Simple Kitchen Apron

We had an sewing project in Relief Society a while back. I get pretty stoked by stuff like this because they generally select projects that I can actually accomplish successfully. This project made me feel like a rockstar because it was so simple that a monkey could have made it--and someone with intelligence ranking near mindless (like me) could even improve upon the whole thing. Hence, the pride brought about by a charitable women's organization.

Oh, the irony.

In fact, the ego made me make two of them. The first one, was for me--mostly because, even monkeys need a trial run when using a sewing machine.

I lined the back and the front pocket. I got the fabric from JoAnn's because it was cheap, but I sort of wish that I would have had the money to look at Bernina. They have some great stuff in there.
Modeling session. Forgive the model, it was midnight. I had to stop sewing and go to choir in between the appliques and the trim. And below, you will see the iron-on/applique trims. I saw these on the clearance rack at the fabric store. They looked so cool, but they didn't turn out as crisp as I would have liked AND they were a holy pain in the grass to "iron-on." I don't think I ever did get them to fully "work according to manufacturing standards" but it was late and I decided to chalk it up to the bad decision category. I AM glad that I hadn't invested in a major project that was dependent upon the success of this measure.

I learned my lesson on the first one and decided to make a few changes on the second one (for Nanny Nancy). It's much cleaner with the embroidery stitching. Overall, my sewing was much better on this one.

For the record, I'm making a couple more and I think that I'm going to trim the pattern down and make a couple for the kids. But not before Christmas. I haven't lost all of my faculties, yet.