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Michigan Apron Challenge

Winning Aprons in the
Vintage Look Category

1st Prize 
Aunt Amelia's Strawberry Shortcake
by
Janet Daoust
Plymouth, MI 
Long white apron
2nd Prize
Pocket-doodle-doo
by
Chris Bement
Mason, MI 
Brown and white gingham check apron with rooster pocket
 
Honorable Mention  
Plain Flower Garden
by
Sandra H. Cook
Lansing, MI 
Full green apron with pieced floral design on off-white bib and pocket top edges
The Bonnet Apron by
Olive C. Enright
Shepherd, MI
Red and white gingham bonnet apron
Heart Strings
by
Mary C. Fairgrieve 
East Lansing, MI
Print cobbler-style apron with appliqued hearts
A Sunday Apron for Ellyse
by
Celeste Gallagher Hude
Mason, MI 
Half apron in white with lace
The Wedding Gift
by
Judy Lenaway Ladd
Corvallis, OR
Half apron in pink gingham check with cross-stitch embroidery
U. of M. Student Nurse Uniform Apron
by
Judy Lenaway Ladd
Corvallis, OR 
Blue student nurse apron with white bib and buttonholes to afix to dress
Bubble Gum and Green Apples
by
Jean Thomas McCluskey
Sturgis, MI 
Full apron in pink print with green trim
Sunday Best
by
Joan McComb
Lansing, MI
Ribbons and Roses
by
Christina L. Milton
Ann Arbor, MI 
Cobbler-style apron in pink floral with blue trim
Vintage Style Gored Hostess Apron
by
Christine Smith
White Lake, MI 
Half apron with gores and embroidered waist and hem area
Hoover Apron
by
Phyllis E. Wigg
Plainwell, MI
Full apron with embroidered flowers

This exhibit is a program of ExhibitsUSA, A National Division of Mid-America Arts Alliance.

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