Ench By Sew-14 Marie Antoinette Meets Betty Crocker (Aprons)

A little time travel, and a little technique is just what this sewist needs for holiday creations 

Hey! The latest Enchanted by Sewing Podcast has been published!

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Apronology – Or Marie Antoinette Meets Betty Crocker

A good time of year to consider how rethinking of women’s societal roles and life choices has affected attitudes towards the use of aprons. Free apron pattern download and discussion of sewing techniques.

http://traffic.libsyn.com/enchantedbysewing/CastApronologyMarieAntoinetteBettyCrockerEnchantedBySewingPodcastNov13.mp3

Porque Aprons? – Why study the social and technical science of apron creation in late November?

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Hindu_festivals

http://www.thekitchn.com/ramadan-when-its-ok-to-eat-and-94989 (In some years Ramadan occurs in December. Due to the lunar and Julian calendar's not being in sync, that won't/didn't happen this year).

http://www.oregonlive.com/cooking/2013/11/thanksgiving_and_hanukkah_conv.html

http://www.foodnetwork.com/holiday-central-kwanzaa/package/index.html

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kwanzaa


Marie Antoinette Meets Betty Crocker – How and why I got inspired to start making and wearing aprons, kinda late in life and despite strong family concerns about what apron wearing symbolized!

MARIE BOOK
Technicos –A basic free download 3 Apron style pattern on the web. How I create and sew  my favorite style  apron

- Threads Three Free Apron Pattern Download
http://www.threadsmagazine.com/item/22423/patterns-for-three-apron-styles/page/all

- Variety of vintage and other aprons that may inspire your own apron designs
http://www.pinterest.com/lrshimer/0sewing-aprons-inspiration/


Final Pensamientos - The Red Headed Chicken Apron
Aprons can tie into representing and reminding us of the emotions involved in a friendship.
http://meencantacoser.blogspot.com/2013/11/aprons-chicken-apron.html

Episode 002: Romancing the Dress - Show Notes

The Podcast Episode 002: Romancing the Dress has been published in the iTunes Store :-)

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• This show is an extension of my regular sewing blog - Me Encanta Coser - which roughly translated means Enchanted By Sewing. My blog is written in English. The name celebrates the historical and modern use of the beautiful Spanish Language in the San Francisco Bay Area of California, where I live.

Please let me know, by posting below, if you find any links I mentioned in the show,  missing from this posting. I find getting all the links in challenging!

October Show Links for Episode 002: Romancing the Dress

Why I find dress sewing enchanting. How I’ve been working on making that enchantment both a time for special occasion sewing, and also a time to add to the practical part of my regular, daily arty-romantic California wardrobe.
Includes reflections on dress fashion history as well as techniques for sewing a fitted facing at a dress neckline.

Jackie Kennedy wearing
my favorite Oleg Cassini frock
Her Paris trip?
  

 • Check out that much be-ruffled pale blue dress in Dainty: Romancing the Dress

    • This McCalls Pattern is my Special-Occasions go-to frock

    • Pattern Review Link and first experiences with my new favorite day-in-day-out dress pattern Vogue v8810 in Romancing The Dress Part 3: The Dress Comes to Life

• I'm continuing my work with v8810 as I begin Envisioning the California Romance Dress

• Patterns

    * Vogue V8810

    * McCalls M5316

• Techniques

     Sewing a well-fitted facing for a dress neckline

• My Sewing Basket

Sewing Projects Planned for October and Completed in September

http://meencantacoser.blogspot.com/2012/10/my-october-sewing-basket.html

·      September Sewing Accomplished

o  The Spider Web Rose and it’s parent Tee Shirt

o   I love this tee fabric! Have you checked out What the Fashion Forward Mermaids are Wearing?

• Favorites mentioned multiple times (in alphabetical order)

     -  Cañada Fashion Design and Merchandising Program, Redwood City California

 -    Hot Patterns

 -    The Sew Forth Now Podcast

Upcoming November Show
The Lady Wears Trousers!

 • November’s Theme will be The Lady Wears Trousers

• Pensamientos:Why Barbie Doll Doesn’t Always Go Fully Clad

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