Vintage full apron shabby chic Blue pink green crocheted embroidered pillowcase embroidered table runner green grosgrain ribbon ties

This apron is hand made using vintage crocheted and embroidered pillowcases, a blue sheet with white eyelet trim, and a vintage embroidered table runner that needed to be given a renewed purpose. The bodice overlay is made from the table runner and is embroidered with a vintage sun bonnet sue and flowers as well as crocheted edges. The neck and waist ties are green grosgrain ribbon and are extra long allowing for a bow in back, in front, or on the side as pictured.

Each ruffle has its own special charm. The top ruffle even has a pocket built into the edge just perfect for your cell phone. The embroidery on these ruffles is more muted, but very beautiful. The apron ruffles are cut a bit longer to preserve the beautiful embroidery and crochet work and makes this apron extra special. Don't forget to look closely at the bottom and you will see the white eyelet trim on the blue sheet lining peeking out.

These vintage pillowcases were much loved and all useable material has been repurposed either in this apron or in others. No scrap goes to waste and smaller pieces may even be given a new life as shabby fabric flowers.

Vintage hand embroidered pillowcases are getting more difficult to find so I try to use other vintage materials like the vintage napkins in these aprons to keep the same number of ruffles and the price still affordable.

All vintage linens are carefully washed and stains gently removed. No fully intact unblemished vintage linens were harmed in making these aprons. Vintage style patterns are often used in repurposing the linens.

Some of my thoughts behind my new apron line, Vintage linen rebirth into vintage aprons. Often I need to fussy cut the embroidery to avoid a few stains and holes in the original linens. When possible, I line my aprons with soft muslin. The majority of the materials used are repurposed from the vintage linen. This style or repurposing existing materials is typical of 1940's wartime scrap aprons.

In the 1940s wartime UK everything was rationed and therefore in short supply. Everyone had to be thrifty and inventive of how to preserve things they had, and also recycle everything to make new things.
Make do and mend were the buzz words of the era, and upcycling and recycling were things everyone did to try and make ends meet.
Aprons were very popular at this time not only could they be made from recycled scraps of material but they also performed a function in that they kept your clothes clean, which meant that your clothes lasted longer.

With that spirit in mind, I am hunting for beautifully embellished linens to give a new life as a vintage style apron. In this quest I will pledge to not harm any vintage linen that is unblemished. I will honor the vintage linen and when it has given its full life in its current form, I will pass on its heritage in the form of an apron to be again cherished and loved.

Vintage full apron shabby chic Blue pink green crocheted embroidered pillowcase embroidered table runner green grosgrain ribbon ties.