Want to add a little something extra to your child’s Valentine’s Day this year? How about a handmade apron? Kids love aprons if not for cooking, then for crafts.
You have two options here:
1. You can make a really cute apron, from a dishtowel, and I tell you how below, or
2. You can cut to the chase and just buy one that I made for just $7.50. (No one will think badly of you if you just buy it—it’s still handmade!)
Yes, I made it from a dishtowel. This is a handy trick my super creative friend Leslie Saito taught me. You can find some very cute and very inexpensive dishtowels at Target, Ikea, and elsewhere. Many of them have cute borders or appliqués to add to the design. Take the dishtowel and from a short end (the side without the border if it’s designed like that), measure about 3’ to 3.5” inches. Fold diagonally. Repeat on the other side.
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| Measure 3"-3.5" on short edge of dishtowel & fold diagonally. |
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| Repeat on the other side. |
Press it into place. This will form your casing.
Stitch about 1” from your folded edge.
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| This will make your casing. |
You’ll need about two yards of coordinating trim—anything will work, ribbon, ricrac, cord, etc. Starting with the lower edge of one casing, run the trim through using a safety pin to guide it.
Once you come through the top, the trim will create the neck hole of the apron. Continue to lace the trim down through the other casing. Adjust so ends are even.
Just slip the top loop over your child’s head, then tie the trim on the back. If this is for a really young (small) child, you might be able to wrap the tie back around to the front and tie it there.
You can buy one of four prints I made this weekend by clicking here. You can also access my Carts and Rafts shop on the right hand column of this blog.
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