When I was growing up my grandmother always wore an apron and there were always goodies in her pockets. It’s one of my fondest memories as a child, so now that my sister is a grandma I made her an apron. Aprons are great first sewing projects because they are so forgiving. I’m not good at following a bunch of directions and with an apron you can get the basic shape and wing it!
All you need is some material, less than half a yard. I like to use contrasting material for the pockets and sash.
*Measure from hip to hip on whomever the apron is for, then add half again. For example if your hip to hip measurement is 22” add another 11” , then measure from waist to where ever you want the apron to land. I’m making mine 21” long so my rectangle is 34”x22’. I added an inch to each measurement for seam allowances.
*For the sash, measure your waist and add three feet for tying. Make sure you measure your waist above your clothes and loosely, you want the apron to have plenty of room, if it’s tight and uncomfortable you won’t wear it.
*For the pockets lay your hand on the fabric and measure down and across, making sure you make the pocket roomy enough. My pockets are 8”x8”, this includes the seam allowance.
The first thing I do is iron all the seams down, then sew down the sides and across the bottom of the apron, don’t sew across the top. Next figure out where to put your pockets, mine are about 4 ½” from the center and about 9” down from the waist band. Sew the top sew of the pockets and then pin to the apron, sew in place.
For the sash, center the apron on the sash and gather it a little bit as you pin so that it returns to your original hip to hip measurement, in this case 22”. As you pin, enclose the top edge of the apron in the sash, once the pinning is finished sew the sash and you’re done!
Make lots of aprons, for yourself, a neighbor, your sister or the kids. Ivy loves to come over and put her apron on, she knows that means we are going to make goodies!