I’m putting off the unenviable task of deleting all
those pesky little Cyrillic letters seen throughout the blog, so I
thought I’d share The Easter Pinafore. I finished it at about 3 pm on Easter, just in time for the dinner guests to arrive. The Easter Dress was not finished, and will now simply be The Spring Dress.
It’s hard to tell, but the bottom of the pinny is embroidered with
designs inspired by (okay, lifted from) this Japanese Embroidery book.
It is ISBN4-8347-2421-2.
I did find that the scale of the designs in the book were all over
the place, so I made a paper template of my embroidery space, then I
just kind of free-handed the designs onto the paper. That way the girl wasn't bigger than the tree, kwim? Then I taped the paper to the window
and transferred the design to the linen with a Micro pen. (Which does
come off with Spray and Wash, by the way.)
The embroidery work was satisfying–cute little things and the
opportunity to try out some different stitches. Plus, I got lots of
kid-input as to color and content.
The pinafore itself was incredibly easy. I cut a big rectangle,
measuring it for length and width on my daughter. I hemmed the top
about 1/4 in., and the sides and bottom about 1 in. I used some
double-wide double-fold bias tape for the elastic casing (single-wide
single-fold would be better.) I slipped in some 1/4 in. elastic, added
some straps and a button and that’s it!
This is a pretty fun project, but like Easter dinner, it was a long
time planning, and over in just about 10 minutes. Apparently pinafores
cramp her style. Now skip below and tell us about your favorite craft book for Free Fabric Friday.
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