Primary Apron

My friend Catherine loved the apron I made her so much, that she commissioned me to make her another one.  This one is for singing time with the Primary kids at church.  You see she wanted an apron with a lot of pockets so that she could put a picture about a song in each pocket and then the kids could reach in a pocket, pull out a picture, and guess which song they'd sing next from the picture.  Fun, huh?

So I thought since it's for primary, I should do it in the primary colors - red, yellow, and blue.  I found this great yellow polka dot fabric, used red rick-rack, and trimmed it all in blue.  I slightly modified the pattern I had so that it would have 12 pockets, including 2 little red heart pockets.  And I pretty much love it!

John & Meaghan's Wedding Present

I decided to make his and hers aprons with matching kitchen towels for my brother-in-law's wedding present.  I wanted to do something that had a vintage look and I fell in love with this color combination!  I think these fabrics look so weathered and cool together - in that you wouldn't automatically put them together but somehow it really works way.  I did a retro-inspired gathered apron with a scalloped edge in this lovely beige and olive green floral fabric with grey trim for Meaghan, and a solid grey canvas apron with a towel attached at the waist for convenient hand wiping while cooking (and also so that I could add some of the floral fabric for matching) for John.  I also included a recipe book with some of my favorite recipes to finish off the gift - I think it all turned out great, and I hope they like it too.

Catherine's Retro Apron

My friend Catherine just bought her 1st home - so I had to make her an apron for a housewarming present. She loves purple and pink and when I saw this fun mod fabric it immediately made me think of her. I got an apron like this when I got married and I adore it! So I decided to copy the pattern and I think it turned out great. I'm kind of addicted to retro aprons right now and just got a book of patterns for future apron making, so don't be surprised if you get an apron for your next present.

Petal Aprons

I decided it would be fun to do the petal apron in all black and white with a pop of color at the waist and bottom. So I made several for Christmas presents - choosing the person's favorite color for the accent. I think they turned out really cute and retro.

Jan's Apron

For my mother-in-law's birthday I made her an apron. I think it turned out really adorable and very retro and French.











In fact think I may have to make a few more of these for Christmas presents and to sell in my etsy shop too... Sadly though because of a bizarre allergic reaction on my thumb, I haven't been able to do any sewing! I have all this great fabric just sitting in my house calling my name and I can't do anything with it. Very frustrating. Hopefully by this weekend it will be back to normal enough that I can get some projects done.