Saturday, October 5, 2013

Found: My Sew-jo

Hooray! I feel like I'm back in the saddle with my sewing!

As you know, I've been sort-of keeping up with the Zakka Along 2.0 hosted by Debbie and Lindsey. I made some coasters, some tea towels and a tea cozy. I fumbled my way through a fabric box. Now, I've made a café apron!

Cafe apron

Ever since seeing Sandi with a similar one at last year's Loon Lake retreat (just over one month until 2013's!!), I've been wanting one of my own.

I didn't get around to making this in time to link up for that week's prizes, but I'll link this one up anyway. I did my own thing with the blocks-turned-pockets because I had these lovely churn dashes. The pinky red background fabric is more of the upcycled curtain panels that I used in the fabric box and for the accents on my VMQG swap tote.

Apron

I really love it - it holds my iPod so I can listen to audio books while I sew (I'm currently revisiting Catching Fire - the second of The Hunger Games trilogy - in anticipation of its imminent theatrical release), plus any tools I might need.

Apron side shot

The curtain panel I used was exactly the right width, so I didn't need to hem the sides and some forward thinking meant I didn't need to hem the bottom either! I just tucked the straps into the side seams and stitched it up.

My husband haaaates it. In fact, he proclaimed that it came dangerously close to quilted vest status (not a good thing in his book). Oh well. It's useful and cute and I'll be wearing it anyway.


13 comments:

  1. Upcycled goodness. Your husband is prob just jealous he doesn't have his own

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  2. Really sweet apron ~ who cares what anyone else thinks ~ if you like it then it's good!!!

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  3. Haha... I'm with your husband on quilted vests (even if they're lovely/well done/amazing/whatever, I just can't see them that way)(ever), but I think an apron is a long ways off from a quilted vest.

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  4. Well hello there! Glad you found your MOJO. Your apron looks great and is very stylish with the churn dash pockets. I love me some churn dash blocks

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  5. hubby doesn't like it!? OH well! I think it's darling - and a clever recycling of sorts!

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  6. It's cute and useful! Glad you got your mojo back!

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  7. LOL! Thanks for the laugh this morning! I'm always surprised by the cool things I make that get a big "thumbs down" from my crew. That apron caught my eye immediately and I thought it was an super cute and I'm sure totally useful. Oh well ..... maybe the quilted vest aren't too far off .......

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  8. Yay for finding your sew-jo! That is a cute sew apron! Ignore your husband -- it's perfect for your purposes!

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  9. Hilarious. Maybe your husband sees the apron as the gateway to the printed vest? Can't bee too careful.

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  10. Kevin! He's just jealous. Make him one to hold his ipod, too. And can I say just how slimming that curtain-turned-apron is?! You are looking mahvelous dahling.

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  11. LOL! This is way cuter than a quilted vest, which I saw last night, thinking, "Hmmmm, that's an interesting fashion choice...." To be fair, it was extremely well-crafted, and tasteful. But I don't think I'd ever wear one. That apron, on the other hand... :-)

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