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    This document provides summaries of 6 articles from a publication about various needlework projects and techniques: 1) The first article discusses the 122 aprons made by Evelina Grimes and now in a museum collection. 2) The second article talks about growing a collection of vintage fabric aprons into an apron trunk show. 3) The third article explores the tradition of Mayan women in Guatemala wearing aprons in public. 4) The fourth article describes a child's apron made using a dishtowel as inspiration. 5) The fifth article discusses learning cross-stitch by stitching on gingham aprons. 6) The sixth article provides an overview of how many modern ap

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    This document provides summaries of 6 articles from a publication about various needlework projects and techniques: 1) The first article discusses the 122 aprons made by Evelina Grimes and now in a museum collection. 2) The second article talks about growing a collection of vintage fabric aprons into an apron trunk show. 3) The third article explores the tradition of Mayan women in Guatemala wearing aprons in public. 4) The fourth article describes a child's apron made using a dishtowel as inspiration. 5) The fifth article discusses learning cross-stitch by stitching on gingham aprons. 6) The sixth article provides an overview of how many modern ap

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    Volume XIV Number 1

    F E A T U R E S / P R O J E C T S

    1827

    E VELINA G RIMES AND H ER A PRON S TYLE S HOWS


    The 122 clever aprons made by Evelina Oppegard Grimes for her Apron Style Show are
    now in the collection of the Vesterheim Norwegian-American Museum.
    Laurann Gilber tson

    A T WENTY-F IRST-C ENTURY A PRON T RUNK S HOW

    54

    The authors apron trunk show grew from a collection of aprons purchased for their
    vintage fabrics.
    Diane Macleod Shink

    A PRONS OF G UATEMALA
    Although when and why the custom of wearing aprons in public began is unknown,
    Mayan women have made the apron their own.
    Deborah Dwyer

    A N E MBROIDERED A PRON FOR A C HILD


    A treasured dishtowels dancing cookware became the motif for this colorful childs apron.
    Mary Polityka Bush

    L EARNING C ROSS -S TITCH ON G INGHAM A PRONS


    The author learned how to cross-stitch by stitching on gingham aprons.
    Shirley Hansen

    A PRONS : A N OVERVIEW
    Many of todays at-home aprons are fashion accessories rather than fashion protectors.
    Keriann Gore

    M AKE YOUR OWN A PRON

    34

    Here are fabrics, patterns, and embellishments perfect for aprons.

    2833

    A METER SQUARE: Headscarves Trimmed with Needle Lace


    Needle-lace motifs have trimmed the colorful square headscarves of women of the
    eastern Mediterranean region for hundreds of years.
    Margo Krager

    Needle Lace
    Gretchen Allgeier explains how to make needle-lace motifs.

    3439
    18

    Weldons: Knit Gentlemans Socks


    Nancy Bush adapted this sock design, featured in her new book from Interweave Press,
    from a pattern in Weldons Practical Needlework, Volume 10.
    A B RIEF H ISTORY OF
    W ELDON S P RACTICAL N EEDLEWORK

    ON THE COVER
    1950S APRON WITH AN
    EMBROIDERED MONOGRAM.
    PAGE 18.
    Photograph by Joe Coca.

    The designers of the Weldons pattern books were prolific but completely anonymous.
    Nancy Bush

    Weldons: Knit Classic Cable Mittens


    Deborah Pulliam adapted the instructions for Cuffs, Knitted in Cable Twist from
    Weldons Practical Needlework, Volume 8, to make these mittens.

    4043

    S HANGHAI G IRL G ETS A LL D RESSED U P


    Using objects from her own collection, Beverley Jackson traces the
    history of and the influences on clothing worn in Shanghai.
    Beverley Jackson

    Couching Gold Threads


    Among 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.

    4447

    I RISH -S TITCH P OCKETBOOKS

    VOLUME XIV

    Both 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.
    K a r e n W. M a c G r e g o r

    A pocketbook based on eighteenth-century examples makes a useful


    twenty-first-century case. Karen W. MacGregor offers instruction on
    how to construct your own.

    4853

    ON THE WEB

    Book Marks

    Books of interest

    12
    Necessities

    64
    Calendar

    5455

    Upcoming events

    H ATS ACROSS THE S EA : K ALPAK , THE


    T RADITIONAL H AT OF K YRGYZSTAN

    C O L U M N S

    This traditional mans hat has varied little in thousands of years.

    14

    Mary Polityka Bush

    Tapestry

    On the Web: Embroider and Sew a Felt Hat

    The new and noteworthy

    Follow Mary Polityka Bushs instructions to make a stylish


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

    72
    Shay Pendrays Trimmings

    5663

    A sampling of patterns,
    charts, and instructions
    Embroidery on Net

    B ARBARA J. H AMRICK S L EGACY


    Barbara J. Hamrick inherited an entire trunk filled with family
    textiles. She has been documenting and preserving the objects.

    72

    H OME C ARE FOR YOUR


    H EIRLOOM T EXTILES

    Nicky Epsteins project for a Barbie doll will delight all ages.

    Needlework supplies

    Make your own wrist warmers using Carol Huebscher


    Rhoades instructions.

    On the Web: Crochet a Costume


    for the Queen of the Nile

    Editors letter

    10

    Bead-Knit Wrist Warmers

    64

    Notions

    Letters from readers

    Bead-knitted wrist warmers have a long tradition in northern Europe.


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

    Linda Moore

    D E P A R T M E N T S

    By Post

    B EAD -K NITTED W RIST WARMERS :


    Beauty and Warmth

    Follow these simple practices to preserve your heirloom textiles.

    January/February 2006

    On the Web: Sew a Pocketbook

    Carol Huebscher Rhoades

    NUMBER 1

    Findings
    SEE PAGES 45, 55,
    AND 64 FOR
    INFORMATION ON
    OBTAINING
    INSTRUCTIONS FOR
    THREE BONUS
    PROJECTS FROM OUR
    WEBSITE OR BY MAIL.

    Preserving the legacy of


    needlework by finding ways to
    remake and reuse new, old,
    or found objectsSkirt

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