It’s been an action-packed week, but with a birthday party coming up tomorrow afternoon I needed to get some girly sewing done. One of my son’s classmates is celebrating her 4th birthday tomorrow and, as I’ve written about before, any chance to sew for a girl is an opportunity not to be missed. With my tight schedule this summer I knew it had to be something fairly simple and decided on a personalized apron to go along with a store-bought cooking set.
I am pleased that everything in this project came from my stash. I started with a piece of pink denim and added two pink and brown coordinates for ruffles and binding. Since the denim is very thick I decided against a double-fold hem along the sides and bound the edges instead. The bottom ruffle was sewn onto the wrong side of the apron along with a bias strip which, when flipped to the right side, was topstitched in place. This finished the reverse side nicely. I embroidered the birthday girl’s name on the bib.
I based this project on the apron tutorial I wrote last July. I also took inspiration for my project from some aprons my friend Kathy made for her friends' little girl, pictured below.
This week I’ve also been working on several more swimwear pieces, some embroidery for a friend and some “Good Samaritan” repair work on some church garments. All in all, a satisfying week of sewing.
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