Added to the shop today a brand new colour for the cotton canvas pottery apron No4:5, a wonderful fresh calamine pink. Beautiful but still utterly functional artists apron with split leg front and brilliantly comfortable crossback design. The overlapped split skirt allows lots of movement, whilst ensuring each leg is perfectly covered when sitting at the wheel or work bench.
Folksy shop
Etsy shop
Yesterday I started work on a new apron that I’ve been thinking about for a while. A strong simple shape with a large skirt pocket and small bib pocket – something that could be crossback or tie, have colour combinations, or use upcycled fabrics for my Boro collection, plus offer a lower price point in the range. The first pattern is drafted – just waiting for some more calico to arrive, so I can get going making a toile.
The ‘Wheat Beige’ colour denim pottery apron No4:5 now has a petite size option. I drafted a petite size pattern last summer for the mustard No4:5, by Christmas they were selling well, I’ve set about about adding them to all the colourways.
I really love this denim fabric! It’s thick but soft with a nice drape, in a warm oatmeal colour with a pale milky colour on the reverse. A versatile and comfortable crossback, split leg skirt design, with roomy pockets, useful for a variety of art & craft activities, home & garden.
Gorgeous, thick organic cotton apron, milky cream denim with stripe denim details. Super comfortable crossback design, split leg skirt and 3 roomy pockets. Now in Folksy and Etsy shops. Something about it reminds me of the old days of dairies and milkman, my Mum’s first job, in 1960, was as a milk analyst at a dairy in West London!
Finally got the first No23 apron in the Folksy & Etsy shops, it’s been a long time in development. The adjustable crossback design combines the comfort of a crossback apron with the snug fit of a tie apron, or, you can leave the ties knotted for an easy fit!
This apron was developed to be able to use smaller pieces of fabric and combining different fabrics in one apron, with the idea of reducing waste, upcycling and recycling. I’m currently making samples of a split skirt version with cargo pockets, which I’ve already sold to clients making custom orders.
This is the making of the new No14:2 apron I posted yesterday. All the pieces, bib, pleated skirt, ties, come together in the waistband.
I’ve been working on this apron design for some time. The main idea behind it was to create an apron that could be made with fabric offcuts – it needed to have a bib that could be just sewn on top of a square skirt, such as the denim patchwork Boro aprons I’ve made.
I had also hoped to make this a tie apron that converts to a crossback and spent a lot of time on getting the width and details right – but in the end I realised it just doesn’t give the breadth of sizing that is so important. So back to the drawing board, deciding instead to have long adjustable ties that pass through fabric loops and knot or tie at the back. Again went through a couple of loop variations before settling on the narrow loops that look neat and don’t make the waistband lumpy!
A new fabric, colour and extra pocket for the No 4:5! A good sturdy cotton canvas in a lovely warm ‘curry’ shade and a roomy pocket added on one side of the apron skirt.
The split leg skirt construction gives lots of movement, whilst ensuring each leg is perfectly covered when sitting at the wheel or work bench – this is the perfect apron for sitting down type crafts! The crossback design is fantastically comfortable to wear all day long.
The initial idea behind this design, was to provide a bib top with pockets, for ‘Boro style’ denim patchwork apron skirts and make use of fabric remnants – but now quite excited about lots of colour and fabric combinations! … also my daughter is keen to have a split skirt version, so more work to do there…
The apron can be worn as a crossback or with neck ties.
