Apron + Dress = Apron Dress!

Isn't this adorable? Karen just sent it to me, and, although I'm not much of an apron person (if by "not much" you mean "have fewer than two dozen") I'm very tempted by this auction. I'd be even tempted-er if it were my size (it's B28-30; click on the image fast if you want to visit the eBay auction, because it ends before bedtime).

Mostly I'd want to get it just to lengthen it to a dress. Doesn't it look very Duro-y? I love the princess lines and the pockets. I'd do it in blue gingham with pale blue solid for the pockets and tie, widen the tie and probably do a solid band around the bottom. And then I'd go make a pie in it. What more could you want?

Comments

[Absinthe]

I'm just not digging it. I think its because aprons suggest kitchen-type activities, like cooking, which is something that I loathe beyond all reason. I refuse to wear something that might indicate that I ought to be whipping up some delightful treat in the kitchen area of my house.

[Sylvike]

I *love* this.With leggings, how cute is that?

[Marisa]

OMG! That is sooo cute! Love it!

[Miz Shoes]

Do you watch Project Runway? Because this week Heidi had on a Duro-esque dress at judging. I saw it and thought of Dress a Day immediately. Of course, hers had a neckline that plunged to her pipik, but still.

[Karen]

Can I just have a blue gingham apron with solid blue pockets? I make pies a lot, and I really need a stylish apron to wear while preparing for dinner parties. All I have is a Christmas one. Maybe I can make one out of all my favorite cotton scraps...Well, thanks Erin for inspiring me once again!

[sdn]

i love this just as it's worn on the pattern envelope -- but of course i'd do it in non-apron colors.

[Gidget Bananas]

Well, I do make pies every once in a while (depending on how my waistband feels) and aprons are a must. I think I like this better as a dress, though, considering that my aprons are actually intended to contain a mess.

[Melissa]

I saw this on ebay and thought it might fit in with what you have going on here. check out this patternhttp://cgi.ebay.com/VINTAGE-VOGUE-SPECIAL-DESIGN-DRESS-GOWN-PATTERN_W0QQitemZ260017936392QQihZ016QQcategoryZ4161QQtcZphotoQQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem

[robertajune]

My 82-year-old mother still wears this style of aprons. They button at the back of the neck, and the rest is open in back. So, you'd better check out the back view of this pattern, if it's available, before you use it for a dress!

[Anonymous]

That pattern could be easily adapted to a dress, open in the back or not.Aprons can be handy. I made my sister an apron - a plain bib thing with ties at the neck and waist - but with THIS fabric:http://www.jandofabrics.com/proddetail.asp?prod=pin00008Imagine this apron pattern made from this fabric: infinite aprons, eh?CMC

[Sarah]

This is very similar to an apron my mum inherited from my great-grandmother when she was pregnant with me. I still haven't quite forgiven her for throwing it away instead of letting me take it with me when I left home (I used it all the time when cooking... I have an unfortunate habit of wiping my wet or floury hands on my skirts). :)

[lsaspacey]

Click my name to see my favorite apron/dress. I am buying that print for my living room and I am going to make the apron (smock?)that she is wearing. But I love the one you found too.

[Hecate]

No. It looks like what a waitress at a highway-side coffee shop would wear.

[Cynthia]

I love aprons. I'm an artist and so have an excuse to wear an apron every day. I love to wear my blue one with ruffles when I sit and paint outdoors.

[lsaspacey]

To hecate: And what's wrong with that?

[Clare]

It's cute. I want oneI'm trying so hard not to say something like: 'Surely you'd be better off baking a pie in a pie-tin rather than an apron.' Seriously, I'm going to quit after tomorrow.

[Allison]

I think the dress-apron combo garment is just darling; most of the ones I've seen are on-the-small-side full aprons that button onto the dress for a deliciously cute and matching effect. (A few of them here http://www.flickr.com/photos/carbonated/tags/dressnapron/

[Robinson]

This apron doesn't look like it could possibly be open at the back. I love it. I'd make it in a reproduction fabric and use it as an apron. It would make me feel sexy while filling all those Ball jars with lovely, jewel colored concoctions.

[Anonymous]

what is the pattern number and brand of this? i would love to get one...

[Erin]

It's a New York Pattern, I'm sorry I don't remember the pattern number. You might want to look at the Vintage Pattern Wiki (link in sidebar) to see if someone has put it up there.

[Anonymous]

That style(full apron) is a favorite for us. An apron style called a prairie pinafore apron which is similar but longer(calf length) is a very usefull apron for cooking and cleaning. It gives full protection to dresses as it protects the bodice and as the skirt comes all the way around and nearly meets in the back protects all of the lower part of your dress.Grace.

[Samantha Jones]

Does anyone know the pattern #?