Retro Cherry Apron

~~~~~~~~~~~~

Finally! The promised pictures of my new Retro Cherry Apron!

We've had this fabric for several years...it was dwelling peacefully in the ever-growing fabric stash, but I finally decided to uproot it and make it into something beautiful. I realllllyyyy wanted it to look retro, so I searched and searched (and searched) on Pinterest, and gleaned a few ideas from my Apron board. Finally I decided on a circle-type bottom with a sweetheart top. I LOVE how it came out. To me, it is the epitome of a sweet retro apron.

To get the circular bottom, I hopped over to Cotton and Curls for the circle skirt formula. Obviously, I only made one half circle, since I was just making an apron. The top - I literally just started pinning and cutting and pinning and cutting until I finally came up with a good shape.

The ruffle and waistband fabric is actually from an ancient pair of pajamas that I always loved, but they had gotten wayyyy too small. The neck of the pajamas had a ruffle on it, so I chopped that off, re-basted it, and voila! An instant ruffle for the neckline. 

I had to redo the top several times over (there was a bit of mortification...*sigh*) because the point in the middle of it just would not come out right. AND, I kept having to redo the positioning of the strap because that too just would. not. look right. Finally, however, it WAS just right, and I top-stitched it with red thread.

I serged the hem and then hand-stitched it. It took a little while, but it came out great. 

Thanks to Thelma Lou, our trusty model and dressform, for modeling the apron. :)

Thanks so much for stopping by!! Come back soon and see what's cookin' (or sewin')!
I'd love to have you join my sew-along!

Visit the blog live to leave a comment.