I just had to try my hand at these Christmas Baking Aprons.
I even had some furry fabric on hand, from which to
construct them. I was fortunate to have this because both the red and the white
are knits so I didn’t have to worry about hems and seam finishing. I treated
the red as I would a felt fabric.
From the red I cut two rectangles, one 24cm x 14cm, the other 7cm x 10cm. I joined them with a zig zag stitch by just butting them up against each other, no seam allowance.
Then I added the waist tie. This could be any strip of
fabric, about 75cm long: a roulade, bias tape, ribbon, whatever. In this case,
I used a shoelace! I made sure it covered the zig zag join and ran over the
skirt part to the ends and tied at the back.
Next, the white furry hem. This is attached to the front, right
sides together, then I turned it to the back and stitched it down to the back.
I used a red ribbon for the neck tie. I ran it across the
top of the apron, in hindsight, I should have run it down each side of the bodice
piece. It would sit flat if I had, plus it would finish those side seams nicely.
Finally, I used a yarn darning needle and a scrap of white
acrylic yarn to embroider a snowflake and a star to the front of each apron.
Time for the dollies to get making some Christmas cookies!
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