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Friday, December 28, 2007
If You Were Given This, Would You Like It?
I have spent the last two months making my Christmas gifts. Now that everyone has opened them, I can share with you what I made: a movie and aprons for the ladies of my family.
The movie, as much as I'd like to share with you, requires some editing to put on just a short version of what I did. This may take awhile as doing this has made me rather sick of my computer for the moment.
However, I can add pictures of my aprons. First I will tell you how I did these. I found some patterns (for free) on the internet. After reading them, I was clueless as to what to do. I am not one for always following directions (or even looking at them) so I decided to go another route. I have two aprons that my Grandma's Grandma made. One was hand sewn, the other by machine. These aprons have to be well over 50 years old. I looked at how they were sewn as well as the directions. Being a visual person, this made more sense.
Next I looked at all my scraps of cloth. Through my many years of wanting to make a cute quilt for my daughter, I gathered many yards of darling patterns. I never made the quilt and she is now 15 years old. However, this left me with lots of combinations to make ten aprons. Starting after Thanksgiving, I began sewing and ironing and totally messing up my dining room to accomplish this little project.
I made the large portion of the apron, then the straps, and last the pocket. I did all ten different, so there are literally no two alike. I made some real big for the taller (or is it more messier) of my family. I made aprons for my mother-in-law, my mom and sisters. I made little ones for my nieces. I made one full apron for my daughter's 15th birthday. Guess who I didn't make an apron for. Me. By the time I made my daughter's, I was sick of sewing.
Here are the pictures:
Mom's
Mother-in-law's
Aunt-in-law's
Sister 1
Niece 1
Niece 2
Sister 2
Sister-in-law's
Niece 3 (she is a BIG Spiderman fan)
And Miss Actress'
If you look closely, you will see that all are different. I did the strap different trying to find the right way to put it on. I found that it really depended on how I wanted the apron to look. Some have big pockets and others don't. The width and length varied greatly on these. Here is where patterns and directions are useful, but I had lots of fun experimenting.
Why did I choose to make aprons? I thought it would be a good idea. It is antiquated and useful. I wondered why we don't use aprons anymore, my family cooks. I have sisters who bake and make delicious meals (I am the black sheep of the family in that way). My mom has wonderful meals and desserts. My sister-in-law makes an awesome coconut-lime cake. And I am really good at uncooking (making raw meals with raw veggies and fruit - no raw meat). I find that I use my clothes to wipe my hands or the veggies. Then I end up with dirty clothes for dinner. I thought that my family would appreciate aprons to use for cooking or whatever.
I didn't make any for the men of my family. Perhaps that was sexist, but I wasn't sure they would appreciate it as much as the ladies.
What do you think?
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Saturday, December 29, 2007 - Untitled Comment
And I don't think you were sexist. Do men in you family cook very often? Mine don't. I am sure they appreciated the movie. :)
Have a Happy New Year!
Peace to you,
Renae
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