Embroidery – Blue and White Checked Apron
Materials: Six STRAND FLOSS, 6 skeins of White … 3/4 yard blue material with white checks, 36 inches wide . . . Crewel Needle No. 6.
Cut skirt 22 x 30 inches, waistband 3 x 18 inches, and two straps 3 x 18 inches.
Fold skirt lengthwise and mark center. Trace section C of design on center fold, 4 1/4 inches up from edge. * Now trace another motif C on center fold, 1 inch up from last motif. Repeat from * until 6 motifs in all have been traced. See here for how to transfer designs.
LEFT SIDE . . . Measure 1/2 inch out on left side of these motifs. Mark with pin. Starting 4 1/4 inches from lower edge, draw a vertical line, 12 inches long, in line with pin (this is line D on diagram A). Now trace A, then repeat from X to Y in reverse in position indicated alongside line D.
Trace right side to correspond. Trace section B of design 5 times along center of waistband. Follow diagram for placing of stitches. The stitches used are as follows: Satin stitch, Chain stitch, Buttonhole stitch, Zigzag Chain stitch, Single Satin stitch, Double Knot stitch, Lazy Daisy stitch. See here for how to work stitches.
Turn back 2-inch hem at bottom and slip stitch to back of double knot stitch. Stitch 1/4-inch hem at both sides. Gather apron skirt to fit waistband, keeping fullness to sides. Make 1/4-inch hem all around straps and sew in place at each side of waistband.
Stitch and Color Key
1 – Satin Stitch
2 – Chain Stitch
3 – Zigzag Chain Stitch
4 – Lazy Daisy Stitch
5 – Buttonhole Stitch
6 – Single Satin Stitch
7 – Double Knot Stitch
(Double Knot Stitch—figure A shows first stitch taken through material; figure B shows second stitch taken through loop made by first stitch with thread below needle as in button-hole stitch; figure C shows third stitch taken into same loop in same manner).
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