This is just too cool!!! Wonderful project Jess!! Now I need to spend a little time looking for a good apron pattern...

Connie

Sounds like fun Jess, I'll be there!

Dh is always telling me I need to wear an apron when I cook...I have one...it's hanging in the closet...collecting dust

I was looking around for free apron patterns and found this site that has lots to choose from.

http://tipnut.com/56-free-apron-patterns-you-can-make/

Connie

What a great idea. I love aprons and use them all the time. I have some of my grandmothers & nanna's old aprons. I think I would just use one of those as a pattern. Sounds like fun.

Midge

I've just ordered the Joselyn fabrics for my apron. I think they remind me of the aprons my Grandma used to wear as she loved flowers of any kind. Anyone else picking out fabrics yet?

Connie

Jess, I think this is a wonderful idea for a fall Saturday Special. 

I may not be able to join you all that morning as we already have plans for that weekend, but I will be sure to drop in the thread later to all the wonderful projects you have made and to check the pattern.

Connie ... that website you posted had some interesting links. I particularly liked this one:

http://www.craftygal.com/archives/402/table402.htm

It is a good basic pattern that would cover well for the "more to love" figures like mine and would also work well for the "fit and trim" women, too.  Also, it is adaptable for those who want to make a bibbed apron and for those who prefer just a skirt apron.

I have ordered some of the this fabric from Jess and used a fat quarter of it in the geese units of my "Late Summer Evening Mystery Quilt" and I think it would be perfect to wrap a loaf of bread in:

http://webstore.quiltropolis.net/stores_app/Browse_Item_Details.asp?Shopper_id=400710131514154007&Store_id=691&page_id=23&Item_ID=1215

I think I have enough left for an apron skirt and I may want to use one of the other lovely autumn fabrics for the top of the apron and the pocket.

Maybe we should ask our bread baking expert, Dorian, for her easiest bread recipe and she could give bread baking tips to us that day, too. 

The idea of making and apron and giving a loaf of bread to someone on the day before Thanksgiving is so appealing to me.

Thanks, Jess, for another great idea.

  Pat

Hey Pat, I like that apron pattern!! It looks simple and easy, yet a nice one to wear in the kitchen. Teeheheee...that's some great material for an apron to give with a loaf of bread

Thanks for the link Connie!

Oh, I'll be happy to give some bread making tips and post an easy recipe.

So glad you guys are enjoying that link, they certainly have lots of patterns to choose from. And a new bread recipe from Dorian will make the day complete!!!

Connie

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