Tutorial with extra pictures / Handleiding met detailfoto's

You can order the pattern from the 28th november 2015 at the Quiltshop 100 roses in Deventer.
Costs 5 euro (excluding mail costs)
http://www.quiltwebshop.nl/
Or you can buy it at my show-and-tells.

Het patroon is vanaf 28 november 2015 verkrijgbaar in de Quiltwinkel 100 rozen in Deventer
Kosten 5 euro (exclusief verzendkosten)
http://www.quiltwebshop.nl/
Of je kunt het kopen tijdens één van mijn show-and-tells.

Ben je geïnteresseerd in een show-and-tell van mijn antieke quilts neem dan contact op via de email: caroline.dijkerman@gmail.com

Interested in one of my show-and-tells please contact me by e-mail: caroline.dijkerman@gmail.com

Feedsacks - voeder/voedsel zakken

Jeltje from the 100 roses in Deventer looks also lovely in this apron

Feedsack betekent letterlijk voeder/voedselzakken. In de jaren ‘30 tijdens de depressie in Amerika waren deze zakken zeer populair. Er ontstond een ware competitie tussen fabrikanten, wie had de leukste stofjes. De labels werden van de zakken afgeweekt en zo konden ze gebruikt worden voor kleding, schorten, droogdoeken en natuurlijk quilts. Feedsack stoffen zijn tot in de jaren ’50 gemaakt, toen ging men over op papieren zakken voor suikers, meel, varkensvoer etc. Het patroon is nagemaakt van een schort uit de jaren ’40 gevonden tijdens één van mijn speurtochten in de USA. Heel veel plezier met het maken van de schort.

During the depression years in the 1930s in the USA feed sacks were very popular. There was big competition between the mills to see who had the best designs. After washing off the labels, feedsacks were used for clothes, towels, cushions and of course quilts. They made feed sacks until the 50s, after that they used paper bags for sugar, flour etc. I found this apron whilst travelling in the USA.  I hope you enjoy making this apron as much as I did. 

Instruction in english 

-          Fabric 1m35, width of fabric 1m10
-          Biaisband 4 metres

The pattern has 8 – 10 parts (see patroondelen). The orginal pattern shows that the skirt is made of 3 parts, you can also choose to make the skirt in one part. The reason for this is that feed sacks were a certain size, so there was not enough fabric to make the whole skirt out of one piece.

The pattern includes seam allowances. You can easily make the pattern smaller or bigger depending on your height.

Cut out all the patterns and put them down on the fabric, look at the cutting scheme.

-          Start with the skirt and sew the two extra feedsack at the skirt. 

-          Sew a biaisband at the top of the pocket. Fold the side seams and sew the pocket on the front bodice. 

-          Sew the front bodice and skirt together. Sew a biaisband at the front over the seam. 

-          Sew the shoulder part at the front bodice. Sew a biasband at the front over the seam.

-          Sew the shoulders in the middle together.

-          Sew a biasband along the bottom of the skirt and the neckline.

-          Sew seams all around the apron.

-          Make two buttonholes on the backband, or sew two strings. If you do buttonholes use extra fabric to make it more sturdy.

-          Sew a  seam all around the backband.

-          Sew the backband in the middle at the shoulderpart.

-          Sew the two ties and then sew them on to the apron.

Werkwijze

De schort bestaat uit 8 delen, de rok kan ook uit 1 stuk worden gemaakt, maar het originele patroon laat twee zijstukjes zien. Dit had te maken met het feit dat een feedsack een bepaalde afmeting had en ieder stukje stof werd gebruikt.

1.       Leg alle patronen op de stof en knip deze uit met 1 cm naadtoeslag.

2.       Naai de rok met de twee zijstukken (feedsack extra) aan elkaar.

3.       Werk de zakken van de bovenkant af met een biaisbandje. Stik de zakken op het bovenlijf.

4.       Stik de rok en het bovenlijf aan elkaar.

5.       Stik het schouderstuk aan het bovenlijf. Sluit de halslijn en stik deze vast.

6.       Stik een biaisband langs de zoom van de rok, langs de binnenkant van de halslijn. Stik het biaisband over de naad van rok-bovenlijf en bovenlijf-schouderstuk.

7.       Middenachter: maak twee lussen of twee knoopsgaten. Het oorspronkelijke patroon heeft zelfs twee gepaspileerde knoopsgaten. Stik een zoom rondom. Naai het smalle stuk vast aan het midden van het schouderstuk. 

8.       Werk de rest van de schort af met een zoom.

9. Stik de schortbanden, en zet deze vast aan het bovenlijf. 

 If you have any questions please email me: caroline.dijkerman@gmail.com

Checking the draft of Caro's apron

Almost time to pop the champagne, we're getting closer. The first draft arrived by mail today. Tomorrow I'm going to make the apron again. What an exciting life ; ).

 

Caro in France

This summer my friend Emma moved from The Hague back to France. It's such a shame, I miss her.

Lucky she isn't living to far from the Belgium border. Sunday morning at 7.30 I took the car and drove to Vendeuil. It's 'only' 370 km, but the first time on my own driving through three countries. Even more excited because how it would be at the border, because of the terrible attacks in Paris, they said  they would  'close' the borders. Well not to much troubles, I think my sewing stuff and dutch food seemed pretty harmless. Although I felt a little bit uncomfortable with the soldiers, police all around.

Emma and I spend some lovely days together with lots of talking, sewing, walking Bailey, shopping, going to the french bakery and visit San Quentin. It's amazing how much you can do in a few days. We really have to plan our next visit. And I know it sound a little bit stupid, but I felt very proud that I did it, driving all the way on my own.

Here is an impression of my days in France.

Dressed up .....

..... in my evening dress, with long handgloves of course. So much fun. We went to the annual gala ball of Society De Witte in the centre of The Hague.

No fancy dinner before the gala, but a good portion of dutch frites with mayonaise. A fun way to start our evening.

Caro's apron

I only can say life is so excited and it's great being a quilter. At work they think I'm kind of 'crazy'. I bet some of you recgonize that. But who cares when you have so much fun.

There never seems enough time to do all your quiltplans. But one of my projects (or dreams) is almost finished and that's a pattern of Caro's 40s apron. I found this apron in the USA.

I have seen a lot of you in the synagoge during the quiltfestival in Deventer. Remember me? With my turqoise apron with purple roses. The pattern is almost finished. A production together with Jeltje from the 100 roses in Deventer. I couldn't do it without her. But I feel very proud, my own pattern ; ).


So end of november: CHAMPAGNE!!
  

St.Marie aux Mines: Loving logcabins (6)

My logcabin

As you can see at my blog, there was so much to see in France this year. And you know, I love old tradtional quilts. Well one of the best places to go was the Theatre in St. Marie aux Mines. An exposition of antique and new logcabins.


Logcabins are very special to me.


The first antique quilttop I bought (with my personal shopper Marne from Seattle) was a logcabin quilttop from the '30s. It took me about a year to finish it. But what a great fun.

I think the logcabin is a very intriguin pattern representing the sorrows and happines of life. Traditionally half light, half dark, with the yellow or red center.

What I also like about antique quilts is comparing the patterns and fabrics with my own collection of antique quilts. Dating fabric is one of the hardest things when you have old quilts and when you don't know who made the quilt.

 

New logcabin

Log Cabin quilts first made a wide-spread appearance in the United States in the 1860s during the time of the Civil War. The block name may very well have had a connection to the presidency of Abraham Lincoln. The Log Cabin quilt became wildly popular and was identified with the pioneer spirit and values of America. (Source: http://www.quiltviews.com/log-cabin-quilts-a-short-history)