Rainy Day Sewing

Hello Lovelies,

I made something! Gosh, I've been in the crafty doldrums for so long that I was beginning to think I would never have any makes to share with you lovelies ever again.

Yesterday morning I went for a walk and came home just before the rain started. I was sorting the laundry when I noticed my sad and stained looking apron. How I loved this pink polka dot pinny. 

 You can see it looking lovely HERE. 

But sadly, despite various efforts to remove it's stains, today it looks like this..........

On a whim I looked through my fabric stash and almost immediately came across this thrifted curtain.........

Ooooh, purple checks, that could look nice.

Feeling lazy I placed my old apron in the corner of the curtain so two seams were already made :0)

And I cut around my old apron, leaving a seam allowance for the remaining edges.

For the curve of the bib I made little nicks......

and carefully pressed a narrow hem............

Pinned all the hems in place.........

Then looked out of the window and thought how nice it was to be warm indoors on such a miserable day.......



I dusted off my sadly neglected sewing machine and got stitching..........

The hems were easy enough, but adding the ties was a bit of a struggle.........

For speed I had decided to re-use the ties from my old apron, but the machine didn't like all those layers....there was some frustration...I may have said bad things about my machine...sorry Tess ( Tess the Toyota )

After a tea break I tried again....and finally got there....not perfect but good enough.

Then there was just a pocket to add. My old apron had a small square pocket that was placed rather too high for my liking.

So I decided to make a bigger, curved pocket. I simply folded a sheet of A4 in half and cut off one corner.......

Then I spent a bit of time thinking about pattern matching before I cut out the fabric.......

Oh, this bit went well.....yes.....phew. I can still sew :0)

Just look at the matching checks and the nice neat stitching........

Even the less than perfect stitching on the ties looks OK I think........

I asked eldest to take a photo of my wearing my new pinny and we dashed outside for a few moments while the rain was just a drizzle.

Hello Lovelies..........

I'm thrilled with this simple make. And thrilled to have finally made something after so long.

Back very soon with holiday tales.
Jacquie x