After a recent shopping trip with my friends, I was so inspired by this new fabric line, I wanted to make something that I would use all the time and could enjoy the colors. This is what I came up with. Using 4 fat quarters, a small amount of matching stripe for pockets and waistband and cute rick rack, presto: a cute apron.
This apron took me approximately 1 1/2 hours to create. It was fast and easy and fits my tall legs. How fun! I could make alot of these. I think this will be my gift for Christmas that I make for my sisters. Every year, we each make a handmade gift for each other. It is a real personal gift and we all like being creative. Last year, I chrocheted bath puffs and made homemade bath salts and placed it in an old glass bottle that I found at a craft store.
The fun thing about this apron is that it is a 'one size fits all' pattern. It is also reversable. That way, you can change your look every other day. My daughter really wants one and I think that I can downsize the pattern by using only 2 fat quarters instead of 4. She also really wants to learn how to cook. I don't know if it is because she really wants to wear an apron or what, but if it helps her learn how to cook, I am all for that.
The weather is taunting us with the hopes of Spring. I guess if it doesn't come, you can always make your little piece of the world like springtime. Enjoy!
18 comments:
That is so cute! I never thought to combine 4 fat quarters into an apron--very clever! For your daughter, what if you were to cut the quarters in half, and still use four of them? I like the different patterns together!
I would still probably use 4 different fat quarter's because I like the different materials that it has. There would be enough to make another one for her friend or cousins. They are often the beneficiaries of Auntie's sewing days. Sometimes they like it, and sometimes they just lovingly smile and say thanks.
thats realy nice
if this is your giveaway, count me in. it's adorable! you are soo talented.
How cute is that apron...you are so talented! love to win!
This is so cute! :)
I love to think back on my Mom making pies-she made the best pies!
Elaine R
emrosser@shaw.ca
Very cute! I would love to win your apron-you're much more creative than me.
Stephanie
dsmoore1@centurytel.net
That is super cute! Love the colors! My Grandma always wore an apron on Sundays! monk5@charter.net
Neat apron I would love to finally own one!
samsakara@twcny.rr.com
Hello, My mother-in-law really like wearing aprons. Yours is made in lovely spring colors. The apron would be a wonderful gift for her Mother's Day gift. Please enter me in your drawing. Thanks very much, Cindi
jchoppes[at]hotmail[dot]com
This is so cute! My grandma has a collection of aprons and I remember several times when I was young, holding onto it while she cooked. It's quite a fond memory. Thanks you for helping me remember it! cookiecutter72 AT hotmail dot com
wonderful memory of wearing aprons: My mom and I would make Christmas cookies every year and she had made us matching aprons to wear with little felt gingerbread men on them.
That is cute. I like that it is quick and easy to make. katie_mmartin (at) yahoo [dot] com
Your apron is adorable!!! Who ever came up with fat quarters was a geneious!
Thanks,
Karen
I would love to have an apron, I am constantly getting my shirt and pants do dirty, I have taken to keeping a dishtowel on my shoulder!
i love aprons, but i have never owned one!
my grandmother, mimi, used to bake when i was younger.... i don't remember her every cooking, but i know she baked, and she wore an old apron that was put together from scraps of material.
i can almost smell her kitchen!
:)
trepilynnell (at) juno (com)
i remember my great grandma wearing her pink and white striped apron in herkitchen years ago and i was thrilled when she mailed it to me years later when i started collecting them myself.
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