Plaid Ruffled Apron Pattern: {Vintage}

Pretty enough to wear to a party, your own party … plaid gingham for the apron, plain for the ruffle.

Vintage Pattern For Plaid Ruffled Apron

Plaid Ruffled Apron

Materials

• Plaid Cotton – 1 yd
• Plain Cotton (for ruffle) – 1/4 yd
• J. & P. COATS or CLARK’S O.N.T. Mercerized Sewing Threads to match

Cutting Directions

The patterns should be pinned so that, when cutting, 1/2″ of fabric will be left around all edges for seam allowance except where pattern sections are given by measurement. Pattern pieces are available to download below.

Apron 1 piece Pattern No. 12
Side and Pocket Sections 2 pieces, Pattern No. 13
Pocket Facing Sections 2 pieces, Pattern No. 14
Waistband 1 piece, 4″ x 17 1/2″
Ties 2 pieces, 3″ x 29″
Ruffle Cut fabric for ruffle crosswise, into four equal pieces. Stitch short ends together for a continuous strip

Sewing Directions

1. Turn in one long raw edge of ruffle; finish in a narrow machine hem. Run gathering stitches at other raw edge.
2. Baste gathered edge of ruffle along outline of pocket, continuing around outer edge of apron, have raw edges even; adjust gathers evenly and baste.
3. Baste and stitch pocket facing to apron (over ruffle) at curved edge, right sides together, raw edges even. Trim seam, turn pocket facing to inside; press.
4. Turn seam allowance on outer edge of apron to right side (over ruffle) keeping pocket facing free. Turn in raw edge; stitch close to edge, forming hem.
5. Clip in side edge of side and pocket section to X; turn in raw edge above X; finish in a narrow machine hem.
6. On inside, place side and pocket section to pocket facing, raw edges even, wrong side up. Stitch together (keeping free from apron) as far as X on side edge; forming pocket.
7. Place side edges of apron and pocket together (below pocket opening). (If seam edge of pocket extends, turn in extension to form an even line with apron edge.) Stitch together for 1″ through all thicknesses.
8. Run rows of gathering stitches at upper raw edge of apron.
9. Turn in and press short ends of waistband.
10. Baste and stitch one long raw edge of waistband to raw upper edge of apron, right sides together; adjust gathers evenly; match centers and side edges. Turn waistband up; press seam up. Turn in remaining long raw edge of waistband and baste in place along seam line on wrong side (leave ends of waistband open).
11. Finish one end and both long edges of each tie in narrow machine hems.
12. Fold a soft pleat on raw end of each tie and place each pleated end between open ends of waistband; baste.
13. On right side, top stitch close to edges of waistband through all thicknesses. Press apron.

Pattern Download

*Visit the first pattern from this booklet for directions on how to use the pattern (scroll to bottom to view instructions)

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Source: Aprons – The Spool Cotton Company (1945). I’ll have another pattern from the booklet up next Wednesday.

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