{"id":43700,"date":"2013-09-19T00:08:27","date_gmt":"2013-09-19T07:08:27","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.raisingjane.org\/journal\/?p=43700"},"modified":"2013-09-19T00:08:27","modified_gmt":"2013-09-19T07:08:27","slug":"aprons-merit-badge","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.raisingjane.org\/journal\/43700","title":{"rendered":"Aprons Merit Badge"},"content":{"rendered":"

\t\t\t\tThe adorable, always humorous MBA Jane is my way of honoring our<\/span> Sisterhood Merit Badge program<\/a>, now with 5,518 dues-paying members who have earned an amazing number of merit badges so far\u20147,451 total! Take it away, MBA Jane!!! MJ<\/span><\/p>\n

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Wondering who I am? I\u2019m Merit Badge Awardee Jane (MBA Jane for short). In my<\/span> former life<\/a> \u2026<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

For this week\u2019s Stitching and Crafting\/Aprons Merit Badge<\/a>, I was super psyched to earn my Expert Level Badge. I had the perfect opportunity for it, too: a couple of my girlfriends were opening a bakery downtown and my plan was to make us matching aprons (the frillier, the better) and have us all wear them as we gave out their mouth-watering, moist, decadent, frosted cupcake samples, thereby luring in customers for life with our yumminess and our farmgirl style.<\/p>\n

Lest you think I was only there for the cupcakes, I assure you \u2026 I am all about aprons and the movement to bring them back to everyday fashion.<\/p>\n

And incidentally, I do enjoy the occasional cupcake.<\/p>\n

Or three.<\/p>\n

But anyway, I had a grand time picking out my fabrics. That, in itself, would have fulfilled the three-hour time commitment this badge requires, but perhaps you are not so shoppingly indecisive as I. I finally (and I do mean finally) quieted my inner voice that kept telling me the even more perfect calico was just around the next clearance table, and happily<\/p>\n

<\/p>\n

paid for my purchases:<\/p>\n

a yard of pumpkin bedecked cotton<\/strong><\/p>\n

a yard of autumnal inspired plaid<\/strong><\/p>\n

and a yard of seersucker in a fall leaves pattern<\/strong><\/p>\n

Not to mention some ribbons and lace. Hey, remember, frill is the name of the game here.<\/p>\n

\"MBA_Jane-0134\"<\/p>\n

Having my three aprons matchy-matchy was on purpose, of course. Not only would the three of us look fabulous together, but I could use snippets of the other materials for one another\u2019s pockets and flounces.<\/p>\n

Now, when it comes to aprons, the rule is \u2026 there is no rule. Some gals like theirs full, some like theirs halfsies, some like \u2018em totally wrapped around the tushy area, others like \u2018em just in front. Me? I like the half style, with a big ribbon for tying and looking cute, all the way around (I have a tendency to wipe my flour-bedecked hands on my jeans’ back pockets), and there simply must be pockets, for things like my measuring spoons, my cell phone, and a handful of jelly beans. You know, in case of an emergency. You\u2019d be surprised at how often a low blood sugar and snacking emergency occurs in the course of my day.<\/p>\n

So, I brewed myself some tea, set aside the jelly beans, turned up the radio, and got to cutting and pinning. The fun thing about aprons is you don\u2019t really need a pattern, and if you make a mistake, do what I do:<\/p>\n

Cover it with a frill.<\/p>\n

By the time the cupcakes were cooled and ready for sampling, my aprons were ready to go. I wore my pumpkin haute couture creation with flair, and even added some lipstick for my afternoon out on the town. You know \u2026<\/p>\n

for the frill of it!\t\t<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The adorable, always humorous MBA Jane is my way of honoring our Sisterhood Merit Badge program, now with 5,518 dues-paying members who have earned an amazing number of merit badges so far\u20147,451 total! Take it away, MBA Jane!!! MJ Wondering … Continue reading →<\/span><\/a> Continue reading →<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-43700","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-gladsome_sisters"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.raisingjane.org\/journal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/43700","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.raisingjane.org\/journal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.raisingjane.org\/journal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.raisingjane.org\/journal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/5"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.raisingjane.org\/journal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=43700"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.raisingjane.org\/journal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/43700\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.raisingjane.org\/journal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=43700"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.raisingjane.org\/journal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=43700"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.raisingjane.org\/journal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=43700"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}