paper apron

I had an idea to take one of my sewing pattern girls and add an apron...you know, to cover her pretty dress while she's cooking (giggle...). 

I guess I can call this a "mixed media" collage.  It's an 8x10 canvas board that I covered with paper and then added sewing pattern tissue on the left side.  I painted the sewing pattern tissue with a little robin's egg paint to "soften" the black text of the sewing pattern tissue. 

For the apron, I used tracing paper to design an apron to fit over the dress.  To make the apron look "real", I cut it out in three pieces...one for the apron, one for the pretty tie, and one for the pocket.  I used an olive colored pencil to give shadow and dimension to the apron.

Although I don't exactly know how I'm going to do it yet, I'd like to make a few more collages in this "apron" theme and then have them printed...and use them to made cards (still handcrafted in some way) and maybe a set of cute postcards.  I also would love to have prints made to frame...I put this one in my kitchen and it looks really cute. 

Comments

[amanda bel]

I'm loving this! So cute! And, I've been doing some postcards research too, and overnightprints.com has pretty good deals on postcards (and they do the rounded corner ones that I think look so spiffy!) I haven't used them yet, but I've heard good things!

[Mikki Jo]

How creative!!! Very sweet, I love aprons!

[mom2fur]

That's really cute! I bet it looks adorable in your kitchen.

[tammy g.]

That looks great - can't even tell that you added the apron - reminds me of paper dolls.

[Andria]

This is soooo flippin' cute! I got an entire box of patterns from a woman named Lorna, as by the mailorder address, a couple of weeks ago. They start from the thirties and go to the sixties. This is such a wonderful way to make use of those patterns that are damaged. Very Fun!!!

[Ellie]

Oh, I love this! I'm sure it looks fabulous in your kitchen. How perfect!

[Vina]

Genius! you are so creative & inspiring!