I'm a little off my beaten track but I
want to share a tea towel apron that I sewed. Yes, I said SEWED, not paper crafted! I am posting this on both my SU! and Magenta
Blogs so if you are a Follower of both my Blogs, you will have already seen this post on my SU! blog. It is just too neat not to share.
Anyways,
if you have 20 minutes to spare, you must try this apron. I am not the originator of this idea – it has
been around for some time.
Supplies
1 tea towel 19”x 28“ or so.
3 m of 1” wide ribbon or you sure could sew a tube by joining lightweight
fabric together.
You
need to wash and dry the tea towel to shrink it before beginning. Now press it.
Check the seams and re-sew if needed.
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| I found two spots that needed re-sewing. |
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| I sewed the whole length of the tea towel to be sure. |
Press
the tea towel in half lengthwise with right sides together. Find the center of
your ribbon and align it with the center of the towel's folded edge. I know, I
know – this doesn’t seem right that you are pinning the ribbon on the wrong
side of the tea towel but trust me, that is what you have to do. Pin ribbon along folded edge, through both layers
of the towel. Sew along the top and
bottom of the ribbon, through all layers.
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| Press the tea towel in half lengthwise with right sides together. |
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| Mark the center of your ribbon and the center of the towel's folded edge with pins. |
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| Pin through all thicknesses. |
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| Sew through all thicknesses. |
Fold
the top layer of the tea towel up to meet the ribbon. Pin just the folded top
layer, along the edges. Now sew through
the edges only. Bar tack at the top if
possible. There is quite a thickness
there so be careful – don’t break a needle as I did.
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| Pin just the folded top layer, along the edges. |
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| Sew along the edges only. |
Find
the center of this flap and mark. My
apron had a line that I followed while sewing so it was pretty simple. Now you have two healthy size pockets on your
apron. Again, bar tack at the top for
security. Finish the ends of your
ribbon. Since I am giving this as a
gift, I added a label to the inside, bottom edge. I’ve had these labels forever, I don’t even
know where they came from.
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| Find the center of this flap and mark. |
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| Sew on this marking. |
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| Finish the ends of your ribbon. |
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| I added a label to the inside, bottom edge. |
Wrap
the ties back around to the front and tie them under the pocket. That way, the apron will not move around
while you are wearing it. If I sew
another apron, I might just use enough ribbon so that it ties at the back only
– about 2 meters. It takes a lot of
ribbon to go around a guy twice!
Please
leave me a comment if you enjoyed this.
