The last call is both a fun and a bit sad holiday, because on this day, students say goodbye to their desks and lessons. Someone until next September, and someone for good. For modern schoolchildren and schoolgirls, who often neglect uniform in ordinary school weekdays, the last call is the only opportunity to dress in a neat suit, dress and apron. Aprons on the last call - generally a tradition. Once upon a time, it was an apron, sewn personally, by mother or grandmother, that singled out the girl from the crowd of classmates. It was fashionable, beautiful, and very elegant.
Today, you can buy aprons on the last call almost everywhere: in stores and markets, and even order online. True, the demand for this item of clothing is not so great, which means that they do not differ in special variety. Another thing is to sew an apron on the last call yourself. Then you will look original, and get an exclusive thing, which even to pass on to the daughter by inheritance will not be ashamed.
To sew such an apron, of course, you need a suitable fabric. She must be beautiful and of high quality. It is better to go for material not to the market, but to a specialized store. Then the choice will be more, and you can safely, without noise and crush to make a purchase. Often aprons for the last call are sewn from lace or guipure fabric, but it is quite possible to take the usual translucent fabric without openwork pattern. Even a dense starched cotton is suitable: if you sew elegant ruffles to it, the apron will turn out for a feast for the eyes. The only advice: if you are not a very experienced seamstress, it is better not to take a “capricious”, slippery fabric. You will have to mess with it a lot, and the result may not satisfy you at all.
When the material is purchased, it proceeds to choose the style of the future apron. Do you think all the aprons on the last call are the same? And no! The skirt can be both straight and rounded, both with ruffles and without them. The straps, in addition to many options for decorating them, such as ruffles, lace and pleated, can be sewn to the skirt, connected with a special bib or just a rectangle of fabric. And the apron belt can be sewn on, buttoned, threaded in a secret loop, tied with a large beautiful bow ... In a word, there are hundreds of variations and combinations, and it all depends on your taste.
We will give an example of sewing an apron with ruffles, a rounded skirt and a beautiful decorative bow. Its base is a small rectangle. Its lower edges should be rounded, and the upper ones should be collected with two neat folds. Decorate the bottom edge with ruffles 5-7 cm wide.
The belt is sewn from the following calculation: waist circumference plus 4-5 cm. We take a strip of fabric twice as wide as the required belt, sew it along. At one end, we need to sew a small button, at the other - to make a buttonhole for it. We mask the clasp with a beautiful decorative bow, which is sewn next to the loop. After that, the belt can be sewn to the apron itself.
We also make straps for the apron on the same principle. The length of the straps must be carefully measured with the expectation that they will be located crosswise behind. They need to be sewn to the center of the finished apron at a distance of about 10-15 cm. We will fill this space with a small rectangle of the same fabric with beautifully crafted edges. It remains only to decorate the straps with a flounce along the outer edge - and the new thing for the schoolgirl is ready!
After the general principle of sewing has become clear, you can experiment and sew with your own hands other aprons for the last call. There are plenty of them on the Internet now, so there are plenty to choose from. Good luck