Thursday, August 28, 2008

Name this apron!

Okay! I am tired of calling my aprons by their era. I think they need names for either my etsy listings or if I decided to produce patterns of them. We'll be having "a naming contest" for each of my aprons that I sell, and your more than welcome to recruit your blogging friends to help me out with this!

Three things to keep in mind:

1. This is a 1940's era apron (more pictures here and here) and so it should have a popular 40s era name

EDITED to add: It is also nearly indentical to a vintage 30's apron pattern, so popular 30's names are welcome too!

2. Leave your name idea in a comment and comment as much as you want with ideas

3. If the name that you picked is randomly chosen, you will receive a free pattern of the apron you named! (ie, if they end up getting produced!)



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19 comments:

  1. YayaOrchidAugust 28, 2008 at 11:25 AM

    1940's Doily Chores Apron

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  2. NeuropoetAugust 28, 2008 at 1:02 PM

    Perhaps you could name it after a popular girl's name from the era like - Mary, Martha, Brenda, or Linda...

    Maybe something like the Lacy Lavender Linda Apron... :) - maybe that's too many adjectives - how about the Lavender Linda Apron? :)

    ~Jenny

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  3. AnonymousAugust 28, 2008 at 1:51 PM

    How about Eleanor's Apron....wasn't Eleanor Roosevelt the 1st lady in the 40's?? Beautiful, by the way!!!!

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  4. AnonymousAugust 28, 2008 at 2:44 PM

    Ethel, perhaps?My grandmother was in early teens then and she is called Ethel.

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  5. Mark and ErinAugust 28, 2008 at 3:25 PM

    I think either the "Eileen Apron" or the "Rosemary Apron"... :-)
    -Erin

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  6. AnonymousAugust 28, 2008 at 3:28 PM

    Cecilia (lol)

    Not very creative...


    Violet (Anna)

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  7. KateAugust 28, 2008 at 3:58 PM

    You could call it the Victory Apron. Or the Home Front Apron. What ever you call it, I think you did a great job.

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  8. Amber D.M.August 28, 2008 at 4:41 PM

    It looks like a "Sophie" or "Edna" apron to me. =)

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  9. MissNonaEleanorAugust 28, 2008 at 9:54 PM

    He he, I was going to say Eleanor, but not for Eleanor Rosevelt, but for my Great Grandmother who married in the early 1940's......so...I shall say, Evelyn, my G-Grandma's sister's name.

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  10. WillowAugust 29, 2008 at 9:06 AM

    I just found this site http://www.ssa.gov/OACT/babynames/decades/names1930s.html

    and thought it was interesting. The name that popped off the list there for me was Evelyn. :)

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  11. AnonymousAugust 29, 2008 at 9:10 AM

    How about Rita, Vivien, or Ruby?

    Maureen, Elsie, Helen?

    Carole, Genevieve, Betty?


    So that's just a few 30s and 40s sounding names. Adorable apron, by the way!


    the Long ladies
    marie-madeline studio

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  12. RobertAugust 29, 2008 at 4:49 PM

    How about Olivia Walton.

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  13. AnonymousAugust 29, 2008 at 7:12 PM

    My grandmother was born around then and her name is Iris Joann. It reminds me so much of her :)

    Blessings,
    Lynn

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  14. TiffanyAugust 30, 2008 at 10:05 AM

    I love this apron! The first time I saw it I thought it looked so graceful and elegant. Grace was a popular name in the 40s and I thought that it would fit the apron very nicely.

    I can't wait to see what you name it. I think it's sometimes harder to find a name than make the actually thing. :-)

    Tiffany

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  15. SarahSeptember 2, 2008 at 6:17 PM

    Nothing to add, really, but I like Ethel and Grace too! :) My great-grandma was married in the 40's, and her name was Daisy. How 'bout The Dear Daisy Apron? :) I really like Ethel though. . .

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  16. RuthSeptember 3, 2008 at 8:33 AM

    I was going to say Martha Rose. = )

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  17. Maiden4ChristSeptember 3, 2008 at 4:51 PM

    elyse
    I have no idea if this name is from the 40s but I really like it( pronounced l-ee-s) I have no idea if I spelled it right;)

    ~Bethany

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  18. TiffanySeptember 4, 2008 at 12:07 PM

    Dorothy and Judy (or Judith) were popular names then. Other suggestions from around that era are Lillian, Nancy, Barbara, Joan, Peggy, Jean, and Paula.

    I have never commented here before, but I "see" you fairly often on the S&S board! (I am MissAnnaPringle.)

    Blessings,
    Tiffany Hope

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  19. AnonymousSeptember 20, 2008 at 1:43 PM

    Louise, Bertha, Veronica.
    It's a pretty apron!
    ~ Melinda

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