Some Vintage Kitchen Fun

Wow, what an amazing thing, I logged in and found 8 really fantastic, wonderful posts waiting for me to read!  Its so much more fun to have a two way conversation!  I’ve been busy this morning delving into the world of recipe box fun over at Mason Dixon Knitting and decided to join the spirit of things with their recipe box photo contest by making this apron.  I had been admiring this pattern for about a year now, and thought it would be kind of fun to have a twirly skirt to bake in, but could never seem to find some fabric that felt just right.  Then as if by magic I ran into these Japanese prints that look just like the various recipe boxes being posted on their blog.  I hope you go take a look at their amazing photos, they are so sweet and precious and alot of fun to look at.  On Monday they will post photos of the winners.  We are in the middle of three storm systems back to back with lots of rain all week-end, so we are going to pack up some goodies and go a visiting to grandmother’s house and give this apron to my mom.  This fabric by the way came from a Japanese firm called Cosmo Textiles.  I’ve never heard of them before, had hoped to share a few links, and couldn’t find much.   The pattern itself wasn’t so easy afterall, a bit time consuming because it is double sided, but the big reward is in the end when it all comes together.  So fun!  Here is a link to another really fun twirly skirt type apron from Threaded Pear Studio, a Mother/Daughter Tea Party Apron.  They remind me of the beautiful children’s ruffle skirts by Beata at Rosehip.  I also thought I’d post a photo of the reverse side so you can see the other fabric from the same collection which sort of has a Pennsylvania Dutch feeling to it and very much reminded me of Corry’s tea cozy made out of Dutch fabrics in red, white and blue.  As I was searching for these links to my favorite blogs I noticed that everyone has been busy and I have some catching up to do, yay!  I’m looking forward to reading your posts and seeing all the amazing things that you do!