Apron

Yes! I made my first apron. 

I love aprons and use them all the time for cooking, baking, cleaning and painting crafts. 

I studied an apron I had in my pantry. 

I folded it in half and measured it. 

I drew an apron out on poster board, a tad larger than the original. 

Here is my poster board cut out. 

I payed the poster board on top of my ironed fabric. I traced it with my vanishing ink pens. 


Next I line my ruler up with the ink marks. 


You can see the ink marks. This ruler works so good with the cork backing. It doesn’t slide as easily as quilting rulers. I just wish it was longer. 

Here is a picture with just the ink marks.


Using my rotary cutter I cut the fabric. See why I want a longer ruler. (I do have a 24 in sewing ruler and a sewing yardstick that I do use a lot, yet I prefer my pink ruler because of the cork back.)

Me sewing scissors I used to cut the rounded edges.


I used my iron to get rid of the ink markings. Then laid it on my cutting mat to make sure the measurements were good.


To make the neck strap and apron straps I cut fabric strips in 3 inches. I folded one side halfway and ironed.


Here you see the other side folded halfway and ironed.

I folded the two folded sides and ironed it.


I don’t have a picture of the ends that I folded a quarter inch and sewed the ends. I then sewed the long side of the strap as you see here. 


This is the top. I folded over a half inch and then again with my iron. Then I sewed the top. 


A little tricky to fold and iron a rounded edge. 


I sewed the side strap just like the apron I used as a guide. 


The neck strap the same. 


My finished apron.


The back of the apron. 


I modeled the apron but it’s not the whole apron. My husband and children were asleep so I couldn’t have someone either model it or take a picture of me.


I did see the side straps like my apron guide yet I don’t like how it looks. So I did some extra stitches on both straps. You can see in the next picture.

I folded over the strap and sewed the strap on both sides. 


This is before doing the sewing the straps the other way. 


I remembered I forgot to add an apron. Aprons with pockets are awesome. To show off the pocket I put my ink pen in it. 

My finished adorable apron. Thanks to my daughter who modeled the apron for me this morning.

I’m glad to have a use for this pretty floral fabric. 

I absolutely love my new apron.