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Vintage Apron: This is a great sewing project for every sewer, from the type that wants easy, not-very-precise projects, to those who want to make every detail count. This project allows you to design it for your own needs and style
Materials:
- Vintage print fabric – quarter remains at fabric stores work well
- A paper bag
- Fabric scissors
- Pins
- Several yards of double fold bias tape, extra wide.
- Thread to match color of your bias tape
- Sewing machine, or a needle and patience.
Cost:
About $15
1. Use a paper bag to cut a tear-shaped pattern. The size depends on you – cut it from hip to mid-thigh or so, and about 6 inches wide at the widest point.
2. Lay the pattern over your cloth and pin it. Cut around the pattern leaving a quarter-inch to one-third inch edge. You don’t need to be too precise.
There are two ways you can make the ties. You can either cut your two end apron pieces with long strips along the top to act as the ties, or you can cut following your pattern, and use the bias tape to act as the ties. For this project, I used bias tape.
3. Take two apron pieces, and put them back to back, the good sides facing out. Sew along the length, until the two pieces start to flair out into their curve. Stop sewing before the pieces get to the curve. Repeat with all the apron pieces until all the pieces are sewn together.
4. This is the most complicated part of the project – and it’s not too complicated. Take your bias tape, open it, and place it over the edges of the apron pieces and pin. You’ll quickly figure out where you need to cut and restart your bias tape, and it’s really up to you and what you think looks good.
For this project, the bias tape was run from the end of an outside piece, all the way around the bottom to the top of the same piece. It was cut, run along just the bottom of the next apron piece and cut again. Then, starting from the top of the third apron piece, the bias tape was placed all the way from the top of one side to the top of the other and cut.
The bias tape along just the bottom of the second piece was tucked in underneath the edges of the bias tape along the other pieces to hide any cut edges.
When all the edges of the apron pieces are covered, run a strip of bias tape across the top to line the top and leave plenty of extra on either side to act as ties.
5. Basically, you’re done. You can add embellishments like pockets if you’d like. A pocket was added to one apron piece in this project. To make a pocket, cut a piece of fabric in the shape and size you want. Fold the fabric under about a quarter of an inch and sew along the fold to make a hem. Then, you can either add bias tape around the edges to make it stand out, or just place the pocket in the desired spot and sew the pocket on.
Again – this apron is great for designing for yourself. You can line the inside of the pocket with another material to make it beautiful when you open it; you can make the pocket button or snap closed; you can use material to line the inside of the apron so it’s reversible (To do this, you just alter step 3: put two pieces back to back – the one you want on the front and the one you want on the back – repeat this with another two pieces, put all of them together, sort of stacked, and sew along one edge. Repeat with all pieces and finish the next steps the same. One side of the apron will show the bias tape along the seams and the other side won’t); you can make it as simple or as complicated as you’d like. It’s All Up To You!!
6. Iron out your apron, strap it on and go get dirty!!!
