Wednesday, December 19, 2007

One for us!


When making the apron gifts I accidentally cut the width of one piece of fabric too narrow, so I could not use it to make ruffles, so I thought why not make a Chrissy apron for us?


This was a combined effort apron. Sofie sewed, I ironed, pinned and made the bias tape and Ellen helped with the design.


Originally Sofie and I had made the apron with the main fabric and used remnants to make the binding and pockets. Here is a picture of the first draft...


I felt that there was something missing and that the pockets (yes they are on an angle) looked like they did not belong. I said that maybe we need the pocket fabric somewhere else on the apron. And that is where Ellen came in - she suggested the second ruffle to bring more fabric in.


And then just to finish off we put some bows and buttons on the pockets!

Now to some sewing that is NOT aprons......

5 comments:

Summerset said...

Cute and a group effort, too! Ellen was right on in the addition of the extra ruffle for more color.

Sigrid said...

Cute aprons Vicky, what a nice gift for your colleagues.

Tany said...

Well done! That extra ruffle makes all the difference!

mimi jackson said...

Very cute! Your aprons have such persoanlity!

Now you'll need another apron to protect your apron from getting dirty when you cook!

Ann Made Studio said...

Vicki your aprons look very very nice.I really like your choices of print/colour. My winter scene on my blog was taken in 2005,(I hadnt finished my entry before your comment), my MIL just sent me one taken this month...not much change over the years...never...ever no snow there :{