the apron!
So, here's the apron. Obviously, the full-size one is on the left. It's based on a vintage "hostess apron" pattern that I have. Unfortunately, the photo is not so good and Crushy slept on the apron for a few hours before I took the photo, making things worse. (Cats and fabric -- argh!!) The mini apron is for a Gene-sized doll, and fared much better -- no sleepy cat laying all over it, for one thing. The scale of the smaller one makes the fabric much stiffer, and makes me want to redo the pattern in a taffeta or something, I think it looks much better. I also like the bows better on the smaller one -- I did them that way because it was easier but they turned out nicer. It's a nice size and the pockets are great, if a bit deep. So I think I'll definitely rework this pattern in the future. Still, even though I'm not 100% happy with the results here, it was just pretty exciting to participate in something for the first time since that BABY arrived. ^_^
Lovely things people have had to say:
Sarah! If you remake the mini-apron into human-apron, I think the apron strings ought to be really HUGE too.
Posted by: spookoo | September 8, 2005 11:17 PM
You can't see it in the crappy photo, but the big one actually has 4" wide tafetta for the waistband so it's almost as huge looking!
I definitely won't try this pattern again without using a stiffer fabric though.
Posted by: sarah | September 9, 2005 11:48 AM
Great job on the aprons! I think women look great in aprons.
Posted by: will | September 15, 2005 06:03 PM
Have you seen this:
http://angrychicken.typepad.com/tieoneon/
Posted by: Kelly Sue | October 7, 2005 08:05 PM
I'm an idiot -- OF COURSE you know TIE ONE ON. Oh, well. I was trying to be helpful!
xxx
Posted by: Kelly Sue | October 7, 2005 08:28 PM