Now I’ve finally got the sewing machine out, I wanted to share the quick make apron I made on Sunday.
Lovely husband needs to wear an apron at work for one day a year at Christmas. All year I’d been intending to make him a festive one. But I got so wrapped up in everything else Christmas, forgot to make a plan until I went to make it. Panic set in…
I’m so bad at drawing it had to be something simple. But what? Then the lovely Sewchet posted her personalised santa sack tutorial and I saw the reindeer face on the front. Of course! Even I could draw a reindeer head – couldn’t I?
I checked my felt stash – there was no brown at all. I had no time to go to the shop, but my lovely next door neighbour but one said she was going. In the event she couldn’t get any brown, but got these…
Pulling out some red fabric from my stash, I pinned an apron to it and cut around it, adding a small allowance all around for hemming.
I pressed a thin hem all around the edge and pinned it down.
Fortunately I’d thought ahead in one respect and bought some of this stuff when I bought my other Christmas fabric – can’t remember what it’s called – can someone tell me please?
I measured it against the ties on the apron and cut pieces a couple of inches longer…
…folded the ends inside the appropriate places in the hem, then pressed again, before sewing the hem down.
I then folded the stuff I don’t know the name of back and secured it now facing in the right direction…
Finally I folded over the ends of the ties and sewed them down to complete the apron.
Next to draw the reindeer…
I cut each piece out and use it as a template to cut the felt – in the end I used coins to cut the eyes, instead of making then leaf shaped. I also used black felt instead of burgundy, because it clashed with the red of the apron.
I stitched the felt on with straight stitch. Although I didn’t secure the ends with the machine, but took them through by hand to make it neater.
Finally finished, I presented it to Lovely Husband – who happened to be watching Sports Personality of the Year, so wanted to give you his Usain Bolt pose.
Hurrah! Only one more make and a house to clean now. Are you there yet?
Great apron! I think the stuff you don’t know the name of is webbing.
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Thank you – had total brain freeze over that one.
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My brain is freezing up a lot at the moment!!
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🙂 Know what you mean!
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Very cute apron. And your husband is really rocking it!
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Thank you. I’ll let him know 🙂
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Great Apron Bekki!! I am nearly there with my makes, just a few more deliveries to do and some baking after that 🙂 x
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Well done. I forgot baking – although that’s a team activity once the girls are here 🙂
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We are nearly finished here, too. Wish I had need of a reindeer apron….think I’ll put it on the list for next year. Your husband is certainly having a grand time with his!
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I’m absolutely sure you have need of a reindeer apron 😉 Oh yes, husband knows how to have a party
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Yay!!! We have more stitches!! And a tutorial too…..!! Get you!!
Hubby looks fab in his apron hope he gets to wear it more than just the one day at work. 😃
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🙂 Thank you. He’ll probably wear it Christmas day and do no cooking!
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Love the pose! Have just finished all the shopping and sat down on the settee. I’m not intending to move for some time… 🙂
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Well done you! Christmas food shop blows my mind – I always forget something.
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Well, I’m choosing not to check now! The fridge is so full, something’s bound to get ‘lost’ anyway…
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Brilliant apron!
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Thank you 🙂
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A fab last minute make Bekki :-)!! I’m sure your lovely hubby will want to wear it as much as possible during the Christmas festivities…maybe it’ll spur him on to take over completely in the kitchen and give you this year off???! 😉
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Unlikely!
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Perfect for making Christmas lunch! Luckilly dear family is cooking ours.Merry Christmas!
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In that case I’ll be the one wearing it. Can’t trust him with food.
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:-DX
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Fantastic apron (and pose)! I love the reindeer. 🙂 I’m up to the cleaning part too, but might put the air con on so I can sneak in baking a few more gingerbread today 🙂 have a brilliant Christmas Bekki!
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Good plan! You have a brilliant one too! xx
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Fab – glad to have been useful! I think it’s cotton tape rather than webbing, not that it matters. Yep, house cleaning is scheduled for all day tomorrow – while I’m shopping:)
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Oh now you’ve gone and done it – I’ve gone all Sheldon and have to know. I was thinking when Janey said webbing it was like that stuff you used to have strung across the bottom of chairs, which was webbing, but thicker. But this is thinner. Will have to ask next time I’m in the fabric shop. Ha ha! Well done having a cleaner. I used to have one but she did my head in – see all Sheldon again 🙂
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I was being ironic and referring to the men! Our cleaner just didn’t turn up one day and we can’t find another:)
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Really? Men can clean without supervision? Good cleaners are hard to find 😦
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Love the apron and the reindeer. I was very last minute this Christmas and almost missed it!!! I use to be so much more organised but should not have second sons birthday at the end of November. Bad timing there!
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Thank you. And thank you for commenting. What a naughty second son turning up so close to Christmas 😉
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Fantastic last minute effort with this, Bekki! The finished product looks great, especially when modelled in the Usain Bolt pose. Love the reindeer- he’s so cute. I’m playing catch up today, as I’ve hardly been on my blog since before Christmas. I’ll be back to read more later on. 😀
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Thanks Millie. Yes, hard to keep up over Christmas, but would be sad if it wasn’t 🙂
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Hi Bekki. I’ve just come back onto your blog to carry on reading. Usual morning things all done for now, so I’ll peruse away… 🙂
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Lovely. Just put up another post. I’m hiding in from the weather – although it looks as if the horrific wind has died down, so I’ll be off out soon.
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I’ve already done my long trek for the morning and can say that it was a real battle against the wind. It wasn’t a cold wind, though – just a very violent/vindictive one that seemed determined to have me on the ground! Flippin’ Harry, indeed. 😀
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Harry? Is that a different one? It’s storm Frank we’ve got here. I checked the weather this morning and it said the wind would die considerably at 11ish, so waited – although to be honest, with Hicks being an older dog, I wouldn’t have gone out in what we had earlier if it had stayed all day.
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Well you’re right. I get confused with names like Fred, Harry and Frank. They’re names of some of my favourite characters from my ff writing! I hear one name and automatically think of the others.:D (No, I haven’t been at the wine since Christmas Eve!) Honest truth. Frank it is.
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I know what you mean – especially once you get the wrong name lodged in your head. I must say I did wonder round yesterday asking how the met office expected anyone to take a storm named Frank seriously. They need to work on some fiercer names.
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Yes, Frank is one of those sort of names that gets used in ‘comedies’… like Eastenders. Or perhaps that’s more of a tragedy! Either title suits such rubbish – personal opinion, of course.
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🙂
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