#PINNER APRON HOW TO#

Johnnie Walker Serving Tray, Sunshine Baby Quilt. They are 100% hand-stitched for your historical authenticity pleasure.гЂ‚ The marks are not visible when the garment is worn.гЂ‚The fabric and colours for these aprons were selected to be suitable for Regency and Colonial reenacting as well as Jane-Austen and War of 1812 themed events. But it's super awesome apron fabric so I used it anyway. The fabric has some dark marks on the flip-side (pictured with a Canadian quarter for scale) that were present on the fabric when I bought it, and I have tried and failed to wash it out. It's ties are 1.5' x 86' end-to-end and the top pinner panel measures 7' x 10'гЂ‚The cream-coloured stripey one is made from a canvas-weight cotton and is 28' long below the bust. Let me know if that ends up being true.гЂ‚The green and white striped apron is made from quilting cotton and is 30' long below the bust. The top pinner portion is 7' x 10.5' The printing on the selvage claims that the fabric is stain resistant. Each colour is available in slightly different dimensions:гЂ‚The gold striped apron is 28' long below the bust with ties measuring a total of 2' x 88' end-to-end. Tits.гЂ‚'But Duchess,' you ask, 'why would I do that?' The answer is simple it's the way they did things in the 1800s.гЂ‚These high-waisted pinner aprons are made to fit with an empire-waisted Regency-style costume and are made from fairly heavy-weight cotton that will extenuate your bust while protecting your not-quite-Sunday-best from spills and stains. Do you see this buxom milk maid? Do you wish you could be like her? Achieve her look in one simple step: Pin. These high-waisted pinner aprons are made to fit with. But Duchess, you ask, why would I do that? The answer is simple its the way they did things in the 1800s. 10.ДЄnd some photographs of Victorian bib-less aprons: Photograph of woman in printed dress, 1860s photograph of cook, 1860s photograph of an elegant Civil War nurse and Hannah Cullwick вЂ“ maid of all work.Regency Era Pinner Apron. 78) HereвЂ™s a picture of the apron: Plate 11 Fig. Ladies wear them of silk or muslin, with or without pockets.вЂ™ ( The WorkwomanвЂ™s Guide, 1840, p. Blue, check, and brown linen are most used for scouring and cleaning white linen, Holland, and print, for less dirty employments. These aprons are usually worn by all servants and women while at work.

It is either plaited or gathered into the band, which is about a nail deep. The apron can be worn as pinner apron вЂ¦ Victorian working woman outfitДЄn bib-less apron is described in the 1840s as вЂa simple shape, and the one most in use. 14.ДЄntique Victorian pinner aprons: Photograph of three Civil War nurses, 1860s glazed cotton apron and two servants. 79) HereвЂ™s a picture of the apron: Plate 11 Fig. The apron is made of check or strong linen.вЂ™ ( The WorkwomanвЂ™s Guide, 1840, p. The size given in the Plate is suitable for a girl, but the bib should be cut to suit the wearer at once, and not made by guess. The bib is quite plain, and pins to the gown at the corners.

#PINNER APRON HOW TO#

> My Tutorial: How To Sew Cartridge Pleats Right side of apron: waistband with pick and overhand stitches, and cartridge pleatsДЄ similar pinner apron is described in the 1840s as вЂa neat pattern for a housekeeper, cook, or kitchen-maid. I attached the skirt part of the apron with cartridge pleats to the waistband and bib. Apron strings with overhand stitches Inside view of the apronвЂ™s front waistband I used overhand and pick stitches for the seams and hems. The Victorian apron is completely handsewn in 5 hours. I used unbleached cotton fabric and unbleached cotton sewing thread. If the material should be wide enough, on breadth, of from fourteen to twenty nails will answer very well.вЂ™ ( The WorkwomanвЂ™s Guide, 1840, p. For working aprons, the width is generally one breadth of a yard wide for dress aprons, two breadths, one of which is cut in half, and these halfs put one on each side of the whole breadths. The length of the apron is, of course, generally determined by the height of the wearer, and the width, by that of the material, and by the purpose for which it is intended.

вЂIf for common use, aprons are made of white, brown, blue, black, or checked linen, of black stuff, calico, Holland, leather, nankeen, print, or long cloth if for better purposes, of cambric muslin, clear, mulled, or jaconet muslin, silk, satinette, satin, &c. IвЂ™ve sewn a Victorian pinner apron as part of my Victorian working woman outfit.

Pinner apron