Apron Tuturial

So, this post is mainly for my mamacita, but I wanted to blog about it because it makes me feel more "sewer-ish". Yup, just made that word up.

I had some of this fabric left over from another little project I did (a plastic bag holder... I know, glamorous). And, there's really not much I can do with it, because I don't like it enough to wear it as a dress, and it's cotton so it doesn't stretch as much as I like my clothes to. And so the apron idea was born.

What I used:
Approximately a yard of fabric (hard for me to give exact measurements since it was just folded it my fabric pile)
Matching thread
And, last but certainly not least, my sewing machine

I laid out the fabric (after I had ironed all the little crinkles out) and drew on the apron design (I think everyone knows what an apron looks like), then I cut it out, leaving about 1/2" all the way around for seam allowance.

                                                             Truly not hard at all.
I wanted the edges to look finished, so I folded the edges all the way around about 1/4", ironed them down so they would lay nicely, then I folded them another 1/4" and ironed again. Something like this:

Oh yes, I pinned it all in place so it would retain it's neatness.

After all the folding, ironing and pinning, I sewed this little beauty together. While doing that, I decided I wanted a little pocket in the front to break up the monotony and I wanted a little "V" in the neckline. If you want to do the same, you just need to cut a "V", fold and iron the edges the same way you did the apron and sew in place. Easy peasy. For the pocket, I just cut the shape out of some of the extra fabric, folded the edges, ironed and sewed the edges together.

                                     Something like that... and then I sewed it on!

 I thought it was hard to decipher where the pocket was since it's the same fabric so I stuck my big ugly, squished hand it it. So, excuse the grossness.

Once I was all done with the apron itself, I needed to make the strap that goes around the neck and also the straps that tie it together. To do this, I cut out one strip about 21" long 3" wide (for the neck) and two strips that were about 40" long and 3" wide. I don't have any pics doing this because my little, tiny helper was up from his nap and he required my attention. However, it's fairly simple.

For all three strips, fold the edges in about 1/4" twice (just like for the apron edges). Now, I left my neck strip alone after this because I wanted that strap to be thicker. For the apron straps, I folded them in half and sewed together so they would be thinnner.

And, Wah-Lah, you have an apron. This is pretty simple and I'm sure there's more intricate designs... but, now I have an apron and it was free! ;) The hubs laughed at me because anyone that knows me knows I'm a novice cook at best so why would I need an apron?! If anything, it looks cute hanging in my kitchen! :)