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   sweffling
   February 25th, 2012 - 10:27

   Love the choices of material, they go really well together. In fact the whole apron looks extremely professional, well done!
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   Kathryn
   February 26th, 2012 - 08:27

   Thank you very much! Going into a material store is like going into a candy store. There’s so much to choose from, and i want some of everything. It’s not as bad on the teeth as a candy store of course, but just as bad on the wallet! haha
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   خياطة وتفصيل
   March 1st, 2012 - 11:34

   thanks it’s a nice idea i’m so excited to begin one like it
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   Grace
   March 2nd, 2012 - 17:26

   Now that’s what I call ‘stylish’ it would almost be a shame to get it messy haha! Love the floral detail to the side.
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   Michelle
   March 11th, 2012 - 02:53

   Hi! I’m also a beginner in sewing. Like you,the material store is a candy store and I’ve just spent so much on materials yesterday! I am so excited and am searching for a nice (fairly easy) apron tutorial and I came upon here! Your apron looks fabulous! One question though – what kind of stitch did you use on the flowers? And what is the length if your apron? The friend I am making this for is fairly tall and I just am not sure how much longer to make it. Thank you!
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   Kathryn
   March 11th, 2012 - 07:40

   Hi Michelle – Congrats on taking up a new hobby! I’m really having fun with it. For this project, the finished apron here is 23 inches long overall, that’s from top of waistband to bottom of ruffle. I’m about 5′ 3″ tall, so that gives you an idea how the length falls on someone my height. I’ve made a couple of these aprons so far, so maybe I can give you some pointers on cutting measurements? Decide:
   1) how wide you want it to be, which is kind of just half your waist measurement anyhow since it just goes half way around when you put it on (call this “apron width“)
   2) how long you want it to be (call this “apron length“), and
   3) how long you want the ties to be (call this “ties length“)

   Then your cutting guidelines become:
   Main and lining fabric – cut one rectangular piece from each, apron width wide x apron length long
   From the coordinating fabric:
   Waistband – one, 12″ x apron width
   Ties – two, 8″ x ties length
   Ruffle – two, 4″ x width of fabric (i found this was on the safe said and gave too much ruffle to work with, but better to have too much and cut off what you don’t need than have not enough!)

   For the flower I just zig-zag stitched around the edge of all circles used to put the flower together. At first I did this just to prevent the material from fraying later, but I actually liked the look it gave the flower petal edges.

   Hope this all helps…. I’d love to see the finished project!
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   DCEast
   March 28th, 2012 - 09:53

   Man, I need an astronaut suit while cooking…*sigh*…haha.
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   Kathryn
   March 29th, 2012 - 10:22

   I’d need some special insulation to make you one of those. Or we could just put you in a bubble!

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