Evening Republican, Volume 16, Number 255, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 24 October 1912 — FLUFFY APRON COMES BACK [ARTICLE]

FLUFFY APRON COMES BACK

Idea fer the Girl Who Is Beforehand in Preparing Her Presents for Christmas. The girl who starts her Christmas gifts at this time might make a fancy apron for the friend who embroiders. The English and French women have revived the practice of wearing fluffy little aprons when pouring afternoon tea. The favorite style is heart-shaped, with the lobes at the bottom and the point cut across and fitted into a band. A pattern is easy to cut, a good proportion being 18 inches across the widest part and 18 inches long when finished. Any soft, sheer material is liked; a fine .Paris muslin is serviceable, though it looks like organdy; very elaborate ones are made of chiffon cloth. The edge may be finished by turning up the material on right side a quarter inch and buttonholing over it closely with white or colored silk or mercerized cotton. A rather scant frill of an inch and a half lace is also used, or the chiffon may have an inch-wide ruche of the same material. Across the bottom and stretching upward on the rght side embroider a spray of flowers in color. Forget-me-nots are attractive; so are apple blossoms. At the left side put a small heart-shaped pocket, embroidered with the monogram in color. The apron ha 3 ribbon ties and band to match the embroidery, or white, as preferred. If a bib is wanted it is also heart-shaped and quite small, or the fluffy effect is lost. This is finished on the edge like the apron and is embroidered in a smaller spray of flowers.