Tuesday, February 7, 2012

McCall's Party Apron

My great aunt gave me the pattern for this apron years ago. Not until recently did I discover this ad on the internet. Designer Luis Estevez and the Quaker Oat Company teamed up to put out this promotional in 1967. It came free in your box of Quaker Oats cereal.
I love the poka-dots, would love to make one with fabric like it!

My version, not the best of pictures and not the best of fabric choices. What one doesn't see clearly in the advertisement above, is the waist ruffle is actually shaped on the ends to merge into the waistband, which I think is a charming feature. And it also adds more coverage to the waist area.
An interesting piece of history, don't you think?

7 comments:

  1. I agree...very interesting. I love the poka-dots apron as well.

    jacqueline

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    1. Yes, it IS interesting. I would need more coverage for my waist area. lol Just think of the types of things people got in cereal boxes back then. And now we hardly even get cereal!

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    2. Jacqueline,
      I think I need to go on the hunt for some fabric.... I can see it in all colors of dots!

      Judy,
      It is fasinating! I need to take some better photos of the waist ruffle, it is very cute!
      They use to put all sorts of things in cereal, I have even seen ads for dishes!

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  2. Such a neat pattern!! Have you ever checked out the free patterns at www.tipnut.com? Most patterns are printed on a grid and that's a little tricky to convert, but they have some good ideas.

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    1. I have been on TipNut. There are quite some cuties! Right now I don't have a shortage of patterns! Just a shortage of time! But who doesn't....

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  3. You apron looks longer than the one in the pattern. It is a lovely look and polka are the rage.

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    1. Now that I think of it, yes I do think so. The pattern called for a large hem and I thought that it made it to short.
      I have been seeing a lot of polk-dots lately. It is a rather timless look....

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