A is For Apron - 25 Fresh & Flirty Designs

A is For Apron - 25 Fresh & Flirty Designs by Nathalie Mornu, 2008. Library Call No. 646.48

ISBN: 978-1-60059-201-0

Aprons are hot! There are lots of other books, magazines and websites devoted to aprons - Stampington & Company's Apronology, The Apron Book, etc. I honestly didn't know which of the ones out there this was, when my daughter was at the library and said, "I found that apron book, Mom!"

Major drawback - having to photocopy and enlarge the patterns 400%. Unless you have Kinko's nearby, this could be problematic with your ordinary library copier. Others have suggested a two-step approach of photocopying the patterns and then taking that page and getting it enlarged. And here's a helpful link to scan the patterns into your computer and use Adobe Photoshop, but that is a bit too computer-y for moi.

The designs and ideas are very cute. But one thing you should do before attempting any of them is to go the Lark Books website for a list of corrections and revised templates! FIFTEEN pages!! (Flashback visions of a bread machine cookbook which one recipe called for one tablespoon of salt instead of one teaspoon and the resulting bread disaster are going across my brain right now.)

With the above in mind, perhaps you, too, may want to just check it out from the libary, enjoy the photos of the vintage aprons and learn her techniques -- then hit a Big Four 99 cent pattern sale to tweak and create your own.