Blog entries tagged Apron

Accidental Apron

Shelley — Sat, 07 Mar 2009 21:48:36 +0100

I taught an apron sewing class today. Our class was pretty small but that made it good practice for me; I'm still pretty nervous every time I teach. This is the apron I made as I was teaching. It is also my entry for the next Tie One On.

The theme is "spend no money" and aprons are due at the end of April. I had read that earlier this week and thought "I should hav...

Spring Swap Apron

Shelley — Mon, 10 Mar 2008 06:58:15 +0100

I received my swap apron on Friday. It's so cute and so springy. Included with it was a recipe for Chicken and Wild Rise Soup that we'll be making up as soon as we can gather up all the ingredients. There was also a card of three big vintage buttons. These were extra cool since I had been thinking just that afternoon that I really needed some nice big buttons for my button box - now I have some!

Here's the front:

After taking pictures of my apron yesterday I just wore it all day. It's so handy to have a pocket right where you need it and just great to never worry about spilling anything on yourself because you're already wearing an apron. It made me feel kind of industrious and domestic too - like I was going to be getting things done (like posting a whole bunch of back en...

Polka Dotted Lovies

Shelley — Sun, 20 Jan 2008 22:56:51 +0100

Here is my entry for the February Tie One On - a pretty pink and brown polka dotted apron with one big pink polka dot for the pocket. I used most of the apron pattern from In Stitches (Amy Butler) but made the pocket according to the "apple pocket" directions in Bend the Rules Sewing (Amy Karol). I made the bottom trim a little wider than the pattern called for, to ...

Apron Making Stuff

Shelley — Sat, 12 Jan 2008 04:50:33 +0100

I was looking for something to blog about this evening and it arrived in the mail.

I had a little Christmas money that I decided to spend at Purlsoho . The two patterns are by Amy Butler; they are the Barcelona Skirts pattern (with a really cute apron overlay that I can't wait to wear) and the Sophia Carry-all (which is really cute even though it isn't an apr...

The Pocket

Shelley — Sat, 30 Jun 2007 06:48:15 +0100

This is my submission to Tie One On . The theme for May and June was “the pocket” and since this apron started with the pocket fabric (and it is certainly the pocket that makes it cute) I decided to submit it.

I had meant to have this ready for my party last weekend (since it goes with my party dress) but I ended up too busy and never got around to i...