Awesome Free Apron!

So I've seen this sewing project all over the web and Pinterest and I've been wanting to do it for ever. Finally, I did it. I used one of my husbands large dress shirts and whaala! Some people get very fruffy and add ruffles and resets but I kinda like the masculine look. There are a ton of tuts out there, here are just a few. 

Paulette @ My Junk Obsession

Selissa @ All Palmer

Amy @ Gabriel's Good Tidings

Oh yea and I'm linking up with these Blog Hops. 

          

Apron Fever

Today I finished another apron, this one a half apron. I have been having so much fun lately with my machine. I don't always wear an apron when I clean and cook but it's my intention to for that habit. I can't tell you how many times I've ruined my clothes cooking or cleaning, yea and you have too, I know.
I'm gonna have to start giving these things away before long, hey how many aprons can one lady have anyhow.


If you'll notice on this apron so sweetly modeled by my Hannah-Girl, you'll notice it has only one pocket and then a button on the other side. Actually I kinda modified the hand towel apron for this one. Instead of sewing the hand towel into the waistband I decided to make it removable.
So the towel has a button hole in it and the apron has a button. So easy hand whipping! :0)
The apron with the towel, I actually had to put the button hole a little lower than I wanted because my machine wouldn't button hole over the bumpy part of the towel so I had to move it down. Also I used bias tape to finish the towel off.
Oh yea and I used the decorative stitch to make the pockets a little more interesting. It's so much fun to discover new things on the machine.

Anyhow, there's apron #2, it was fun to make and who knows what I'll do with it now. Hey maybe I'll do some apron give-a-ways soon. Maybe!!

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APRONS!!!

Well I managed to finish one of my apron projects. I didn't actually get to use the coordinating check pattern but I really wanted to. I wanted to use it to make bias tape but I couldn't figure it out. So...I did it with orange bias tape. I really want to learn to make bias tape so I searched and found this article. I guess I'm gonna need to find a bias tape maker, I found some here and they look really easy to use.

Anyhow, back to the apron, here's the orange one, I like the look of it but it's not the most flattering from the back .

Also you can't see it but the whole apron has bias tape trim and two pockets on it. They blend pretty good.
Anyhow, I really can't wait to make the green one but I really want to make some bias tape using the coordinating fabric I found. So I'll let you know how it goes.