Retro Chic Apron
Cook with style!
The Retro Chic Apron combines retro nostalgia with urban flair. Today's flirty fabrics make this apron a blast to sew and fun to wear. You will want to make one for yourself, your family, and your friends!
Sew along with me as I share simple techniques that will unravel sewing mysteries such as attaching bias tape and rickrack. Improve your sewing skills, learn to finish seams like a pro and make your apron a handmade treasure. This workshop includes the full pattern for a vintage-inspired apron that is flattering on a wide range of figures. You'll also get step-by-step photographs, printable instructions, a professionally drafted PDF pattern and access to discussions, tips, questions and more!
This project works best with 100% quilting weight cotton. With so many fabric options available, you can create many unique looks by switching up trims and fabric combinations.
The pattern contains PROFESSIONALLY DRAFTED PATTERN PIECES that are tiled for printing. Included also are professionally drafted directions for assembling the pattern tiles. This is not a just hand-drawn pattern, but includes detailed instructions and lots of color pictures to guide you through each step.
The Retro Chic Apron fits sizes 2-14 but can be modified slightly for larger sizes. Finished apron is approximately 28 inches (71.7 cm) long with two 29 inch (73.7 cm) waist ties.
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Category:
Sewing
Skill Level:
Beginner
Basic Skills Necessary:
Basic sewing machine skills
Includes:
Pattern, Instructions, Step-by-step photosYou Will Need:
- Main Fabric: 1 yard (0.92 meters) 100% Cotton
- Coordinating Fabric: 5/8 Yard (0.57 meters) 100% Cotton
- Thread in coordinating color
- 1 package Wrights 1/4 inch (0.6 cm) Single-Fold Bias Tape
- 1 package Wrights Jumbo Rick Rack
- 1 3/4 yards (1.6 meters) Giant Rick Rack
- Scissors
- Water soluble fabric marking pen
- Pins
- Measuring Tape and/or yardstick
- Sewing machine
- Tape
- Iron
Optional Tools:
- Rotary cutting wheel
- Self-healing cutting mat
- Quilter?s ruler
- Serger
- Fray check
About the Designer:
Sugar Pie Chic
For me, sewing was instinctive. My mom loves to sew and both of my grandmothers were extremely talented with all types of sewing. When I was very young, I naturally headed to my mom?s sewing scraps and started making doll clothes. At age 12, I received an inexpensive Singer sewing machine for Christmas. After that, I was making almost all of my clothes. As they say, "The rest was history."
Reviews of this Workshop
Retro Chic Apron March 12, 2013
mcmiller
I loved this apron, just wish this was a video instead of just written instruction. The apron was hard for me as I am a beginner and the curves really gave me a challenge.
Makes a very sweet apron February 24, 2013
KayleenR
This was a fairly fast project with adorable results.
great tutorial March 26, 2012
Mother Dearest
Would have given it 5 stars if some of the pictures had been better angles, etc. This project went together perfectly! Very quick and easy. I will be making this again. I made it for my daughters friend who is getting married. She is 22. She loved it!
Retro Chic Apron March 6, 2012
pagedarren
What a great project. My room-mates step-mother came to visit with us from Mexico. She speaks no English and I speak maybe six words of Spanish. She does however cook like nobody's business. As a thank you gift for the delicious meals I made her an apron. She was delighted. I have to admit I was a little unsure about the rick-rack and bias tape finish. It seemed too much work and not really necessary. Boy was I dead wrong. She picked right up on the rick-rack hem and having seen it on ...
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