This is the
Cottage Chic Cooking Apron tutorial I made for the
Christmas Gift Tutorial Swap. I waited on posting a photo until after my swap partner,
BJ Mama received it in the mail. I didn't want to spoil the surprise!
The reversible apron tutorial came from the amazingly talented Kathleen Doughtery at
Grosgrain Fabulous. I am not half the seamstress she is, in fact I am quite a newbie. She suggests two hours to make this apron. For me? I needed, oh, twelve! Granted, that wasn't in one sitting and I also put it down to the fact this was the first time in my life I've ever sewn an apron, let alone reversible with a ruffle.
All in all, the tutorial is really easy and the instructions are clear, easy to follow too। When I made a second apron, it only took me four hours, so I'm guessing the more familiar I become with the pattern, and more importantly, the techniques, the faster everything will come together (within reason। If you can knock this off in thirty minutes, you are super-human).
Things that I changed on my second apron: I made the apron ties longer, the ruffle wider, and I cut the apron front & back in a bigger, more rounded "U" shape.
While the pattern doesn't stipulate using fat quarters, I found that you can easily use fat quarters and fudge the width by making your ruffle bigger (a look I like anyway).
I will definitely make a few more of these for Christmas gifts!
-k
