apron

I finished this apron about a week ago but have been occupied with school stuff in the meantime. For Christmas 2005, I bought a retro apron pattern by Simplicity so that I could make an apron for Laura. It turned out really cute - a full apron in blue cotton with all the borders in a orange and white check with spiders (a Halloween fabric that year that actually looked more picnicky than spooky). I'd been wanting to make an apron for myself since then. The orange and blue flowered cotton that I used is apparently a favorite of mine - when I was inventorying my stash I discovered that I'd actually purchased it twice!



I was supposed to use bias tape around the edges with a row of rickrack just inside that, but with the busy-ness of the fabric I thought that might get to be too much for the apron. Instead, I found a 5/8" aqua satin ribbon at Joanns. I folded it in half so that it was the same width as the bias tape called for in the pattern.

I love how the apron turned out - the shininess of the ribbon gives a nice contrast to the fabric, and it's comfortable to wear. The pockets are purposefully not flush at the top so that you can get your hand into them, which makes it a useable apron.