kitchen. The colors are not necessarily what I would use, but because they are vintage they match my decor.
Pamela
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jpbluesky
True Blue Farmgirl
6066 Posts
Jeannie
Florida
USA
6066 Posts |
Posted - Aug 15 2005 : 05:13:21 AM
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Wow, Julia, what a wonderful story! Thank you for sharing with us the kindness of your church friends and the description of your aprons.
jpbluesky |
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Julia
True Blue Farmgirl
1949 Posts
Julia
Shelton
WA
USA
1949 Posts |
Posted - Aug 15 2005 : 3:46:08 PM
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Pamela, How fun to have your g'ma's aprons. I wish I had my g'ma's.
jpbluesky, your welcome :) !
"The gloom of the world is but a shadow; behind it, yet within our reach is joy. Take joy!" Fr.Giovanni |
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little feather
True Blue Farmgirl
83 Posts
Tawnya
Walnut Creek
California
USA
83 Posts |
Posted - Aug 15 2005 : 4:12:52 PM
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 Julia!
I love that idea about an apron out of a towel. I'll have to try that one, goodness- we have plenty of towels that I can use!
Thanks so much!
Where ever you go, go with all your heart!
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little feather
True Blue Farmgirl
83 Posts
Tawnya
Walnut Creek
California
USA
83 Posts |
Posted - Aug 15 2005 : 4:15:34 PM
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Nancy!
I love your apron! I think that its perfect- what great fabric and colors!
Awesome 
Where ever you go, go with all your heart!
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Kathigene
True Blue Farmgirl
160 Posts
Kathy
New York
160 Posts |
Posted - Aug 15 2005 : 8:11:43 PM
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Wish me luck guys. Tomorrow is my day to meet my niece for our girls shopping, day and night out and I'm going to coax her into going thrift store shopping with me. For some reason I'm hesitant to go on my own. Don't know why but I am. Hopefully she will find some books to keep her busy while I look around for some other things. I'll let you know if I find anything really exciting!!
Kathy in New York
Dogs make such good friends because they wag their tails rather then their tongues. |
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Coffee and a Muffin
Farmgirl in Training
38 Posts
Kim
GA
USA
38 Posts |
Posted - Aug 15 2005 : 8:49:24 PM
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| I love aprons and it seems everywhere I turn aprons are becoming popular again. I'm just thrilled to see so many women giving aprons a try. Couldn't live without mine. I'm too messy! hee! |
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Coffee and a Muffin
Farmgirl in Training
38 Posts
Kim
GA
USA
38 Posts |
Posted - Aug 15 2005 : 8:50:50 PM
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| Oh dear! I had no idea there were 16 pages to this thread! I just saw the first one before posting! Well, I guess aprons really are getting popular again! |
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Aunt Jenny
True Blue Farmgirl
11381 Posts
Jenny
middle of
Utah
USA
11381 Posts |
Posted - Aug 15 2005 : 9:11:56 PM
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I made a new one today...the same pattern as the last one I made...I had already cut it out last week...a neat 1930's reproduction print in green...love it!! I am going up north tomorrow and plan a stop at a fabric store for sure..things are so limited here in the boonies. I need to leave the checkbook and debit card in the car though....cash only so I don't spend too much...haha
Jenny in Utah
The best things in life arn't things |
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Julia
True Blue Farmgirl
1949 Posts
Julia
Shelton
WA
USA
1949 Posts |
Posted - Aug 15 2005 : 9:12:22 PM
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Your welcome Tawnya!
Kathigene, Have fun, would love to go with you, I love going to thrift stores!
"The gloom of the world is but a shadow; behind it, yet within our reach is joy. Take joy!" Fr.Giovanni |
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Photobugs
True Blue Farmgirl
363 Posts
Pamela
Post Falls
Idaho
USA
363 Posts |
Posted - Aug 15 2005 : 9:58:58 PM
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Are any of you apron lovers planning on Chapter projects incorporating the making them? Just curious...
Pamela
"I scream, you scream, we all scream for ice cream!" |
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Aunt Jenny
True Blue Farmgirl
11381 Posts
Jenny
middle of
Utah
USA
11381 Posts |
Posted - Aug 15 2005 : 10:41:41 PM
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YES! we are hopefully going to do the harvest aprons in the fall...but I think with an added bib on front..
Jenny in Utah
[green]The best things in life arn't things[green] |
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realme52
True Blue Farmgirl
106 Posts
Klara
Gatesville
Texas
USA
106 Posts |
Posted - Aug 16 2005 : 05:42:45 AM
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For the apron sewers among you, I wanted to share this link (below) to a great looking, vintage style apron pattern. Love the fabric choice in the picture!
