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    Fancy Aprons and Sunbonnets
    Fancy Aprons and Sunbonnets
    Fancy Aprons and Sunbonnets
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    Fancy Aprons and Sunbonnets

    By Anon Anon

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    “Fancy Aprons and Sunbonnets” is a classic guide to making a variety of traditional women's aprons, with chapters on hat making. Written at a time when women would commonly wear aprons for housework and cooking, this volume will appeal to those with an interest in hand crafting vintage clothing and needlework in general. Contents include: “Dressmaking And Tailoring”, “Fancy And Sewing Aprons”, “Square And Round Sewing Aprons”, “Clothes-Pin Apron And Bag”, “Sunbonnets And Sun Hats”, “Sunbonnets”, “Fancy Aprons And Sunbonnets Examination”, “Questions”, etc. Many vintage books such as this are increasingly scarce and expensive. It is with this in mind that we are republishing this volume now in an affordable, modern, high-quality edition complete with a specially-commissioned new introduction on dressmaking and tailoring.
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherRead Books Ltd.
    Release dateMay 31, 2013
    ISBN9781473380127
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      Fancy Aprons and Sunbonnets - Anon Anon

      FANCY APRONS AND SUNBONNETS

      FANCY AND SEWING APRONS

      REMARKS

      1. Besides having aprons that cover the dress well in doing housework, the woman in the home always finds it convenient to have on hand small fancy aprons that she may wear while sewing or while serving guests, or that she may lend to her guests. Such aprons in many instances add greatly to a woman’s neatness and are generally a great source of satisfaction to them. Of course, small aprons can hardly be considered so necessary as the house aprons already considered, yet no woman really feels that her wardrobe is complete unless she is the possessor of a few dainty aprons.

      2. Sheer materials, such as dotted Swiss, flaxon, lawn, dimity, voile, and so on, are principally used in making these dainty aprons, and many pleasing effects are to be had with the aid of embroidery stitches, insertion, and lace. Small aprons might be considered expensive if new material had to be purchased each time a new one is to be made; but such is not the case. As a rule, remnants of material or pieces from the scrap bag may be utilized to good advantage, for such aprons do not require much goods.

      3. The shapes and designs of fancy and sewing aprons are varied, and the fashion magazines, especially at the time of the Christmas holidays, are usually generous in their display of unique aprons that may be made up as gifts or for the woman’s own use. It is the intention here to impart to the woman who sews information about fancy and sewing aprons that will qualify her to make any style of apron she sees. The preparation of patterns for many different styles of fancy aprons, as well as the construction of the aprons themselves, is taken up and explained carefully. Once the making of such aprons as are here treated is mastered, she should experience no difficulties, for, as should be borne in mind, the body part of fancy aprons is always similar; in fact, the real style difference generally lies in the outline of the apron and the way in which it is trimmed.

      APRON STRINGS AND BANDS

      4. Before discussing the making of aprons, it is deemed advisable to illustrate and explain several finishes of apron strings and also the method of attaching strings and bands to aprons, so that explicit directions will not have to be given in treating each of the aprons here considered.

      FIG. 1

      For dainty tea or sewing aprons, a pretty bow in the back not only makes an attractive finish, but makes an apron appear a little more dainty than if just a straight band were used. As a rule, the material of which such aprons are made is wide enough to permit a strip to be taken from the side for strings. So that the strings will tie well in the back, they should be made from 2 1/4 to 3 1/2 in. wide, the 2 1/2-in. width being the one usually preferred. For the average figure, two strings 18 to 20 in. long provide sufficient length to permit a neat bow to be tied at the back, but for very large waist measures, an additional length should, of course, be provided, so that the bow will not appear skimpy.

      5. Apron-String Finishes.—On work aprons it is all well and good to leave the selvage on one edge of the strings as a finish and thus save the time required by hemming, but for dainty aprons both sides of the strings must be finished alike, with a rolled hem, a hem-stitched hem, or a machine-stitched hem. It is never advisable to sew lace along the sides of apron strings, however, for the reason that in tying and untying them the lace becomes torn and wears out so quickly as not to justify the expenditure of time required to sew it on.

      FIG. 2

      The ends of the strings, on the contrary, should be finished so as to correspond with the apron. If very narrow lace is used as trimming, a square finish such as is shown in Fig. 1 (a) is very good, and if rickrack braid is the trimming employed, apron-string ends finished as shown in (b)—that is, with the corners shaped neatly—will appear very attractive when the bow is tied. By pointing the ends of strings, as shown in Fig. 2 (a), and sewing lace on in a rolled hem, a pleasing effect may be obtained. In putting lace on a pointed end, however, the lace at the point of the string should be either mitered or held very full, so that it will not cup up. A mitered finish is preferable, as it permits the lace to be ironed out smoother. Rounded ends, as in (b), are also pretty, and by working little cross-stitches in the end, as shown, the attractiveness is increased considerably. Any small embroidery design may be worked to good advantage in the end of any fancy-apron string. The hem-stitch finish shown in (c), although simple, is especially good, and it may be used on any apron with or without lace.

      FIG. 3

      6. Attaching Strings and Bands.—To put the band on an apron is a simple operation, the chief requirement being neatness. If the apron is to be gathered to the band and the material is very sheer, the gathering stitches should be small, so that the fulness will ease in and not lie in plaits. If the machine ruffler is used for such work, then, of course, the little plaits formed by the ruffler will be evenly distributed; in fact, they often add to the appearance of the apron, whereas plaits in hand-run gathers are rarely attractive. However, there are generally few gathers around the waist, as the fancy aprons themselves are so small that it is always well to ease the fulness on to the band so that the band will not appear larger than the apron. Wide bands are very effective on heavy, large aprons, such as those worn by nurses, but on

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