Mother & Daughter Aprons

My latest project is a set of matching aprons for my sister-in-law and niece.

I chose a pattern for a reversible apron and used cut-outs from the large print fabric to appliqué detail onto the side with smaller print for interest.

I included pockets on each side and bound them with bias tape cut from the large print fabric as well. The pockets on the fruity side are pieced with green from the border of the large print fabric.





This was a really fun project to personalize and make my own.

The pattern for the mother's apron is from Simple Sewing by Lotta Jansdotter.
The smaller apron is my own design, with thanks of course to AnneMarie, Hannah, and little Lou. ;-)

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More Appliqué

Here is a second appliqué I made for the same project. Since the entire piece is attached to the pocket, I was able to machine stitch the whole thing.



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Fun with Appliqué!

This is my first attempt at appliqué. It is part of an apron project and I will post complete photos here very soon.



Drawing on instructions from several books, I applied interfacing to stiffen the (pear) fabric and trimmed the image, leaving about half an inch all the way around.

I pinned the piece securely to the background (green) fabric. I machine stitched in a straight line around the shapes, then re-stitched with a tight zig-zag. I hand-stitched the stem and right leaf to avoid closing off part of the pocket.

Once all the stitching was done, I carefully snipped away the extra fabric with a small pair of scissors.

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Fleece Imp Hat & Mittens

I made hat and mittens for my niece for Christmas. The hat pattern is very easy and requires no machine stitching. It's entirely constructed with the yarn whip stitching you can see. The mittens (which I made without thumbs - kind of like hand socks) require a little machine sewing to attach elastic inside the wrists.



This pattern is from Simple Gifts to Stitch by Jocelyn Worral.
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