What Wednesday Addams Really Looked Like

Wednesday Addams is often recreated by her admirers in a short black dress with contrasting pilgrim-style collar and cuffs, lace-up booties, and red lipstick . Although these assumptions are not drastically far from the first Wednesday Friday Addams, featured below are Charles Addams' original illustrations.

With button boots and ribbed tights, Wednesday's attire is typical of a small child at that time. 

In most colored illustrations, Wednesday's dress is green. Sometimes, it is colored similarly to her mother's.

Even in black-and-white drawings, her outfit is often tainted lighter than Morticia's (suggesting lighter than black).

Although there are no drawings where her hair is clearly divided in braids, it does seem split. The Aboriginals Wednesday Addams doll which came out in the early sixties (possibly before the TV series aired) featured two braids and a greenish/gray dress.

Whatever the color, boots, or hair, the character seems to live on in the hearts of many.

Tish Apron Pattern

The new Tish apron, named after Gomez's pet name for Morticia, is inspired by an apron Morticia wore in the 1964-1966 television series. It is based off of an authentic one-size 1950s apron pattern. Featuring a circle skirt, bib, crossed straps, and a waist tie, this apron creates a classic silhouette whilst protecting your frocks from boiling cauldrons.

This pattern is a one-size, good for approximately sizes S-L. If you are unsure of sizing, a mock-up is recommended.
You will need approximately 62 inches in satin blanket binding (or sub fabric for waist/tie), 20 feet of edge binding (such as bias tape), and 1.5 yards of fabric.
You can get the pattern pieces here:
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At this time, the pattern pieces will only be available in this format.
The pattern pages start at #2 because I was going to include a tester page, for sizing, as the first. However, this would potentially be a waste of paper. Each square is equal to 1/4 inch or 16 squares is equal to 4 inches/10 cm.
I was not sure if I would post the pattern or not, so at this time, there are no pictorial instructions.

All seam allowances are 5/8 inch unless otherwise specified.
Step one:
Stay stitch waist edges.
Step two:
Bind edges of the top and sides of the bib as well as hemline of both skirt layers. Baste both skirt layers together with both right sides facing up and the largest skirt on the bottom.
Step three:
With wrong sides together, baste bib to skirt. Match centers before pinning. Use 1/4 inch seam allowance.
Step four:
Sandwich bib/skirt seam between satin blanket binding, once again matching centers. (To find center, fold pieces in half.) Pin and stitch closed from end to end.
Step five:
Stitch edges of each strap together, wrong side out. Turn and stitch to bodice between notches. Attach to skirt with angled edge attached to the opposite wrong side of waist approximately 1/2 inch from the back's opening edge. (The straps are permanently attached in a cross-crossed fashion. If you can't put it on over the head, you can add buttons to attach the straps at the waist. Both are historically accurate.)

Enjoy!