An Apron for Leiah

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Leiah's original picture

For my bff and cousin Leiah, I really wanted to make her something special, so I looked on her Pinterest account to give me some ideas.  I also recently learned that she likes to cook, even though I have never seen this. ;) On one of her boards she had a picture of an apron that I thought was beautiful and I was on a mission to make it for her! As you can see it is pretty awesome, but fairly simple to make it, at least I thought!

Things you will need:

• material, I chose linen (beige like the picture)
• sewing machine
• scissors, measuring tape, pins, thread (any color, I chose brown)

As you probably can tell without a pattern I kind of just made it up in my head of how I thought I should do this.  Due to the lack of formal instruction I decided to just give you a summery of how I did it.  If you have more questions you can always email me for further instructions.  

Square cut out of fabric

The hardest part I think was measuring.  My cousin Leiah is the tiniest person I know, and seeing as it was a surprise for Christmas I only had her Husband, LT, to help me figure out her measurements.  I took her waist measurements, using her pant size, and her chest measurements using her bra size.  Using those measurements I cut out a square of the fabric.

Cut out base design of apron

Then using the square I cut out the shape of the apron I would be working with. Of course you will need to cut out the same piece for the back as well.  I then began working on the skirt and sewing on the ruffles.  I found an online tutorial of how to sew ruffles without using a ruffler foot tool for your sewing machine.  Start by setting your stitch length to the longest length on your machine.  Increase the tension. This is where it becomes a little 'dependent on your machine'.  After I finished, I began sewing on the ruffles to the "base" cut out of the apron.

Next, It was time to sew the strings that she would use to tie the apron.  I wanted to create that criss-cross effect that the original picture had.  I knew two strings would suffice to keep the apron up, but I felt two wouldn't look right.  I decided to sew on more strings, but only long enough for looks.

After that I sewing the back piece, on the base cut to hide the seams on the back and I was finished. Special thanks to my cousin Kristina for letting me use her apartment and keeping me company while I finished the apron.  Leiah I hope you love it, Merry Christmas!

Thanks again! Jess, out!

Finished Apron