Tuesday 29 January 2008

Fabulous Geisha Girl apron!

I won this on eBay last week. The seller is a lady in N.S.W. who told me this was made by her grandmother around 1960. She would have been about sixty when she made it.
These photos show the apron in full (unfortunately the colour is not correct), a closeup of part of the design (colour is better in this pic.) and one of the reverse, in which you can see the enormous amount of stitching done.
What else can I say, but WOW...



5 comments:

Jeanette said...

Hi Gina, Agree with you WOWWW. A lot of fine stitching gone into this and the lady below,, The little puppies are cute,and nice of Lee-Ann to pass it on to you... I love all your collection . of embroidery..

Patty said...

Wow! That's also all I can say about this one. :)

Chelle said...

I can't get over the incredible amount of work that has gone into some of these aprons. Yikes! Simply stunning.

Gina said...

I knew I'd seen your name before! I love aprons too...and I have that book about aprons also! Thanks for the eyecandy!
:-)Gina aka Tatting Goddess

Maggie Ann said...

Very special...but may I give the blue ribbon to the dogs below? smile. Soooo charming..