Pinnies from Heaven - an apron by Granny Babs

You've heard of bag ladies? Well, I'm thinking I'm an apron lady.

I have been making aprons for a few years now - I think maybe 5 or so. But I have not kept track of who I have made them for. I actually make plans to make them for certain people - but don't get around to it - and then can't remember which ones did get done! So sometimes I make someone an apron - and I had already made them one!

My friend Sue did a visiting teaching seminar talk on "Hearts Knit Together" and she talked about knitting. It was a great talk - lots of knitting principles apply to Visiting Teaching. But what caught my attention was the story about her mother and how she has knitted many Christmas stockings for family and friends - and still does - in fact, she has 75 put away for future great-grandchildren! But she has kept track! (Sue says I need to keep track!)


I'm feeling the need to start keeping track. So, if I've made you an apron, would you post a comment telling me so. Or email me. And if you'd like an apron from Granny Babs, you can comment or email me on that! (I'm not the least bit offended if you don't really want an apron!) And I'm not saying you'll get one next week, but you'll be in the queue if that's where you want to be!)


And if you want to choose your own fabric, you can send me 1 1/4 yards of fabric and 2 packages of single fold bias tape - has to be single fold - and no extra wide - should say 1/2 inch wide on the package. Bias tape is hard to find around here and expensive online, so if you find a good source, let me know!

I love having my own labels. I switch them up often - if I'd kept track of how many I'd ordered, I'd know how many I've made. But if I'd kept track of how many I'd ordered, I'd probably have kept track of who I sent them to!!

I get a lot of joy out of making these particular aprons. I've made so many that I can practically do it in my sleep, so there is no stress. And they don't take a lot of time. And I love prowling through the aisles in fabric stores looking for future aprons.

I do make some other styles - and actually have quite a collection of apron patterns - but that kind of sewing isn't mindless, relaxing sewing - it's more work. Worthwhile work, but work nonetheless!


The pinnies get made while I sit at my machine and watch movies on my great little portable DVD player Bonny gave me. It's either GWTW, FOTB or LW. Sometimes PB. The kind of movies that you don't have to pay complete attention too - one time I did aprons to Finding Neverland but it was too distracting - I didn't get much sewing done - if you are going to watch a movie that carefully, you might as well watch it on the big screen.



One of the shots above is of the aprons I made during this last visit to Phoebe's - she buys the fabric and bias tape and I do the sewing. Another batch I made for Leslie's book club - I did one of them upside down - that's what you get for going with an amateur like me! The patterns were old to start with and are very fragile now - next project is to get them on some sturdier kind of surface.

I first made one over 30 years ago - you can see it in the shot with my dad - I should have saved it. But I think I wore it out.

I'm just saying.