Purchased a pattern before I found the link below. Simplicity 4987. Nice but not vintage. Found fabric with a kind of "kitschy childrensbook homemaker print" (little girls hanging their laundry on the line, etc.) and I think it'll be fun to make and wear. Now, all I need to find is time and the right mood to get started.
http://warehouseshops.com/catalog/branditems.asp?CartId=12-EVEREST-590216HFYRN14&BC=IJ&BN=Indygo+Junction&Cc=QWPWA&tpc=&CN=Aprons
From this hour on I ordain myself loss'd of limits and immaginary lines. Walt Whitman |
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Aunt Jenny
True Blue Farmgirl
11381 Posts
Jenny
middle of
Utah
USA
11381 Posts |
Posted - Aug 16 2005 : 07:32:47 AM
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Cute!! now that would be a great one to use to make an apron out of a vintage tablecloth for sure!! I like it with the ruffle too!!! Be sure to post a picture when you are done...I would love to see it in the print you got!!!
Jenny in Utah
[green]The best things in life arn't things[green] |
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Anna
MaryJane's Farmgirl
27 Posts
Pullman
WA
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Posted - Aug 16 2005 : 12:14:04 PM
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| Hi! This is Anna, the seamstress from MaryJanesFarm. I just wanted to let everyone knoe that there are going to be a bunch of really great apron patterns in the Stitching Room book that is going to be released in the spring. So, keep your eyes open for some really beautiful and unique aprons! |
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Photobugs
True Blue Farmgirl
363 Posts
Pamela
Post Falls
Idaho
USA
363 Posts |
Posted - Aug 16 2005 : 6:46:15 PM
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Oh goodie...We can't wait! My daughter told me she found five vintage aprons in the FREE bin at her local thrift shop. I told her about aprons being all the rave here at the MaryJanesFarm Connection. When she told me what she got I asked what she was going to do with them...thinking she would ebay them as she does everything (yeah, she makes a part time living selling on ebay), but she said "Keep them!" "Good," I said.
One thing I wanted to give a tip to any of you who get those aprons or anything handed down from your mother's or grandmothers: Label it, who it belonged to, when you got it, or any other circumstances about it. I use a piece of cardstock either I have written on or typed on my computer and printed out. Then I tie it on with a piece of ribbon or pin it on. I no longer trust my brain to remember the details about the things I get handed down to me, so I have to record them.
You could also photograph them, put the photos into a scrapbook and document them this way. Just don't forget to journal.
I have decided to keep a written journal on the things I find at yard sales, especially furniture or quilts, or the more significant items. This way when I am dead and gone my kids will know where all of my treasures came from. Or better yet I will remember where I got them when I have forgotten next week!
Maybe a post on the topic of preserving and documenting your treasures would be a good one...what do you all think?
Pamela
"I scream, you scream, we all scream for ice cream!" |
Edited by - Photobugs on Aug 16 2005 9:06:18 PM |
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MeadowLark
True Blue Farmgirl
2206 Posts
USA
2206 Posts |
Posted - Aug 16 2005 : 6:54:19 PM
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Those are great ideas Pamela! Never thought to keep an apron journal!
Being is what it is. Jean Paul Sartre |
Edited by - MeadowLark on Aug 16 2005 6:54:54 PM |
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Deb H
Farmgirl in Training
46 Posts
Deb
Glendale
Missouri
USA
46 Posts |
Posted - Aug 16 2005 : 8:59:27 PM
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| Hello, all! On Saturday, I went to a few thrift/antique stores and bought my first aprons...only paid an average of $5/each - better than e'bay, I think. Two of them were in ziploc bags and I didn't even open them until I got home, but bought them because I liked the fabric...one of them was made from a square scarf, with one corner cut off and made into two pockets. It has a grosgrain ribbon tie and ric rac sewn around the edge. The other one has a potholder sewn onto one side as a pocket and then another potholder attached to the other side with a snap - very ingenious! And so cute - I was so excited when I opened them up! Someone mentioned putting aprons up in her kitchen, like a valance, and I think that's what I'm going to do to add some color to my kitchen. |
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FarrarFarmgirl
True Blue Farmgirl
330 Posts
Lynda
Frohna
Missouri
USA
330 Posts |
Posted - Aug 17 2005 : 08:37:03 AM
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Deb P,
HI, I see that you are new to the forum - Welcome - from one STL gal to another. I also live in ST.Louis. It must have been a good day for linens and aprons on Saturday. I went yard saling and to an estate sale and came across some great finds. A couple of aprons, several small table cloths, old hankies and some doilies with embroidery work and crocheted edges.
What a treasure to know that you are so close, we'll have to hook up so we can do double-duty at the thrift stores and yard sales. Send me an email of how to get in touch.
I have an apron across my back door window as a valance, but I must confess, I got that idea from someone else on this forum. Mine is a red gingham half apron with white rick-rack trim. It fits really well and certainly adds color. Have fun with putting your aprons to good use.
This is so exciting! Looking forward to getting to know you. Have a blessed day!
In His hands,
Lynda
Pray in faith and you will not live in doubt. |
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jpbluesky
True Blue Farmgirl
6066 Posts
Jeannie
Florida
USA
6066 Posts |
Posted - Aug 17 2005 : 09:42:16 AM
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Kim - I thought of you awhile ago when I saw a rooster design half apron on Ebay. It is on the list of "soon to go", if you go looking for it. It is red!
