McCalls 1877: 1950s Darling Misses Strawberry Apron Fits All Vintage Sewing Pattern
Original 1954 McCall's Pattern No. 1877 - Misses' Apron with Strawberry Transfer
Original 1954 McCall's Printed Pattern No. 1877, a misses' apron offered in two views and finished with a four-color strawberry transfer designed to look hand-painted. One Size. Complete Nice Condition, with the transfer uncut.
Quick Facts
- Pattern Number: McCall's No. 1877
- Year: 1954
- Garment: Misses' Apron with Four-Color Strawberry Transfer (2 Views)
- Size: One Size
- Condition: Complete Nice Condition
- Transfer: Uncut
Design
McCall's Pattern 1877 offers two takes on the misses' apron, both built around the included strawberry transfer. View A is a bibless waist apron with a wide sash tie and a contrasting heart-shaped pocket bearing the strawberry motif, dressed up with an optional sequin and seed-bead trim - two dozen each of pink and green sequins, a dozen fuchsia sequins, and seventy crystal seed beads. View B adds a fitted bib and waistband in a contrast color, with the strawberry transfer worked as a border print along the skirt hem and finished in baby rick rack. The four-color transfer is designed to read as hand-painted once stamped and worked in color. Six pieces and one transfer are included.
A Moment in Fashion History
By 1954, novelty fruit motifs like strawberries had become a favorite subject for kitchen textiles, and McCall's four-color transfer process - formulated to look hand- painted and to hold up to washing - let home sewers achieve a more finished, illustrative result than a single-color embroidery transfer allowed. View A's sequin and bead trim option pushes the apron further still, toward the decorative "party apron" territory that sat alongside more strictly practical kitchen styles in this period.
Connections
This pattern is part of our Kitschy Kitchen exhibit, a growing collection celebrating the whimsical, decorative side of mid-century kitchen textiles. While I love everything about McCall, it must be said, "McCall Makes the Cutest Aprons!"
