My thanks to Craft
Warehouse for welcoming me back for a second year on their Design Team! My name is Staci, and I can usually be found over at my
blog, but today I'm here to talk about a fun pattern I recently got to take for a spin.
When I received the three prints from the Windham
Fabrics Oh Clementine line by Allison Harris for Cluck Cluck Sew, it immediately brightened up my sewing room, even just stacked on my table. Also included in the box was the Chatterbox
Apron Pattern from Mary Mulari Designs. It had me at "reversible" and "only 2 yards of fabric." Before I cut into it, I happened to visit Craft
Warehouse and saw the apron sewn up and hanging in the fabric
section. I can tell you, the picture on the envelope doesn't quite do
it justice. It's so much cuter in person!
Another
thing I loved about the pattern was a little prompt to write down when
you made the apron and who it was for. I always intend to do this when I
use a pattern,
but never remember to.
I
noticed while cutting this out that the pattern is clearly hand-drawn,
rather than rendered digitally. A designer after my own heart! I like a
simple project,
and this one fits right in with its two-yard fabric requirement and six
pattern pieces.
To
make it even quicker and easier, the designer suggests cutting both
sides of the reversible apron at the same time by stacking the two
pieces of fabric. I would
have done that, except I was using three fabrics, so both sides wouldn't
be exact opposites of each other. Even so, I had the whole thing cut
out in no time. The only notion required is a piece of Velcro, but I
happened to have some who-knows-how-old ric
rac in an orangey-red that coordinated with the fabrics perfectly.
I
didn't notice until it was too late that the daisy print was
directional. This is a pretty common problem for me. In fact, I have a
particularly hilarious pair
of pajama shorts. No worries here though. My daisies aren't growing,
they're cascading.
One
bit of advice I can give you, based on mistake number two, is know
where all of your straps are when you're top-stitching. I almost made it
through without pulling
out the seam ripper.
These
three fabrics came together to made this unique pattern even more
cheerful. I actually thought the side with the red trim was going to be
my favorite.
But it actually turned out to be the side with the upside-down daisies and the ric rac. Fun and a little whimsical.
This
apron would also make a great hostess gift. Because it's reversible,
I'd love to make it with a fall or Thanksgiving print on one side and a
Christmas print
on the other. Flip it over and you're ready for the next season!
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