Close-up of the main design. Sorry about the different colours in these photos - I don't know why that has happened, but the close-up pic is the actual colour of the calico fabric.
Tuesday, 13 November 2007
Another beautiful showpiece.
When I won this apron on eBay, I asked the seller if she knew the origins. From what she replied, I believe her mother made it, and it was done for competition in a show. I thought it would attract huge bids, so I put my maximum bid in for $40, but there was only two other bids, and I won it for less than $10!!!!
Close-up of the main design. Sorry about the different colours in these photos - I don't know why that has happened, but the close-up pic is the actual colour of the calico fabric.
Close-up of the main design. Sorry about the different colours in these photos - I don't know why that has happened, but the close-up pic is the actual colour of the calico fabric.
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You have a lovely collection of aprons. Do you have a particular era that you focus on with your collection, or do you just obtain the ones that catch your eye?
Hi Bernadette,
As with most of my collection, I concentrate on hand stitched items, but I do have one or two machine embroidered tablecloths. But not aprons - they are all hand stitched. I don't go for any particular design or era, although most of it originated in the first half of the 20th century; after that, people stopped wearing aprons anyway!
Wow. Gorgeous. I can't fathom how anyone could part with something her mother put so much effort into.
Just gorgeous!
Now this one beats out even the dog apron...its gorgeous!
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