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Volume XIV Number 1

1827EVELINA GRIMES AND HER APRON STYLE SHOWSThe 122 clever aprons made by Evelina Oppegard Grimes for her Apron Style Show are

now in the collection of the Vesterheim Norwegian-American Museum.

L a u r a n n G i l b e r t s o n

A TWENTY-F IRST-CENTURY APRON TRUNK SHOWThe authors apron trunk show grew from a collection of aprons purchased for their

vintage fabrics.

D i a n e M a c l e o d S h i n k

APRONS OF GUATEMALAAlthough when and why the custom of wearing aprons in public began is unknown,

Mayan women have made the apron their own.

Debo r a h Dw ye r

AN EMBROIDERED APRON FOR A CHILDA treasured dishtowels dancing cookware became the motif for this colorful childs apron.

M a r y P o l i t y k a B u s h

LEARNING CROSS-STITCH ON GINGHAM APRONSThe author learned how to cross-stitch by stitching on gingham aprons.

S h i r l e y H a n s e n

APRONS: AN OVERVIEWMany of todays at-home aprons are fashion accessories rather than fashion protectors.

K e r i a n n G o r e

MAKE YOUR OWN APRONHere are fabrics, patterns, and embellishments perfect for aprons.

2833A METER SQUARE: Headscarves Trimmed with Needle LaceNeedle-lace motifs have trimmed the colorful square headscarves of women of the

eastern Mediterranean region for hundreds of years.

M a r g o K r a g e r

Needle LaceGretchen Allgeier explains how to make needle-lace motifs.

3439Weldons: Knit Gentlemans SocksNancy Bush adapted this sock design, featured in her new book from Interweave Press,

from a pattern in Weldons Practical Needlework, Volume 10.

A BRIEF HISTORY OF

WELDONS PRACTICALNEEDLEWORKThe designers of the Weldons pattern books were prolific but completely anonymous.

N a n c y B u s h

Weldons: Knit Classic Cable MittensDeborah Pulliam adapted the instructions for Cuffs, Knitted in Cable Twist from

Weldons Practical Needlework, Volume 8, to make these mittens.

ON THE COVER

1950S APRON WITH AN

EMBROIDERED MONOGRAM.

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D E P A R T M E N T S

5

Notions

Editors letter

7By Post

Letters from readers

10

Book Marks

Books of interest

12

Necessities

Needlework supplies

64

Calendar

Upcoming events

C O L U M N S

14

Tapestry

The new and noteworthy

72

Shay Pendrays Trimmings

A sampling of patterns,

charts, and instructions

Embroidery on Net

72

Findings

Preserving the legacy of

needlework by finding ways to

remake and reuse new, old,

or found objectsSkirt

4043SHANGHAI GIRL GETS ALL DRESSED UPUsing objects from her own collection, Beverley Jackson traces the

history of and the influences on clothing worn in Shanghai.

B e v e r l e y J a c k s o n

Couching Gold ThreadsAmong the objects in Beverley Jacksons collection of clothing and

accessories from Shanghai is a pair of shoes couched with gold thread.

Shay Pendray, a master of Japanese embroidery, offers details on how

to couch Japanese gold threads.

4447IRISH-STITCH POCKETBOOKSBoth men and women used pocketbooks to hold valuables in the

eighteenth and nineteenth centuries; those made of fabric were most

commonly worked in Irish stitch, also known as bargello or flame stitch.

Ka r e n W. Ma cG r e g o r

On the Web: Sew a PocketbookA pocketbook based on eighteenth-century examples makes a useful

twenty-first-century case. Karen W. MacGregor offers instruction on

how to construct your own.

4853BEAD-KNITTED WRIST WARMERS:

Beauty and WarmthBead-knitted wrist warmers have a long tradition in northern Europe.

In Norway, both men and women wore the wrist warmers with

folk costumes.

C a r o l H u e b s c h e r R h o a d e s

Bead-Knit Wrist WarmersMake your own wrist warmers using Carol Huebscher

Rhoades instructions.

5455HATS ACROSS THE SEA : KALPAK, THE

TRADITIONAL HAT OF KYRGYZSTANThis traditional mans hat has varied little in thousands of years.

M a r y P o l i t y k a B u s h

On the Web: Embroider and Sew a Felt HatFollow Mary Polityka Bushs instructions to make a stylish

womans wool felt hat that was inspired by the traditional kalpak.

5663BARBARAJ. HAMRICKS LEGACYBarbara J. Hamrick inherited an entire trunk filled with familytextiles. She has been documenting and preserving the objects.

HOME CARE FORYOUR

HEIRLOOM TEXTILESFollow these simple practices to preserve your heirloom textiles.

L i n d a M o o r e

64On the Web: Crochet a Costume

for the Queen of the NileNicky Epsteins project for a Barbie doll will delight all ages.

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