pinnie

I was reading blogs last week and came across the site Rough Linen as I was reading a gardening blog.  They were actually talking about the best way to make a bed.  I am not really sure why a gardening blog had an entry about making beds on it but I can handle the strangeness.  I would love to have sheets from Rough Linen now.  I think I will save pennies.  But what struck my eye was the pinafore.  

I need knew aprons.  They are horrible looking.  That is how much I have used them.  Stains do not come out of them no matter how they are washed at home.  But each of those takes about four and a half yards of fabric.  Making a new one is just an ouch.  The pinafore looked like it would cover enough and be completely functional.  I also just liked the look.  A bit simpler.  Linen.  Yes, I am strange.  I would wear aprons to work if it felt right and these might just end up there.

I got out my notebook.  Wrote down measurements as I used my trusty "tape measure."  All my tape measures actually seem to have legs, especially the newest one that is  a duck.  I am at the point of finding some cotton yard that has no stretch and a yard stick.  It is actually a carpenter's two yard stick.  I have two of those that do not wander far from my work table.  They have Grandma's name on them.  The measurements became the framework for the pinnie.

I had a piece of linen and time with the sewing machine.

I have a pinnie!

Looking at these pictures and comparing them with Rough Linen's, I may have made my pinafore a bit big.  I figure I can always adjust if I wish or keep it big.  Or change one of the ones to come.  But it is quite comfortable.  I actually put together an a-line dress that I have been wearing with it.  So comfortable.

I see more of these in my future.  I would love to have one from Rough Linen because their linens look so pretty but this is not bad at all!