New passion of mine...Aprons!

Okay, so I NEVER have worn aprons, not once -- until I became a mom. Spit up and peas, and having to change my shirts every few hours made me much more open to frilly aprons that made me feel like a woman again.  I made my first last year from a little girl's dress (pictured above, but don't look too closely at the stitching!)  I loved it and have been thinking of making another ever since. Then, a friend of mine recently completed construction on her dream home, and had everything she could possibly need for it, so I was stuck for housewarming gift ideas.  Then it dawned on me -- a feminine apron!  Every mom needs one!

Making hers gave me the confidence to make one for myself as well (though it didn't give me the time I would've liked to do it...heehee!) And I typically try to recycle used clothing, but it's more difficult to find playful/colorful patterns.  So when in Walmart, I randomly came upon a HUGE rack of bandannas.  They weren't all your typical paisleys either!  These two prints screamed, "Hey, I'd like to be an apron!"  I agreed!  What do ya think!? 

This was SEW simple.  I mean it!  I just topstitched the 2 bandannas together, folded down the top corners into the inside of the apron, and added an ad-hoc, handmade binding (straight grain) for the waist ties.  (Yes, I could've cut off those top corners, but I wanted greater absorbency since I use aprons as a hand towel quite often.)  Seriously, these were just about as simple as sewing can get!  And made in under 30min -- you CAN'T beat that :)