Crappy In-Laws, Rainy Weather, and Crafts

Hello everyone! I am having a really crappy day and I thought blogging about a couple of crafts I have done might make me feel better. First off I will start with an apron I made out of two 20" cloth napkins. I first saw this site a while ago and wanted to make an apron like she did. https://www.craftstylish.com/item/3661/make-one-adorable-apron-from-two-colorful-napkins

Unfortunately I couldn't find napkins as cute as she did.

 This is what I found instead. Two 20" green stripe napkins and a matching ribbon I liked. First press your napkins so they aren't too wrinkled.

  

For the top of the apron press two pleats running vertically down the napkin. Make sure they are even on both sides and measure against your chest to make sure the width of the top of the apron is comfortable. You don't want the bottom of the apron to be pleated so make sure the pleats gradually widen out.
 Next sew your pleats into place. It is hard to tell in the picture but I stitched just a little inside the edge of the pleat all the way to the bottom. I stopped about 2" from the bottom of the napkin.

 Now you want to measure where you want the strings to tie and the pockets to start. I made my apron as long as it would go and stitched the second apron to the very edge of the bottom of the first.  I stitched as close to the edge on the backside since that part will be exposed. The front seam will be covered with the ribbon.  This is a picture of the front.

 

Measure how long you want your apron strings to be and cut your ribbon to that length. Then pin the ribbon into place and stitch along the top and bottom of the ribbon.
 When your ribbon is in place fold the bottom half of the apron up to form the pockets. Line up the edges so they are even and sew along the two open ends.






I made two evenly sized pockets by sewing one seam straight down the middle. You could add more pockets if you wanted.

Lastly, measure how long you want your top strap to be and cut your ribbon to length. I tucked the ends of the ribbon into the pleats and sewed one seam straight across the whole front.  Your apron is now complete.





Allow me to finish by saying I hate the new format for posting photos to our blog.  This short post was a huge headache to get organized.  I hope you enjoyed this.  My apron is lovely and I may give it as a gift.  I already own about 6 aprons so I really don't need another.  I was going to post another craft I did, but I think I will stop here for now.  Hope your day is going better than mine.