Pamela - great idea of a treasure journal. I keep a photo journal of all the needlework stuff I have done over the years. Once i give stuff away, I forget it, and it is neat to go back and look.
You know, there are over 1,000 aprons listed on Ebay!!! They are hot!
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Edited by - jpbluesky on Aug 17 2005 09:44:32 AM |
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MeadowLark
True Blue Farmgirl
2206 Posts
USA
2206 Posts |
Posted - Aug 17 2005 : 09:58:13 AM
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Girls, I had to go to ebay the other night...the aprons were calling to me YIKES! There was THE cutest 40's-50's organza pink/white bib with a peter pan collar and pink ric rack embroidery. I put in a bid and won it reasonable. I had never seen one quite like this, very feminine Donna Reedish... HELP! I need apron intervention!!!! I have to start ignoring those urges!
Being is what it is. Jean Paul Sartre |
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Clare
True Blue Farmgirl
2173 Posts
NC WA State
USA
2173 Posts |
Posted - Aug 17 2005 : 10:34:08 AM
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Breathe, Meadowlark, Breathe!!!!!
**** Love is the great work - though every heart is first an apprentice. - Hafiz
Set a high value on spontaneous kindness. - Samuel Johnson****
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Cindylou
Farmgirl at Heart
243 Posts
Cindylou
Moscow
Idaho
243 Posts |
Posted - Aug 17 2005 : 10:39:40 AM
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Hi farmgirls! I am pleased to see that so many of you are loving vintage aprons ~ since MaryJane is calling all of us farmgirls at heart "the apron society"!! It is certainly a treasure when you find them free at a thrift store, at estate sales, yard sales, on e-bay or in your grandmother's trunk ~ just waiting to be loved and worn again. I love reading all your ideas! Jenny's harvest aprons would be a wonderful idea for a bridal shower gift or for Christmas. Our grandmother's are smiling from ear to ear!! Who knew that rick rack would be a sought after item again. My Mother sewed and put rick rack on everything, especially her aprons! The vintage pattern material makes it easy to want to sew an apron. MaryJane will have a dozen or so vintage apron patterns in her workbook that will come out next spring. The workbook will be approsimately 168 pages for about $20.00 Anna and Julie are having oodles of fun looking at lots of vintage aprons for ideas. Julie Bell and MaryJane always come home from auctions and antique stores with yet another "new" vintage apron. Our Mothers and Grandmothers loved wearing aprons, they are beautiful and functional at the same time.
Next time you go to town or to your local Farmer's Market wear a fancy apron over your jeans, overalls, skirt or dress for a frivolous look!! MaryJane and all of us here wear them all the time! It's just plain fun and folks always comment on the beautiful vintage apron as it brings back fond memories of simpler days.
I think it would be fun to share pictures of our favorite aprons and those we make, too ~ we'll work on that when the server is finished expanding our website capabilities. You could mail or scan your pictures for posting ~ wouldn't that be a hoot??!!
sunnily yours,
Cindylou
MaryJane's Left-Hand Farmgirl
Cindylou
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Cindylou
Farmgirl at Heart
243 Posts
Cindylou
Moscow
Idaho
243 Posts |
Posted - Aug 17 2005 : 11:32:05 AM
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Hi again!! I want to let you know that MaryJane,our fearless farmgirl leader, is going to New York City for a Celebration of Personal Style Event in Central Park, Saturday October 1st. MaryJane will be taking lots of handsewn aprons made by our rural area seamstresses so all those city "farmgirls at heart" can purchase a homemade vintage look apron. This event is sponsored by Country Home magazine. For more information go to www.countryhome.com Click on 'Be Creative New York' on the top of the home page. Then click on 'Meet the Editors and Stylemakers'. MaryJane is very excited to meet Mary Chapin Carpenter!
Soon we will have Apron Stitiching Kits, with everything you need to make your own apron, available on the website for those of you who are learning to sew ~ it is up to those of us who know how to sew to share our skills with those who are beginning. That is what we farmgirls do best!!
Oh ~ MaryJane's Stitching Room Workbook #1 will be 128 pages, not 168.
Talk to you soon!
sunnily yours,
Cindylou
MaryJane's Left-Hand Farmgirl
Cindylou
cindylou@maryjanesfarm.org |
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jpbluesky
True Blue Farmgirl
6066 Posts
Jeannie
Florida
USA
6066 Posts |
Posted - Aug 17 2005 : 11:56:45 AM
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Cindylou - thank you for keeping us in the loop (no apron pun intended)!
My favorite aprons are still and always will be the ones I got from mom and grandma. But it is so fun to collect and make more. Your idea of wearing them out is great. I wear mine all over the neighborhood. Down to the mailbox, and next door to visit. I get some funny looks sometimes, but I think people are always wondering what I am making now or doing now. And it is a conversation piece, that is for sure. Now I have to be brave enough to keep it on when I get in the car! Here's to Apron Fever!
jpbluesky
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