TOO March/April – Take Two

I was feeling very inadequate once the apron gallery for this Tie One On came out.  There were some amazing aprons and I just submitted something at the last minute that I thought would qualify due to the little 4 inch piece of rick-rack I put on the pocket.  I felt like I was back in college on critique day, turning in my project and not liking it, but I had to turn in something.  There were always those students that turned in an amazing photograph or design and they didn’t spend any time in the studio, just whipped it out at the last minute.  I know this isn’t college and noone is grading me, but I can’t justify submitting a fuzzy photo and feel like I did a good job.  Okay, enough of that!  The opportunity presented itself to make an apron for a little friend of Ian’s.  Her birthday party is this Saturday, so what better way to make up for my lack of creativity, than to make another apron for this little friend!  Indeed that is what I did. 

This “springy” little number is made from a kitchen towel or tea towel.  The neck ties with a pink grossgrain ribbon that is threaded through a casing to give it a cinched look or the Betty Rubble look, especially with the zig-zag bottom.  That was not the plan initially, but after I cut it out, I realized it had a stone age flair!  I added a pocket from the pieces I cut off to zag the bottom and lined the edges with a chunky, white rick-rack and a smaller yellow rick-rack.  That’s all and that’s the end!