1/08/2008

sweet apron

This apron will soon be mailed off to snowy Iowa. Isn't it cute?! I hope my friend wears it while making herself sweet birthday cupcakes.


The pattern is from Lotta Jansdotter's Simple Sewing. It was really simple until I got to the part about sewing on the potholder pocket -- ugh! The advice of notching the fabric to turn under a rounded edge just doesn't work well on the crook of a thumb.

I made a second apron as an xmas present and found that rather than follow the directions, it was simpler to make the pocket first (sewing rights sides together with a piece of linen, then turning it right-side out) and then top-stitch the pocket onto the apron. (Such was the advice of a crafty bird -- thanks little bird!)

2 comments:

Glenda said...

Fun apron! where'd you get the pocket fabric?

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Tiffany said...

The pocket fabric was from the sale bin at Superbuzzy.com. :)

Does that corner thingy help when you go the other way -- not a curve, but a crook??