Flowers and Swirls

Greetings! Sorry about the little hiatus, we've had some people on the poorly side. Here are a few pictures of an apron I made as gift for a friend whose lovely wedding shower my mother and I attended last week.

Fabric: August Fields by Amy Butler

Pattern: Butterick 5263 View B

Christmas Camp 2009 - Project Five

My apron from camp.

Christmas Sewing Camp 2009 - Friday

On Friday the girl's made aprons using this pattern.

It was such a fun week! Thank you all for being such wonderful students and thank you Lillian for helping me teach on Friday!

Sewing is much more fun...

When you do it with friends! My mom is coordinating a wedding reception and she decided it would be fun for all the workers to have matching aprons. She really liked the brown one I made not long ago so we got some more of the same fabric and Lillian, Eady and I started making them Saturday night.


It was fun, we were up till past eleven and there is still more sewing to do! But, as I said, it was fun!

And Brown Too

I decided to make a new apron to wear during sewing camp (I thought it might be nice to have pockets for once!). I pulled out Butterick 5263 (another unused pattern!) and took the envelope to Hobby Lobby where I found this lovely home dec fabric on sale for four dollars a yard! I then proceeded to buy the wrong kind of bias tape but I made work, I forced it to go on!, and actually, I like it a lot.

Scrappy Aprons

Problem #1 - We were invited to a party and according to the invitation were required to wear aprons. All our aprons, however, where not looking their best.

Problem #2 - There was no time to go to the store.

Solution - Dig through the scrap bin and feverishly throw something together.

Fabric: Scraps!

Pattern: I made it up as I went along.

Velvet ribbon from One Hundred Wishes.

This is my apron, the above pictures were of Mom's.

Have a blessed Lord's Day!

Amy Butler Apron

After due consideration I decided to try out blog swapping. I entered the Amy Butler Apron Swap hosted by Holly. I finished my apron this afternoon. Enjoy!

Pattern: Aunt Emma's Apron by Indygo Junction

Fabric: Belle by Amy Butler

Pattern and green print fabric purchased from area quilt shops. Pink pocket print purchased from Fabric Closet.

Another Birthday Apron

I must confess, I thought about keeping this one because it looked really good on our dress form!

Birthday Gift for a Cat Lover

Fabric is 100% cotton from Jo-ann's.

Pattern is Simplicity 3949.

Strawberry Aprons

I finished these two aprons yesterday. They are made from a tablecloth and vintage handkerchiefs.

First apron. I bought the tablecloth at a local antique and gift store but the tag said "Moda Home". The material is a cotton twill.

First apron pocket. This one is my favorite.

Apron back.

Second apron. The pattern was from a booklet I bought at Hobby Lobby called Sew Simple by Gooseberry Patch.

I'm planning on selling these but don't know the where's and when's yet. Oh, and as a side note I probably will not be posting very many, if any, more sewing or crafting projects until January because from now 'til then they will all be Christmas related. See you later!