Yah, boo! Suckers! Go find the kinda blog you hoped you were getting!
Edit: Le Sigh...should of course be 'waist band' but I can't be bothered looking for all of the typos tonight...
Edit: and I just found the wrong 'so/sew'...and a grocer's apostrophe.....ACK!
In the meantime:
There has been some sewing. This apron idea was not mine...if you Google 'Fat Quarter Apron' you will get lots of results. Unfortunately I can't find the link which I used.
But.. basically...get a fat quarter and cut enough from one of the slightly longer sides which can be folded in haf with a seam allowance sewed under. This forms the waist band.
Use a plate or whatever circular object is of the correct proportions and mark a curve at two bottom corners. Cut following this line. You can see the desired effect above.
Next I formed a pleat in the middle and hand basted it in place- takes a few seconds and just makes life a bit easier
I then used Bias Tape to cover the raw edge of the fat quarter, along three of its sides. The great thing about Bias Tape is that it goes around corners like there is no tomorrow :0)
When I attached the waste band, which covered the ends of the Bias Tape, I slipped more of the Bias Tape around the front of the waste band, since I liked the effect. I also remembered to tuck in the tape which I was using for apron ties into the open ends of the waistband.
Sewed it all in place ..oh, forgot to mention, I also made a hanging loop which you can just see peeking out of the top left corner of the picture. This was my one 'design' feature ;0) This was pinned in place and sewn with the waistband
This was real fast and dirty sewing. I didn't have any orange thread. Not one. So I went with the blue which I had in the machine because I was being lazy. I could've taken time to lovingly find the perfect contrast.. but this apron is a one-night stand, not the love of my life...even sew, some of my sewing was appalling...looks like a drunk has taken my sewing fo a walk.
But....there's alway's a but...this took an hour to make from getting the fabric out (pre-washed!) to cutting the last threads. Can't say better than that.
See what I mean about that sewing???
Gosh darn it! I thought you were going to do a Calendar Girls style thing and hide all your goods behind your apron - or is that perhaps what happens behind closed doors?! ;-) (with a post entitled Pinny Porn, what did you expect?!)
ReplyDeleteThoroughly adorable pinny though! Love the idea of just using a fat quarter! Excellent - and well done you! :D