I love Marianne’s pocket… it’s why I fell in love with her. It’s more like an attached pouch, because it was made separately and then sewn into the waistband. Her fabric is really punchy too, with a great color scheme, flowers, AND stripes. Rick rack is always good too.

She’s one of a kind, so if you are smitten with her too, hurry to Joyful Abode @ Etsy to claim her for yourself.

It seems like there is some confusion about my vintage items. Some people thought I made the vintage aprons! I am not a vintage person, so I cannot have made vintage aprons! I find them here and there (sometimes they find me), sometimes in thrift stores, sometimes online, sometimes in yard sales or whatnot. (I made the aprons that say “Joyful Abode” in place of “Vintage.”)

I love each one, but if I kept them all, my personal apron collection would be gigantic. It’s like my students, as a teacher… they pass through my class, and hopefully come out better than before on the other side. I love them all, but I have to hand them over to the next teacher. If I kept them all, I’d have an overflowing classroom!

So with these vintage beauties? They come to me, sometimes a bit rough or worse-for-wear, then I clean them up and pass them on to you!