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Apron: done! Another albatross heads out to sea….

Can you tell things are settling down? It’s a near miracle. And I am having fun avoiding working on my book by doing (and cleaning up) lots of little things. One thing I accomplished this week amid mom stuff, kid stuff, general exhaustion (what else is new) and walking the cutest dog on the planet, I made an apron! When teaching at Sarah Johnson Quilts in Belfast, Maine, at the end of February, I spotted this apron pattern from Indygo Junction:

Apron pattern

I snapped it up, and some Westminster fabric and some batik I had planned to use for a totebag got snagged for the apron. I will admit, I was a bit surprised by the pattern. Now, I am used to professional garment patterns (have been sewing with Butterick, et alia, since I was aged in single digits, which was a loooonnnnggggg time ago), but there wasn’t a layout! Nor was there a little guide showing what pattern pieces were on the pattern tissue. That meant the all-text, no pictures instructions were hard to follow. I was also mystified why they printed the cross stitch pattern on the tissue and again on the reverse side of the instruction sheet. They would have done FAR better to eliminate the second version of the cross stitch (on the red apron) and write adequate directions. Apron…favorite side

That said, I loved the apron! I adapted it…instead of making a partial lining, it was a WHOLE lot simpler to simply make it reversible…clean finished edges everywhere, no fussy lining up of stuff or unsighly seams showing, etc . And it makes it two layers at the tummy, where I’m always leaning against a drippy counter! The photo above is of my favorite side. Thanks to Eli (number 2 son) who is my relieable photographer. Please ignore the gut, the glasses, the lack of make-up (and therefore nearly invisible eyes!), etc. What can I say, I’m a plumpish, medium-everything (brown, weight, height, etc) except of course for the fish-belly white skin….. Anyway, photos are a good cure for delusions that I might look decent (and hotel bathroom mirrors are downright evil, but we’re not gonna go there….).

Enough blathering…here’s the other side of the apron:

Apron, other side

It took a few shots (and reminding myself I look less plumpish if I grin!), but I like the photo…..

This coming week:  quilt Joshua’s quilt  and write an article or two… or at least START the articles, after crazy life and quilting, Cheers, Sarah

One Response to “Apron: done! Another albatross heads out to sea….”

  1. Marie Says:

    Love Love Love it ! You look fabulous in it! Just getting ready for waffle Sunday??!