Fabulous Fifties Six-way Apron

Okay...I'm all focused on sewing some new curtains for the kitchen windows and I'm having 'one of those days' where the project I'm working on is telling ME what to do instead of the other way around!  Apparently, the cute fabrics I was trying to whip up into curtains had their heart set on becoming an apron....or aprons, as it turned out. The ruffles were the turning point. Definitely a 'no go' on the window. Too phoofy-Fifties. So I acquiesced, made a few (okay, a lot) of changes---and I am so glad I did.

I--or should I say 'we'--- the Fabric, Ruffles and Trim and I, created a fabulous six-way, six day apron. So without further ado...we present to you....the Fabulous Fifties Six-Way Apron!

The secret is the the detachable, reverseable bib and the reversable skirt. 

There is an invisible pocket in the side seam, under the rick-rack.

(Rick-rack, rick-rack, rick-rack.  Now THAT is a FUN word!)

The bib attaches to the skirt via buttons. Here's version One. This time the pocket is on the outside of the skirt.

Version Two--especially nice for Tuesdays.

Version Trois. The bib matches the skirt.

Version Four

For days five and six, remove the bib and you have a half-apron. Wear the gingham side out one day and the gold/red print side out the next day. Wash it on day seven.

The bib makes a thoughtful wall hanging when its not in service. The embroidered piece was found at a thrift store and begged to come home with me.  I'm a soft touch when it comes to something handmade looking up at me with big, tear-filled eyes.

Here's a close-up of the button attachment where the bib joins the skirt. You can see the crocheted 'corners', also rescued from an uncertain fate at a thrift store.

Now that I think of it, pretty much everything that went into making this apron came from a thrift store. The black and white gingham had been a curtain in a previous life.  I ripped it apart for the fabric. The gold/red calico was a remnant I spied in a bin and resolved that I would make it mine. 

Black thread and rick-rack. The only components purchased new at the store. 

How's that for "Reduce, Re-use, Recycle"?