Fall weather makes me want to do things. Does it you? I want to Do Things like bake bread, stir stew, sew an apron...
And if I'm going to sew an apron, why not a ruffled apron for baking that bread and stirring those stews? This apron was an easy one to make, even for me - a straight-lines-only amateur seamstress. Want to sew one, too? I'll try to help get you started. Here's how I did it...
First, a piece of muslin cut to the size of the apron (but a few inches less than the length desired):
Cut fabric choices into folded strips the width (horizontally) of your muslin, and twice the length (vertically) you prefer each strip to be.
Fold the strips in half (into one long strip). Sew the strips closed along the long side. The strips will then have one raw, long side (with sewing stitches shown) and one folded long side.
Turn under the raw edges of the shorter ends and sew shut.
Sew the strips onto the apron, along the raw, long side of each strip. I found it easiest to sew from the bottom of the apron up, allowing the last ruffle to hang over the bottom edge of the apron.
For the tie, I sewed an extra long strip of fabric, folded it over the top edge of the muslin, and sewed along its length. It looks like this...
And, viola!, an apron! A ruffled apron, no less!
Oh, p.s., if you don't have a fancy machine, don't worry. We don't need a fancy machine to sew things! Mine is an old ugly thing after 16 years of sewing. It was my first Christmas gift from that handsome man I married and still peek my eyes open to every morning. It's humble, but it can still sew. That's what matters to a sewing machine anyway.
